The kidnapper's voice sounded so familiar. Rachel wondered where did she hear that voice before.
Hiram answered the phone,"Who are you?". That time, Hiram was drinking with his friends in his garden.
"Who am I? How can you forget me so quickly? You were lucky to be protected by your girlfriend last time. Well, this time, it will be your turn to save her."
It was Jay who was calling him. Jay was in jail for a few days and bailed himself two days ago.
Jay was an old man; he was more than 50 years old. With his age, he knew it was impossible for him to regain his honor. He had lost everything because of Hiram. What he only wanted was to let Hiram pay for what he had done. And there was nothing he was afraid of.
"Do you mean she is with you right now?" As usual, Hiram's voice sounded calm. Yet, his eyebrows noticeably furrowed.
"Yes. You want a proof? Wait a minute, I will send you her photo." Jay hung the phone up and entered Hiram's number to his phone.
Then he opened the car's window and threw Rachel's phone away. As cars drove over the phone, the phone broke into pieces.
The van finally stopped at a garage in the outlying part of H City.
Rachel was taken out of the car and was brought into the garage. Then they finally removed the sack from her. Rachel saw who the kidnappers were. It was those two men who revenged against Hiram last time. However, this time, there was another young man. Rachel thought he might be their new ally.
"Someone better hit this woman to make her look miserable. Then take pictures of her. Otherwise, it won't show our contempt." Jay said to the young man who was standing beside him.
Rachel stepped back. She tried to wave her hands, but unfortunately, they were tied tightly. "Please wait!" Rachel said. "Are you Mr. Jay Zhong? I think you have kidnapped the wrong person."
Rachel pondered that her relationship with Hiram was much worse than what they imagined.
"Kidnapped the wrong person? Are you kidding me? Who do you think we are? We were tracking you for many days. We found out that you are living with Hiram. Do you remember the last time you didn't hesitate to protect him from the stone? It was very clear that you two are in a relationship?" Jay lighted his cigar, blew out the smoke and said those words.
"You don't understand. We have no special relationship at all. Like this time, he threw me out of the villa. That's why you got the chance to kidnap me. Can you imagine that? How can a boyfriend let his girlfriend out late at night?"
Rachel tried her best to disassociate herself from Hiram. How could she be so unlucky? All bad things happened to her because of him.
She was also so unlucky before, but it was always her dates who suffered. But it was different now. How could this all happen?
"Stop that nonsense! Finn. You do it." Jay seemed to lose his patience after her babbles. He called Finn and looked at him. Fin was the young man who was standing beside him.
As Jay said, Finn rolled up his sleeves, wore a bad smile and walked slowly towards Rachel.
"Ahhhhh!" Rachel loudly cried in fear.
The white t-shirt she wore was torn open and revealed her white chest and shoulders. The young man couldn't help but clear his throat. He was about to fondle her.
"Finn, stop!" Jay stopped him. He would still need her to extort money from Hiram. If she was ruined, she would have no value anymore.
Finn was so reluctant but still stopped. He looked at Rachel with his eyes lingering on her delicate skin for a while. Then he stepped back, and stood beside Jay.
Jay took several pictures of Rachel. He chose her most miserable-looking picture and sent it to Hiram.
He believed that as soon as Hiram saw the picture, Hiram would call him and redeem her without any hesitation.
What he wanted was not very much. He would only ask Hiram to give him about ten million dollars which would be enough for him to spend for the rest of his life.
Jay checked his phone from time to time. But still, he got no call or message from Hiram. There was nothing he could do but wait.
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