Chapter 169: What Else Do You Want?
Scout tore a piece of black cloth to cover her eyes with, and the other man sitting next to her, who called himself Sam, took out a syringe and stuck it in her arm without wasting a second.
Within moments Scarlett became dizzy and passed out.
“Sam, will we get rich after the news that she’s been kidnapped gets out? How hefty is the payout gonna be on this one?
“Don’t you see the news? Her husband is wealthy, and she still doesn’t have a bodyguard with her, so she is an easy target.” Sam laughed loudly.
“Boss asked us not to touch her, but I really want to touch her.” another man suddenly said as he touched Scarlett’s cheek.
“Don’t even think about that! All we need to do is deliver her on time.”
Scout remained silent.
“Scout, what are you thinking? Do you have a good idea?” Sam asked.
Scout touched his chin and looked at Scarlett and said, “Well, actually, I have a good idea, and it’s gonna get us even more money.
“So?” Sam was interested.
“Well, our buyer wants us to kidnap this woman, and then she will pay us a million bucks in cash when we succeed. But as I know, she is a rich man’s wife, so how about we blackmail her family for ransom and ask for money from the buyer?”
“Is that gonna work?”
“Why not? Anyway, we have already kidnapped her and committed a crime; if we get caught, the sentence will be nothing more than a kidnapping. But if we pull it off, we can have twice the money we were originally promised.”
“But I heard that her husband is very powerful… So, that’s too risky.”
“It’s too late to worry about that. We have kidnapped her already.”
“Okay, let’s do it! Money comes from danger!” Sam made up his mind.
Later, Scarlett was locked in a warehouse, and she heard the sound of rats around her; she was numb and couldn’t move.
“Why isn’t she awake yet?”
“Perhaps we got the dosage wrong.”
“Get her phone; her husband’s phone number is in it.”
“It needs a password to unlock…”
“You are an idiot! She is right here, and you can’t figure out how to unlock it?”
It was going to be a long night.
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“Where is she now?” Francis barked.
“Her location is in a scrap steel plant to the west of the city,” Amanda replied respectfully.
“Any info on the perp?”
“Not yet. We still need to wait…” Amanda answered nervously.
Francis slapped the table.
“I want you to get her back within one hour,” Francis said very angrily.
At that moment, Scarlett woke up lying on the ground and heard the conversation between the kidnappers and the buyer.
“Without five million dollars, we will kill her. It’s up to you.’ Sam said.
The buyer over the phone was still bargaining with the kidnappers, and then Scout took the phone from Sam and said, “I have proof against you that you hired us to kidnap her. Without five million dollars, we will kill her, and you’ll be indicted.”
After a while, the buyer agreed to their terms; they arranged to meet at a secret location.
“We will only give you half an hour, and if we don’t see the money half an hour later, we will kill her.”
After they hung up the phone, all the kidnappers became very happy.
“Wow, we are gonna be rich. We have five million dollars from the buyer and one hundred million dollars from her husband.”
Sam took out a cigarette and asked, “Her husband is really willing to pay a hundred million dollars for her? Are you sure?”
Scout played with the lighter and said, “Of course it’s true. They are newlyweds, according to the newspaper. It’s the honeymoon phase.” He smirked.
“You and Tim go get the money, and the rest of you go get the woman.”
“Kidnap who?”
“The buyer!”
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It was about eight o’clock at night. There was a tall and slim woman in a black coat with a big bag in her hands. She looked around a while, and after she was sure there was no one on the street noticing her, she threw the bag beside the trash.
After that, she started running back to her black car parked on the crossing; when she got in the car, and took a sigh of relief, with sweat on her nose.
“Well, Claire Morris, you gotta come with me!” a gun was pointed against the back of her head.
Claire was shocked and screamed out, “What do you want? I have done everything as you said!”
“I know that, and our men have got the money.”
“What else do you want?”
“Nothing, we are outlaws…” he chuckled.”You hired us, and certainly, you should witness it in person.”
Claire was numb. The man grabbed her hair and pulled her into the backseat.
“Help!” Claire screamed out.
“Shut the f**k up, lady!”
Claire became weak and fainted. A while later, the man started the car and drove away.
Scarlett was dragged to the pillar and tied tightly so that she couldn’t move.
A man came out from behind, though Scarlett was blindfolded and couldn’t see who that was, she still could tell who it was through her other senses. It was Scout and Vivian.
“What about the others?” Vivian asked.
“I have done everything as you said, boss!” Scout answered.
“No one following you?”
“No one.”
“Good! When you get done with Claire, you gotta take some nude photos of her because she dared to threaten me with mine. She asked for it.”
“Yes, boss!” he answered.
“Only you and I know about what happened today. And if you get caught by the police…”
“We will confess that it’s Claire who paid us to kidnap Scarlett, it had nothing to do with you!” Scout responded clearly.
“Good, you’ve done a great job!” Vivian praised him, “When it gets done, you can have their money, and I will also pay you a lot.”
“Boss, you once saved me, and I owe you my life. I’m willing to do anything for you, it’s not about your money.”
“Don’t say that. This is business, not pleasure.” Vivian patted his shoulder.