My Son’s Girlfriend Locked Me In the Basement
No one here did.
The curse of keeping a low profile in a world that only respected loud, visible power.
“We don’t have all day,” The man snapped, eyes narrowing. “Play along, or you heard my daughter, she wants you gone.”
Lila leaned lazily against the wall, watching.
I swallowed the bile rising in my throat. “Cooperate how?”
The man clapped his hands. Two more men, covering with tattoos, entered the room—faces hard, eyes dead.
“We’re gonna make a little something for Mr. Hale,” Lila’s dad said. “Some photos. Probably a nice video.”