After Kendrick’s reminder, Niamh felt less tense at once.
That was right. If Naya had asked this man to kidnap Ava, why would she take the extra step to contact them and ask for money?
Naya could directly kill Ava, so what was going on? Niamh fell asleep worrying. When she woke up the next day, she found that Kendrick had already gone out. He was actively following up on Ava’s kidnapping. Niamh was not idle either. After breakfast, she sent her son to school first.
On the way back, Niamh felt a little uneasy for some reason. She parked the car in the parking lot beside the road and opened the photo gallery on her mobile phone.
There were some old photos of Ava and her on her phone. As she was looking at these photos, Niamh’s heart tightened.
“Ava, please be safe.”
Niamh prayed silently, then the sudden ringing of her phone brought her thoughts back.
After seeing the caller ID, Niamh hesitated for a while before picking up the call.
She could hear Raegan’s polite greeting. “Mrs. Waldburg, sorry for disturbing you. I heard that Ava took Dan to see her dad yesterday. I called Ava several times but can’t get through to her. Is she with you?” Niamh wanted to inform her of Ava’s current situation, but this would only cause one more person to worry. Hence, she prevaricated.
“Ava has been staying in my house these days. I think she’s in a bad mood, so she didn’t turn on her phone. But don’t worry, Ava is fine.”
After hearing Niamh’s answer, Raegan did not ask any further questions and hung up the phone at ease. Niamh was also relieved. She put down her phone and was about to drive when she suddenly heard a knock on her car window.
Niamh looked up and saw a man dressed in black and sunglasses. He looked like a thief or a robber.
She was sure that she did not know this man, but she felt that he was inexplicably familiar.
After thinking about it for a second or two, Niamh suddenly remembered that this man was the thug who kidnapped Ava.
Niamh’s eyes lit up as she recalled the footage Kendrick showed her last night. This man in front of her was surely the one who kidnapped Ava.
Knock, knock, knock. The man knocked on Niamh’s car window again.
Niamh cautiously lowered the window a little. The gap was not enough for anyone to reach their hand in. She looked at the man with a calm and puzzled expression, “Sir, what’s the matter?”
“You’re Eveline Montgomery, right?” the man asked directly, and his voice which was as rough as sandpaper made Niamh even more certain that he was the kidnapper who wanted a ransom of ten million dollars.
“I am. May I ask who you are…”
“Eveline, I don’t want to waste my breath with you. Open the door now.” The man was very direct. He raised his hand and knocked on the car window again. Niamh already felt that this person was quite dangerous. She quietly picked up her mobile phone and wanted to call Kendrick, but at this moment, the man suddenly slammed the car window with a loud bang.
“Hurry up and open the door!” the man ordered fiercely.
Niamh did not panic, but at the same time, she also sensed the crisis.
She raised her arrogant brows and looked at him imposingly. “What do you want?”
“IT want to take you to meet your good friend.”
“….”
“Open the door now, or you won’t be able to see her again,” the man said in a threatening tone. Even though Niamh could not see his eyes under his sunglasses, Niamh felt that this man could do anything for money.
She had no choice but to open the door.
The man looked at Niamh’s clothes with satisfaction. “Take off all your jewelry and give them to me along with your cell phone. Then, follow me and I’ll take you to meet your friend.”
Niamh took off her jewelry and handed her phone over according to the man’s wishes.
She thought that the man was coveting her jewelry, but she saw him throw her jewelry and phone in the car.
“I heard that your husband is very concerned about you, so there must be a GPS tracker in your jewelry or phone.” The man looked proud.
Niamh did not expect the man to be so smart. He was indeed right.
“I’ve removed all of them. Are you going to take me to see Ava now?” Niamh asked calmly.
“This too.” The man pointed to the ring on Niamh’s ring finger.
Niamh raised her hand slightly and stretched it out in front of the man. “This is a wedding ring. I’ve been wearing it for many years and can’t take it off now. Do you think a GPS tracker will fit in such a small ring?” The man looked at Niamh’s wedding ring doubtfully. As he was looking at it, he started having an interest in Niamh’s beautiful hands.
Niamh had sharp eyes and quickly retracted her hand.
