Chapter 148 So Is She

Heath paused, as if deciding how much to reveal.

Then he leaned forward. ‘Remember Donatella Pagano?’

‘Sure.’ Alessia had helped Heath gather intel on the missing socialite.

‘Turns out, her family and the police are not the only ones looking for her. During my investigation, I found out that the charity she’s involved in, Children’s Hope Foundation, sent men to track her down as well. I thought they were looking to recover the funds she’d embezzled, understandably. But that’s not all. After Mauro Benetti took over as the chairman, he’d slowly transformed the charity into a front for human trafficking. When Donatella absconded with his money, he knew the police would come looking and decided it was time to pull up stakes. So he sent a bunch of his operatives to abduct as many women as they could.’ Heath scoffed. ‘Shad said Benetti called it the last shipment.’

‘How many women did they take?’ Alessia asked.

‘Eighteen, as far as Shad can tell. Could be more. We are still looking.’

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