Chapter 171

Natalie, Cara, Ethan, and I are escorted inside the gigantic compound. It does not take us very long to meet Russell, especially after Natalie told his guard to tell him that we have a gift for him. We are all now in one of the three living rooms that this house has.

“It’s great to have us all here, Jen, but I thought we agreed that I wanted the gift a certain way,” Russell says to me, trying to tell me that he thought Ethan would be dead right now and not in his living room sitting across from him.

“You are unbelievable, Russell. You want to seal the deal so bad that you went as far as hiring trained killers to kill me,” Ethan says and we all watch him as he speaks. Russell laughs in response as if all that Ethan is saying are made up.

“Come on now, you are not that much of a threat to me, why would I want you dead?” He replies as he stands to his feet, adjusting his jacket that matches his suit.

“Natalie, and Jen, I would like a word with you two. And for the rest of you, I want you