Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge

Chapter 40 CHECKMATE

I found Tolu sitting on the edge of the bed in his room. He did not raise his head to look at me when I opened the door, but he was staring at the opposite wall. I surveyed the room; the bed sheet lay inside out and half of it covered the floor. The rest would have joined this part if not because Tolu sat on it. The Chelsea T-shirt he wore the other day hung on bed's frame.

'We need to talk,' I said and sat beside him. 'Let's get Mr. Potter out of here before Eric comes back. He sees us as his enemies and it's clear he will stop at nothing until he gets that ransom.'

I paused for a response; Tolu stared at the wall.

'I have an idea,' I said after about thirty seconds.

He turned and looked at me. 'Okay?'

'Let's go to the police,' I said.

Tolu's mouth dropped opened.

'Listen,' I said quickly. 'We can tell them all that happened and hand Mr. Potter over. Our hands will be clean and we will be free and they will take over from there.'

Tolu's eyes widened with every word that came out of