“Don’t you just want money? I’m already preparing the money, so why are you here all of a sudden?” “How dare you question me?!” The man’s face sank. “ I told you not to call the cops. Not only did you call the cops, but you even asked your husband to investigate me.”
?..’ Niamh had no idea where the man got this piece of news from. Perhaps Naya was the one who told him.
“Come with me now. Don’t try to flee or alert passersby. If I’m not back within half an hour, Ava will go straight to hell.”
Niamh dared not gamble on Ava’s safety.
She glanced around. There were passing vehicles but no passersby.
Even if there were passersby, it was not easy to ask for help.
Niamh followed the man to the other side of the road, only to discover that the car she lent Ava yesterday was parked there.
The man drove this car and followed her to the vicinity of Jackson’s school.
Someone must have told him her route since he was able to figure it out within a day, and this person was none other than Naya.
In the hospital.
Naya was lying comfortably on the bed. She had long been fine, except for a little flesh wound. She was basically unscathed, but the woman who was hit by her was still in a coma in the ICU,
She picked up another spare mobile phone. When she was about to make a call, she saw her mother walking in nervously.
Naya hid the phone and asked suspiciously, “What happened? Why are you panicking?”
Naya’s mother was pale, looking as though she was at a loss. “Dead… Naya, that woman is dead!”
Naya’s expression immediately froze. “What? What did you say? Who died?”
“It’s that woman you hit. The doctor just informed me that they couldn’t rescue her and she died!”
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Naya was speechless for a while, and her expression was a little flustered. However, she soon laughed indifferently.
“It was just an accident. It has nothing to do with me. So what if she died? Worst-case scenario, we’ll just compensate them. Do you think our family can’t afford that?”
Seeing Naya’s indifferent attitude, Naya’s mother continued to be nervous.
“I heard that the family doesn’t lack money and they’re going to sue you!”
“Sue me? Hmph.” Naya was still dismissive. “Go ahead. Let’s see if they can do that.”
Naya did not take it seriously and was also not bothered by that woman’s death.
She just wanted to know what had happened to Ava. Inside the abandoned electronics factory in the suburbs.
Ava, who was trapped by the waste pile, was still struggling to escape. She did not know where the man had gone, but she only knew that this was a good opportunity to escape.
However, she had not eaten for almost the entire day and only had a few sips of water. Hence, she did not have much energy. After struggling for a long time, she felt that the ropes were even tighter now. In fact, she just had no more strength.
Ava leaned against the wall tiredly. She wanted to rest for a while and then continue with her escape plan, but suddenly, she heard the sound of a car’s engine outside.
Ava decided to give up struggling. She thought the man was the one who came back, but to her surprise, she heard two sets of footsteps. The other set of footsteps sounded very familiar to her.
She opened her eyes to look in the direction of the door, and the next second, she widened her eyes in surprise.
“Niamh?” Ava thought her eyes were playing tricks on her. However, the person who approached her was indeed Niamh. “Niamh, why are you here? Why were you kidnapped as well?”
Ava was worried. She wanted to get up but could not. Niamh quickly ran to Ava to untie the ropes around her limbs.
However, the moment she untied Ava, the man’s shadow towered over her from behind.
Ava’s expression suddenly changed, and she rammed into Niamh with her shoulder.
“Niamh, he won’t do anything to me. You should leave.”
“Since you’re already here, don’t even think about leaving.” The man’s evil voice came from behind Niamh.
Niamh raised her hand and gently wiped the stain on Ava’s face. Then, she stood up.
She raised her imposing eyes. “You’re only doing these things for money. Since that’s the case, how about we make a deal?”
After hearing this, the man stared at Niamh witha playful look in his eyes for a few seconds. “Mrs. Waldburg, you’re my hostage now. You’re the most valuable item that I’ll be using to extort money, so why are you even talking to me about conditions?” “You’re just saying that because you want money. I want to live, and I want to take my good friend out of here safely. I’m willing to propose a higher price to buy both my and my good friend’s lives.”
The man originally thought that Niamh was just saying this to buy more time, but seeing Niamh’s serious expression at the moment, he was a little shaken.
To be honest, people like him were only involved in this kind of work for money. He would work for whoever paid him more and would not bother about benevolence and righteousness.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.