Matthew looked at the woman and his eyes lit up. He had a plan and said, “Find a place to lock her up.”
Boyce did not know what Matthew was thinking and objected, “We don’t have the time…”
“Do as I say.” He stomped off after saying.
Boyce stood in place and pondered if he wasted his efforts to capture this woman. He was not satisfied.
Buzz, buzz…
Abbott’s cellphone vibrated and he took it out of his pocket. It was a message from Matthew and he opened it immediately. He started to grin after he read the message. He now knew what Matthew planned to do.
He kept the phone, looked at the woman, and frowned, “This woman is really stubborn.”
But he could understand as it took courage for her to instigate Benjamin to kidnap Joshua and demand company shares from Matthew as a ransom.
Had it not been for the crisis due to Jayden’s death, she would not have had the opportunity to carry it out.
“What a pity.” Abbott said in front of her intentionally, “We had wasted our efforts capturing her since we can’t get any information from her.”
“Where shall we lock her up? Prison?” Abbott asked Boyce.
Boyce replied, “Not now. Jos is still in Benjamin’s hands. If we lock her up, that would signal to Benjamin that they had been exposed. What if…”
They were very concerned about Joshua’s safety.
“Why do I have the feeling that something’s not right?” Abbott appeared to be vexed.
“I really don’t believe that she doesn’t care about her life!” Abbott was about to strike and Boyce intervened, “Spare her.” He could not stand aside and let Abbott commit a murder.
Abbott scoffed in disgust, “You must be ruthless with such a woman. Otherwise, she’ll think that we’re soft and do not dare to act.”
“Leave, all of you, and leave this to me.” Abbott said as he squatted next to the woman and continued, “You won’t be implicated by what’s going to happen.”
The woman broke and said, “How dare you!”
“I’ll show you whether I dare or not!” Abbott picked up a brick and then grabbed her finger.
“I heard that the fingers are linked to the heart. I’ll see how is your pain threshold.”
“No… don’t…” The woman struggled but Abbott pinned her down and forced her to expose one finger. He slammed the brick down onto the finger.
“Argh!!” The woman screamed in pain.
Boyce and his men left the tower. He could act ruthlessly but he was more concerned for Joshua’s safety and do not want to risk it by being too harsh.
Abbott continued to gag the woman’s mouth and smashed one finger after another until five fingers were a bloody mess.
“Today I want to see if you or the brick will win.” Abbott threw the broken brick aside and picked up another one. He grabbed the other hand and spread the fingers, “I have all the time in the world. Let’s have some fun.”
“Mmph, mmph…” The woman struggled and wanted to say something.
Abbott noticed but he ignored her. She was the type that thought too highly of herself and felt that they would not do anything to her since Joshua was captured by her. Not only was he carrying out Matthew’s instructions, but he also wanted to teach this woman a lesson.
Suddenly Boyce ran over and appeared very troubled, “Abbott!”
“What happened?” Abbott turned to ask.
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