“Roger, ready to move,” a voice said through the headset she was wearing.
Two teams of Special Forces soldiers dressed in grass-green uniforms crawled across the floor and encircled the entire plant. One of the team members, an athletic female special forces soldier, climbed up against the wall hose after the captain gave the signal.
The girl gave him an anesthetic injection before the guard on the second floor could see someone coming over the wall. He then collapsed without making a sound. The faint light showed the girl’s oil-painted face, and only those who knew her well could tell that she was Emily.
Emily was pretty nervous. She had participated in several practical exercises recently, but this was different. This time, she was agitated rather than calm.
She walked slowly forward, her footsteps not as loud as the wind. As she walked, fine dust wafted beneath her riding boots. After a few tumbles on her seat, she made it to the first floor and hid in a corner.
The first floor was almost empty. There was a vast open space in the middle with no cover other than the load-bearing wall. And Emily knew William would notice her as soon as she came in. As a result, she didn’t dare to walk around.
Itwas already morning at that point. William stomped out a cigarette on the floor after finishing it. He exclaimed anxiously, “Call Tom and see how things are going. It’s cold in this damn place. And tell Jennie that I have changed my mind. I’l kill her son and the woman she brings along if she doesn’t pay me in cash before ten o’clock.”
“Sure!” The man next to Ryan was startled awake. He yawned as he dialed the phone number.
“Oh no!” Anna suddenly heard an anxious voice coming from the headset. At that moment, her heart began to rush. She suspected that the special forces who had arrived to rescue the hostages had already caught the thugs around the bank.
It took a long time for William’s man to answer the phone.
“What exactly is going on? You’ve spent the entire night there. Is the bank open yet?” He put the phone on speaker, so Tom’s voice echoed throughout the plant.
“We’ve arrived there, but the bank doesn’t open until nine a.m. We’ll have to wait just alittle bit longer.” Tom said.
Anna breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn’t sure if the cops wouldn’t let him talk about it or if they hadn’t yet arrived there.
“Tell her that William said that he would only wait until ten o’clock, so let her hurry up and bring the money here. It’s too damn cold in here.”
“Got it”
The man hung up the phone, looked over at William, and said, “You heard him.”
William nodded slightly. He froze and looked around, saying, “No, something’s wrong.” He returned his gaze to Anna and said grimly, saying to his men, “Tie up Ryan and this woman. Something’s wrong with Tom.”
Anna’s eyes widened, and she took a step back, asking, “What are you doing?”
The other man seemed to have come back to his senses as well. He took a bold stride towards Anna and said fiercely, “Dammit! How dare you call the police!”
He and the other man seized Anna by the shoulders and dragged her to William’s side. Anna yelled, terrified.
“What are we going to do?”
Anna then felt a stinging sensation on her scalp. William gripped her hair more tightly and forced her to lift her head. She yelled in pain but didn’t dare to struggle.
With one hand on her hair, William inspected her face. Finally, he took alittle earpiece the size of a fingernail from her ear. He growled, “I warned you I’d kill him if you tell phoned the cops!!!”
At the same time, a man pointed his gun at Ryan, who was passed out.
“Don’t shoot!” Anna shouted sharply. Emily, who was a few steps behind Anna, shouted the words together with her. She was pointing a gun at the hooligan,
At that moment, two special forces teams came on the second and first floors, encircling the entire plant. They had already beaten the other thugs, leaving only William and his three helpers.
William immediately became anxious and shouted, “Don’t come over! Or III kill him!”
Anna calmed down and said, “Don’t you dare! Don’t even think about it! You won’t get out of here alive if you hurt Ryan or me!”
Emily yelled over the loudspeaker, “Listen, release the captives! We can go over the terms.”
“What should we do, William?” Those guys were frightened and asked.
“Calm down!” William said. He spat on the ground and grabbed Anna with one hand.
Then he shouted at Emily in the distance, “I’m not afraid of you! All wants five million dollars. Now, send me to the port. Otherwise, I’m going to kill her right now!”
Anna shivered uncontrollably. She didn’t believe William would let her and Ryan go if they’d done as he said. She thought he’d probably kill them both because they had called the cops.
Jennie’s right. William is indeed a bold outlaw, Anna thought. ‘
Emily looked flustered but still said, “Calm down. Okay, we’ll do what you want right now.”
All of a sudden, they heard the sound of a car engine. The headlights of the car illuminated the entire plant, making it appear to be daylight.
A white Porsche drove by, its tires leaving tracks on the ground. Then the car door opened, and a man ina black suit stepped out.
“I’ve brought five million dollars in cash, just as you wanted.” He said.
“Wayne!” Anna blurted out at that moment.
After hearing her words, William tightened his grip on her neck and asked, “What? Who the hell is he?!”
“You won’t get any money if you don’t let go of het,” Wayne said thoughtfully. He had a cold gleam in his eyes as if he were from hell.
The trunk of the car slowly opened behind him. Two huge aluminum suitcases were carefully packed with 400 gold bars inside.
“There’s five million in here?” William asked, wide-eyed.
Wayne said coldly, “Six million. You can have this money right now if you let her and the guy next to you go.”
William sneered and said, “Who do you think you are? Tell these cops to back off and leave the car keys here. These two guys will be useless When I reach the port terminal. After then, I’l return them to you.”
Wayne frowned and looked at Emily. They were both aware that kidnappers always had the upper hand in these crucial situations. Emily made a motion, and the soldiers with shields began to retreat. However, Wayne’s Porsche remained still
William grasped Anna’s shoulder with his right hand while clutching a saber with his left. Ryan was dragged behind the three men who walked cautiously and approached the Porsche.
Anna could tell William was anxious about this because he had sweat on his brow. She thought to herself, William’s a greedy man, so he can’t possibly want to die. Then she frowned and shouted, “Let Ryan go! He’s passed out, and he’s just a liability now. I can go with you.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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