Chapter 256
Hearing how frantle Clara was, the person from the other end of the line scoffed and said, “We’ve kidnapped Mrs. Brooks, Sergio’s wife. The ransom we can ask for is much more than what you’re paying us to kill her. Thank you for providing us with the address. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have found Sergio’s place!”
Clara’s lace darkened.
The man added, “Don’t worry. We’ll get rid of your trouble as soon as Sergio gives us the money. Even if he doesn’t pay us, we’ll do the same. It’s just a matter of time.”
“You can’t do this! If you contact Sergio, he’ll certainly use all means to find out your identities. Then, I’ll be exposed!”
Clara knew Sergio’s way of handling things. It would be easy for him to find out who these kidnappers were. By then, he would certainly get to the bottom of things with all the clues and figure out that it was her behind everythi
In that case, her dream of marrying into a prominent family would be crushed even if Maeve died.
“This has nothing to do with us. We’re just getting paid to do what we’re told, and we’re just taking the chance to make more money.” The man’s voice was cold
“How could you do this? How could you?” Clara shrieked hysterically, but the call had already been hung up.
She was trembling, thinking that it was the end of her.
“Clara, what’s happening? What should we do?” Belle was panicking too.
Clara glared at Belle with her bloodshot eyes. “Where did you find those guys? Why didn’t they listen to me?”
“Clara, calm down. It’s just a matter of time before Maeve dies. As long as Sergio doesn’t look into you, you’ll be fine, right?”
“You wish!” Clara said through gritted teeth. “Things might change as time goes on. How could the three of them threaten Sergio? By then, I’m afraid that Maeve would still be fine, but they will get caught and expose us!”
Those outlaws would do anything for money. It was hard to tell if they would expose her to keep themselves safe.
She had to think of a solution and kill Maeve to get rid of all her troubles, once and for all.
As the thought dawned upon her, Clara immediately rushed out.
Meanwhile, Maeve slowly regained her consciousness. She looked around and felt her body swaying slightly. She was surrounded by clutter.
Was she on a boat?
“What if what she had said was true? What if Sergio really finds us? What should we do then?”
“We’ll escape to somewhere far away after getting the money. Who can catch us?”
“That’s right.”
A few people were talking.
Maeve could tell from their voices that there were three men. They seemed to have sneaked in illegally from abroad. The knives they held were controlled weapons, and no one from Seathburn City was allowed to own them.
Maeve frowned and forced herself to calm down. She wondered if they were referring to Cecilia, but she thought that it couldn’t be her.
Cecilia had put on such a bad act with her own kidnapping. She could never find a bunch of people like the trio.
Maeve could tell at a glance that these three were outlaws.
“Hector, she’s awake.”