Ransom Unscramble

On the seventh day after my daughter goes missing, I kidnap an entire kindergarten. I lock away all 27 students and two teachers in a classroom. I tell the police that if they can't find my daughter, I will kill a kid every 30 minutes. The principal falls to her knees, wailing and begging, "It's not my fault that your daughter is missing. Why should other children pay for it?" I glance at my watch. "29 minutes left. Find her." I know she's in this kindergarten.

Nakipaghiwalay si Celeste sa nobyo nang masaksihan n’yang may kahalikan itong ibang babae. Naglasing s’yang mag-isa at habang pauwi ay may nasaksihan s’yang hindi magandang pangyayari. May isang lalaking pinagtutulungan ng tatlong nakaitim na damit. Nang makita n’ya ang mukha ng lalaking nakahandusay sa sahig ay agad s’yang sumingit sa eksena. Niligtas n’ya ito at inuwi sa isang hotel room para gamutin. Dahil sa pangyayaring ito, naging malapit ang loob ng lalaki sa kan’ya. Kinabukasan, pumasok na si Celeste sa trabaho bilang isang office worker sa Horton Incorporation. Pilit na nakikipagbalikan sa kan’ya si Henry pero saktong bumalik na ang CEO, ang uncle ng ex-boyfriend n’ya na nawala ng isang taon at ito ay walang iba kung hindi si Liam Horton, ang niligtas ni Celeste. Binalaan n’ya si Celeste na nasa panganib ang buhay n’ya dahil sa ginawa n’ya kaya naman inoperan s’yang pakasalan ni Liam para sa kan’yang proteksyon. Mabilis namang tinanggap ni Celeste ang offer dahil simula una pa lang ay ito na talaga ang kan’yang plano. Ang pasukin ang buhay ng mga Horton, ng pamilyang Mafia para mag-spy sa kanila dahil si Celeste ay anak ng kalaban nila na pinadala ng tatay nito. Pero paano kung sa misyon na ito ay mahulog ang loob n’ya kay Liam na ngayon ay mahal na mahal na rin s’ya? Makakaya n’ya bang ipaglaban ang nararamdaman o tuluyang pagtataksilan si Liam?

I’d just set sail to escort the cargo to the border when a Category 8 typhoon warning suddenly blared. I steer the ship back in the direction of the harbor, only to realize that the ship has run out of fuel. The distress beacon has been dismantled, too. Immediately, I pick up the radio and call the maritime rescuers for help. As soon as the call gets connected, I hear my wife, Melanie Watkins' mocking laughter instead. "I've already rewired the emergency number so that you can never reach the rescuers. Have fun surviving in the ocean!" Her student, Darell Parker, is with her as well. "Remember when you made fun of me for not knowing how to swim, Clifton? Well, now you're given the chance to show off your swimming skills! You can swim all the way back to the shore on your own! You'd better not be as slow as the sea turtles!" The waves have almost capsized the cargo ship. If I can't get rescued anytime soon, I'll end up dying in the sea. I can only grit my teeth before pleading to Melanie, "No one can possibly swim back to shore! Help me call the maritime rescuers—" But she laughs coldly in return. "Why do you need the rescuers' help? Didn't you say one must learn how to protect themselves? Now swim! "If you think the waters are too cold, then swim faster! Maybe you'll feel warmer the faster you swim!" I give up on arguing with Melanie. After that, I head toward the cargo area with a blade in hand and get ready to sever the ropes tying the cargo down. Said cargo contains the ransom money that's capable of saving Ella Zimmerman, the daughter of Hugh Zimmerman, the wealthiest man in Starbury.

