"She left?" Jessica asked facing Angel. "Yes, the room is spotless and clean, there is no sign of one sleeping there""That's strange," Jessica said as she walked to the room to check out what she was saying. Just right as she was exiting the dining room Xavier was coming down the stairs. He watched her go towards the room that Olivia had been and he followed her. She opened the door and entered. She walked to the bathroom and pushed open the door, the floor was dry. She closed the door and walked to the room. She opened the wardrobe to notice that the majority of the things there were gone. She turned back to see Xavier standing there. "She is gone," she tells him. "She is gone?" "Yeah and that is very strange she had never gone on her own this easily without collecting any money before," she said crossing her hand over her chest. "What could be going on?" Jessica added before walking toward him. "I am sure we can know where she is if we watch the security camera," Xavier said
Jessica wiggled as she felt her hands tied behind her. Her head was covered with a black cloth. It was translucent so she could not see what was going on in front of her. She rubbed her palms together in the hope the ropes on her hand would come undone. As she shifted her legs she felt a sharp pain in one of them. She took a deep breath and tried to wrap her mind around how she came here. She was trying to open up her restaurant when a strong hand engulfed her and placed something over her nose. Did she injure her legs while she was trying to struggle? That was all she could remember. She tried to stay calm and listen to the conversation between the men. She heard loud cackling. "That stupid bitch ran away?" one man spoke. "Did she think that I would let her go with my money?" he added. "Let us make sure to get double, her husband is loaded and he would give us" This time the voice of the speaker sounded like a young person. It was not gruff like the others. "Why are you doing t
"Yes that Bitch," the man said in laughter causing the men behind him to laugh too. "She took a loan from me to play a game and she lost it all, by the time it was time to pay back she fled saying she was going to pay me before the end of the month. Guess what?" he asked going to hold Jessica by the mouth. She started at him hoping he could not hear her heartbeat as she did. She gulped down and tried to keep a fierce expression on her face. "Today is a day past the deadline and she is nowhere to be found. Her phone lines are switched off and I can't find her. Seems he has disappeared" "So why did you take me? I did not borrow the money" Jessica spoke causing his hands to fall from the grip. "Well, you see once a person owes me the whole family owes me. I can only let you go until I get my money" "You know this is illegal? Kidnapping is illegal and I am sure you would rot in jail for this" she said in annoyance. One of the men rushes toward her with a knife pressed against her th
The phone line beeped quiet and Xavier could not hear Jessica's voice again. He clenched his fist in annoyance. He felt his blood boil. How dare those men lay a finger on his wife? He was going to make them pay with everything in him. For the first time in his life, Brian saw Xavier with such intense anger. His eyes blazed as he watched him pace around the room tapping away in his phone as his chest heaved in a long breath. Xavier had been influential for as long as Brian had known him and he had never seen him use the power for anything personal but it was obvious he would not stop until he found Jessica. "And I do not expect you to be sitting on your hands while my wife is in the hands of the kidnappers" he snapped into the phone before taking it off his ears. He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, he needed to do all her had to do to ensure he did not lose control over himself and his emotions. He turned to Brian who was standing there. If he was not friends with Xa
Xavier turned when he heard Brian over the phone. He moved swiftly and stood in front of him to be able to get the information firsthand. He drops the phone from his ears and he can hear the shout in his boss's face telling him to say what information he just got from the other side of the line. "Richard is demanding an absurd amount of money for the search" "How dare you think of comparing my wife to money? It does not matter the amount he is requesting. Nothing takes priority than finding Jessica immediately" Xavier looked at him for a while before taking a deep breath. "Call him now," he said gesturing to him to put a call through. It was the first time Xavier was asking Richard a favor and the man knew that it might be the last so her had to milk the Delgado family as much as he could. Brian called the man back and struck a deal on a few ten million before the man promised to bring back news in the next thirty minutes. Xavier could barely keep calm as he watched the clock tic
Xavier could not believe his ears. How could someone who claimed to be related to another treat her relative this way? He was trying to control himself from lashing out at the woman. "So in order save yourself you allowed for your niece..... My wife to be kidnapped?" he asked. Olivia could tell from the other side of the line that he was angry and trying his best to control his anger. "Did you not encourage her not to give me money when I requested some? If I had the money as I requested I would have paid those men off and now this won't be happening" "You are so shameless, you will be hearing from my lawyer soon, I do not care if you are related to her, I would make sure you get the maximum punishment because you aided the kidnap of my wife," he said before swiping the call off. He drove into the deserted warehouse. He tried to listen in but dead silence greeted him back as a response. As he got out he noticed the other card parked in a distance. A tall well-built man with broa
The man said with a chuckle that would make you want to peel away your skin. He bent her head to the railings. Jessica sniffed as the smell of the rushed metal filled her nose. "Let her go now," Xavier said as he climbed the stairs trying his best to keep his eyes on Jessica. "Mr, all I need is the money I am being owed," the man said. "Let her go and I will give you what you want" Xavier replied. "Why? Do I look like a fool to you?" the man shouted out. "You had the gust to deceive me? Where is my money?" he added in a scream "I would get you your money, just let her go" "Shut up bitch" the man screamed at Jessica who was trying her best to communicate although her mouth was muffled with a piece of thick clothing. "Don't you dare scream at her again" Xavier warned the man as he continued to climb up the stairs. "Or what?" the man said pulling Jessica up by the hair and dragging her to himself. "Or what?" he asked again as he laughed when she winced in pain. The interaction d
He dropped Jessica to the back seat of the car and closed the door gently. He entered the driver's seat and started the engine. Before anything he needed to know that she was safe so he was going to go to the hospital first. "Xavier," she said silently as she tried to steady herself from the scare she got. Xavier stared at her through the rearview mirror as she lay down on her seat her eyes blinking rapidly. "I am sorry" she continued when he did not respond. "And thank you" "What are you sorry for?" he asked as his hands gripped the steering wheel. He was barely trying his best to control the anger that surged through his whole body. "For putting you in this situation, you wouldn't be here if not for my aunt" The men had taken it upon themselves to explain the situation clearly to Jessica. It made sense to her the sudden disappearance of Olivia, the accusation of Roselle about how strange she acted made more sense after hearing why she was kidnapped. "It is such a pity that we