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The officer in charge of monitoring gave me an OK sign.
My whole body was shaking as I picked up the receiver.
A nearby officer used a card to remind me.
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I immediately took a deep breath, but my voice still carried a sob when I spoke.
“I’m preparing the money. Please don’t hurt my parents.”
The kidnapper on the other end first laughed scornfully.
“Then hurry up! You have one hour left. I said I’d kill them when time’s up!”
The police officer next to me handed me another card.
“Where should I send the money once it’s ready? And where can I pick up my parents after I pay?”
The kidnapper’s tone was obviously impatient.
“Put the money in a locker at the station. Don’t worry about your parents, they’ll be back with you as soon as the money’s in place.”
My temples were throbbing. The payment location was different from my previous life too.
I tried to keep talking to allow the monitoring officers to trace the call.
“Are my parents okay? Can I hear their voices?”
The kidnapper spat out a curse, “So many questions.”
Then I heard my parents‘ helpless voices come through.
“Mia, finding you again means your father and I have no regrets in this life.”
“Don’t risk yourself for us. Protect yourself.”
“Mom wants to tell you, we love you more than you can imagine, we want to make it up to you, it’s just sometimes we don’t know how to express it…”
My father’s aged voice came through.
“Sweetheart, Dad deeply regrets losing you when you were two. If there’s a chance, Dad will definitely apologize to you in person…”
As soon as I opened my mouth, I was choked up and couldn’t say a complete sentence.
I wanted to say I didn’t need them to make up for anything, I just wanted them to be safe, please be patient and wait for me, I would definitely
rescue them!
The kidnapper cut off the conversation first.
It sounded like he kicked someone, and his mouth was full of foul language.
“Old fools, so much nonsense! Rich people are just so pretentious!”
“Hurry up and send the money over. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee your parents will return home in one piece.”
With that, he hung up the phone.
Everyone unconsciously looked at me, then shook their heads.
They couldn’t trace the location; the kidnappers had used technology to block it.
My anxiety and fear exploded again.
Countless pieces of information were jumbled in my brain.
The money had to be delivered, at least to ensure my parents‘ safety.
I immediately took out my phone to call Uncle Quinn, who had promised to help me raise the cash.
But the call wouldn’t go through no matter how many times I tried.
On my Nth attempt to dial that number, my phone rang first.
My brother Lucas’s laughter came through clearly.
“Had enough of your act? Time to end it.”
I immediately became alert.
“What did you say to Uncle Quinn?”
Lucas laughed very candidly.
“Of course I told him not to give you money. That’s two million dollars. Even if it’s just acting, we can’t casually give it to you.”
“I told Uncle Quinn that you’re just playing mind games. You want to empty the family’s assets as soon as you return to the Bailey family. He won’t pay any attention to you.”
At that moment, all my hopes were dashed.
I was like a deflated balloon, completely losing the will to live.
Without this two million dollars, my parents had no chance of survival.
I had seen the case report from my previous life.
Those two people already had blood on their hands, so they naturally wouldn’t care about two more lives.
If the money didn’t arrive, they would really kill my parents!
The phone rang again, and the kidnapper’s impatient voice was like a sharp knife stabbing into my heart.
“If you don’t send the money over now, I’ll kill them right away!”