To ransom my husband from the black market, I threw myself into relentless work, earning every penny I could. My son suffered alongside me, sharing in my exhaustion and deprivation. Years of malnutrition had left him vulnerable, and eventually, he was diagnosed with leukemia. I wept as I scraped together money from relatives and friends to pay for his chemotherapy. But on the way to the hospital, a sudden, unbearable pain wracked him. In his struggle, he accidentally bit off his own tongue and died in agony before we even reached the doors. I clutched my son's ashes and went straight to the black market, determined to use the borrowed money to bring my husband back. The moment I stepped in, I overheard a conversation between Joe Masseria and his men. "Boss, Sandra comes every month with her payments. She's suffered a lot just to ransom you," one said. At that moment, a widow—Joe's sister-in-law, long mourning her late husband—appeared beside him. "Joe," she said, her voice calm but cutting, "all these years, you've protected me from harm, even giving me the title of a mob boss's wife. But you've kept Sandra in the dark the whole time. Isn't that… terribly unfair to her?" Joe's eyes were cold, devoid of any pity for me. He scoffed. "Fairness is ruthless. She's had all this love from me. What's a little suffering compared to that? "But she's waited for me all these years. It's time I returned—before she loses her mind and comes after you. "If she's still sensible, I'll make sure her and her son's quality of life improves a bit." I understood everything in that instant. Holding my son's ashes to my chest, I wept until it felt as if my heart would shatter. Joe—your so-called fairness killed my son. And I am done waiting for you.

Welcome to Ransom, Texas, where the family ties bind and love runs hot. One of the juciest pieces of gossip around town is what’s happening at The Love Barn, Ransom’s new boutique wedding venue run by the Lively siblings. Word around the tea shop is that Scarlett Lively is getting awfully close to a jilted groom. Then there’s whatever is going on with Benji! We have it on good authority he’s not just teaching his high school crush to play the guitar. And then there’s Garth, who has been noticeably missing from happy hour at The Watering Hole. Will these three break the family curse? Or are they destined to repeat it?The Love Barn is created by Sidney Bristol, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

When Myra is abducted as ransom for her mother's debt, she has to device a plan to escape the infamous Miguel Carvarlho even if it means aiding the enemy. But she soon learns that every betrayal comes with a cost. When the line between passion and rage blur she is torn between two choices. Family or Love...

I'd loved Jeffrey for seven years. When I was kidnapped, Jeffrey didn't pay the ransom because of Joanna. He wanted me to behave myself. After I endured hellish torture, I gave up Jeffrey as he wished. But he begged me to give him a second chance.

Deja should have died. But instead, she fell into the clutches of her enemies. Ruthless and bloody killers. Werewolves. How can she live among them? How to be saved? She can't give what they want, but she'll never be let go. They do not need a ransom, neither in gold, nor in earth, nor in magic. She is their property.

Jason Reed had been my boyfriend for seven years. He suddenly disappeared, and the last place I was able to trace him was Melvaris. That night, I received a video call. In it, a man holding an electric baton yelled, “Bring 50 million dollars as ransom to the industrial zone. Otherwise, don’t expect him to return alive.” Jason was beside the man. He was covered in blood. He pleaded desperately, “Clara! Save me! They promise to let me go if we give them the money!” Without thinking twice, I did as I was told. However, when I arrived, I was drugged and knocked unconscious. In the end, I was tortured to death. What hurt the most was not that. Jason took one-third of the ransom I had prepared. Then, he returned to Caldovia and married Hannah Blake, the student who had received financial assistance from my family. But when I opened my eyes again, I found myself back on the day he went missing.

“I hate you so much! "My daughter died because of you. I will never forgive you, Ransom!" Camilla's life has been miserable since she married an Arrogant Billionaire who got her pregnant. She falls in love with a stranger man and gets married suddenly to give her child a father. She never thought it was the beginning of her miserable life. Even once her husband didn't appreciate and love her, instead she was tortured by him. Until an unexpected tragedy changed her life in an instant, fueling her rage and contempt for her husband. After four years, she will return as a CEO of Norton's company. She has no other desire than to take revenge and punish her billionaire husband. She will use her wealth to torture her debt-ridden husband. Control him as a slave and curse him to the grave. "He deserves to suffer!" Unbeknownst to her, Ransom had suffered for a few years when their daughter died and she left him. How far will her anger and hatred take her? Will she be able to forgive her husband after all?, or will she still curse him forever?