Semua Bab Too Late To Get Me Back, Husband : Bab 81 - Bab 90

LARAThe light grew brighter with every step I took, and for one foolish second, I allowed myself to believe that I might actually be saved. My legs were barely carrying me anymore, but I forced myself forward, stumbling through the trees as I followed the faint glow in the distance. My wet clothes clung heavily to my body, and every step sent a sharp pain through my feet, but I didn't stop. I couldn't stop. Behind me were the men who had kidnapped me, and somewhere on the road behind them was Bryan, bleeding after being shot. I didn't know whether he was alive, and that uncertainty was slowly destroying me.When I finally reached the edge of the trees, I saw a narrow road stretching ahead of me. The light was coming from a small house on the opposite side. It wasn't much, but seeing it nearly brought me to my knees. A house meant someone lived there. Someone might have a phone. Someone might be able to help me.I looked over my shoulder one more time, but the darkness behind me remai

RIAI paced back and forth, biting my nails before glancing at my phone again. I had been waiting for a message for what felt like hours.“Damn it.” I cursed, grabbing my hair. “Should I have done it myself?”No.I shook my head quickly.“N-no. Have a little faith, Ria. They should be able to teach her a lesson.”Just then, my phone buzzed.I nearly dropped it as I grabbed it from the table.A message from them.There was an image attached.My heart jumped as I opened it. The picture showed Lara tied upside down, her hair hanging toward the floor.A huge grin spread across my face.“Very good!” I exclaimed, pumping my fist.Finally.That woman was going to learn her place.I closed the image and opened their message.[We will need the complete payment.]Without hesitation, I transferred the money.They had done their job. I wasn't going to give them a reason to turn against me.Almost immediately after the payment went through, my phone started ringing.It was the nurse I had asked to

RIA I immediately pulled out my phone and called the men I had hired, hoping one of them would answer and tell me they had already found Lara. The call rang until it disconnected, so I tried again. Then a third time. Still nothing. “Pick up, damn it!” I snapped, gripping the steering wheel as I called another number. “What the hell is wrong with you people?” No one answered. Frustration burned through me. They had taken my money, promised they would handle Lara, and now that she had escaped, they had suddenly disappeared. I couldn't even call the police and report her missing. What would I tell them? That I had hired people to find her? That I knew exactly why she had disappeared? I would only be putting myself in danger. I tossed my phone onto the passenger seat and leaned back, breathing heavily. My head was throbbing from everything that had happened in the last few hours. Gerald was in police custody, Lara was somewhere out there, and the people I had trusted to solve my prob

RIAThe first thing I felt when I opened my eyes was something cold brushing against my leg.I froze.For a few seconds, I couldn't understand what I was feeling. My head was heavy, and everything around me was dark. My wrists ached, and when I tried to move them, I realized they were tied tightly behind my back.Then something moved against my ankle.Slowly, I looked down.A pair of pale eyes stared back at me from the darkness.My breath caught in my throat.A snake.I jerked backward instinctively, but there was nowhere to go. My shoulders slammed against the wooden wall behind me, and the movement caused several other shapes to stir around my feet.There wasn't just one.There were several."No..."My voice came out as a broken whisper.I looked around frantically, trying to make sense of where I was. I was inside a wooden box barely large enough for me to sit upright. The walls were rough, and the only light came through several narrow openings near the top.Snakes crawled across

RIAI sat rigidly in the passenger seat, staring at the unfamiliar phone in my hand. My fingers were still trembling from everything that had happened, but the messages on the screen had nothing to do with the shaking. They had frozen me in place. Devil was alive. Somehow, despite the bullet I had fired into his side, he was alive, and he had managed to get this phone into my possession without me even realizing it."Ria?" Daniel called, glancing at me from behind the steering wheel. "Are you okay?"I looked at him, but the question seemed impossible to answer. How could I tell him that the man who had kidnapped me was already contacting me? How could I explain any of this without sounding insane? I looked down at the phone again, hoping the messages would somehow disappear, but they remained exactly where they were."I'm fine," I finally whispered.Daniel gave me a skeptical look. "You don't look fine.""I just need a hospital."The moment I said it, I realized how badly I needed one