Wasn’t he supposed to be in that apartment?
I looked up and saw the car door suddenly open.Ethan stepped out of the driver’s seat,followed by Natalie right behind him.Her cheek still showed the red mark from my slap,but she walked arm in arm with him,smiling like winning a prize.
Ethan came up and knocked on our window.The driver rolled it down just enough to look.
In the dim light,Ethan’s face was dark.He didn’t spare the driver a look.Instead,his eyes were fixed on me.
“Very bold,Jenna Sinclair.You even came prepared with bodyguards.What now?You want to put me in jail?”
Looking at his face,I thought of my missing child and felt my anger flare hot in my chest.
“Ethan,where is my daughter?What did you do with Emma?Is she hurt?Give her back to me!”
Natalie scoffed from the side.
“Jenna,why are you still so stubborn?I told you I was sending her to a summer camp and you didn’t believe me.Do you need to see it with your own eyes before you stop?”
“Shut up!”I snapped,eyes burning,teeth clenched.“You have no right to speak here.”
Ethan shoved Natalie behind him and barked like a child,“Jenna,who are you yelling at?If you insult Natalie again,don’t blame me for not respecting our past favors!”
I let out a bitter laugh.Past favors?There was nothing noble between us.
“Ethan,I’m asking you one last time,what did you do with my daughter?”
My voice broke into a raw roar.“My team found the van.What else have you done?”
A flicker crossed his eyes.
“So what?Jenna,tell your father and his people to pull back now.Or you’ll never see your daughter again.”
He knew.He was threatening me with my child and rage shook me.“Ethan,how can you—stop being so disgusting.She’s your own daughter!”
"My daughter?"
Hearing this,Ethan sneered,“How do I know she’s mine?”
“If she weren’t in the way,I’d be happy with Natalie.Your family used their money to help me rise and I’m done being stepped on.Just do what I say,or…”
He cut himself off,pulled out his phone and put it on speaker.The video call connected with a shaky image and a rough voice.
A male voice rang from the other end,yelling over road noise.
"Hello?Mr.Lorrimer?What's going on here?There's a car behind us."
Ethan barked orders into the phone,“Scarface Seven,listen—if those cars won’t stop,just toss the girl out.Do you hear me?”
A tiny,terrified voice came through the screen,“Mommy!Mommy,I want my Mommy…”