a frantic, startled look that made her resemble a

nd teased her, "You crawled in yo

turned red.

ime, I'll record it on my p

rabbed a shirt from the nightstand, hastily putting it on, n

rriedly, Patrick's mind wandered back to her

d into a small ball as if dre

her, but she had mumbled the n

much? Patrick had had someone investigate this Christopher, but nothing turned up. When he asked h

round his wrist and said nonchalantly, "I might be back very l

. She knew he would be spending th

n filling her heart. After a long pause, she finally spoke, "I'l

aningful look. "It's

ly driver took Rhea to Ti

ed a call from the driver: "My car was hit by a drunk drive

ka

street. Turning a corner, two men came up and blocked her path. The

twenties, wearing sunglasses at night, and they had a faint, e

oring an old painting. Don't worry, we mea

"Send the painting to t

lent, now scowled. "Why waste

w steps before the bald man grabbed her arm a

f her bag. "Call your family. Tell them you're going on

Patrick, but she remembered he w

er's number, and when it connected, she said, "Mom, I'm going on a trip wi

the tall man took the pho

forever before it finally stopped. Rhea was led into an old building, u

a painting. It was about one and a half

ng were missing, requiri

could fetch millions at auction. No wonder these men had taken the risk to kidnap he

store it?" the

d, and many details are mis

the tools and ma

it to them. The tall man took it a

ck. Rhea looked around the room. It had a bathroom, a bed, a t

tance, isolated and dotted with sparse lights, indicat

drank some water. After washing up, she lay down on the b

nce? Probably not. He only had eyes for Amy a

ttempt made her heart ache with jealousy and sorrow. She to

nly heard faint noises outside. Pressing her ear

saying, "What are

behaving. Can she really restore our painting?

horn, was a master restorer and taught her everything.

ve some fun? She's too pretty to let go. T

we sell it, you'll have all

his girl is special. Can I have

man reluctantly agreed. "Fine. B

t i

but thugs! After hearing their footsteps fade, sh

t to the window and looked down. It was a three-stor

e. Her only hope was outside help. She hoped her mother had caught on to

d repairing the painting. For three days, she worked diligentl

utside her door at night. One night, just as she was drift

. The tall man grabbed her arm and dragged

harged up the stairs. Leading them was a tall, h

uipped police officers. Rhea's hea

voice trembling, "Is

t the tall man yanked Rhea towards th

ck off, or I'll kil

n. Patrick's fists clenched, his eyes burning with

guns on the ground and backed away. Baldy kicked the guns int

rrified. It was three stories down

, losing patience and drag

gunshot rang out, and a