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“Don’t worry, I’ to harm you,” the arette that un on him?
“Who are you?” she demanded weakly “What do you want from me?”
“Your groom owed me money”
“M-room? I’m not married”
“My sympathies to you But if it’s any consolation to you, you haven’tyou like he did everyone else he knew”
“What are you talking about?” Olivia couldn’t see her kidnapper’s face, but that was probably just as well She hoped she would be able to leave there alive if she couldn’t identify hi to harm her? He said no, but how honest could he be?
“No time to sit and chat I just need the PIN for your bankcard Once we have the funds, we’ll leave you alone”
Leave ht Believe a criminal?
“I don’t have any money in my account”
“I don’t think it is wise for you to lie to me”
“Look, I don’t—”
“Bull!” The h it caused Olivia to shudder He then calain and leaned forward in his chair
“I don’t have 16,000”
“Sixteen thousand dollars?” he asked, laughing at Olivia’s naivety “We’re looking for the six million dollars Where is it? What has he done with it?”
“Sixabout?”
“You know, I’ the truth, Rohan,” a woh There wasin the room?
“Jack owed loan sharks six million dollars?” Olivia asked in disbelief
The woht? Jack didn’t owe loan sharks that kind of money,” the woman explained “Jack was a loan shark”
“What?” Jack was a loan shark? But Jack was a gambler Why or hoould he have become a loan shark? You think you know someone
“Yes, dear Mr Jack Laster was quite a character He drank too ambled too much He owed plenty of debt and we helped save his ass one too ave hi for us He was a part of a tea the dough for hi to us”
“Let’s get her PIN and get the hell out of here” The woman sounded impatient
They’d already taken her bankcard out of her purse
Six million dollars?
Had Jack put the money in their recently opened joint account? She hadn’t bothered to check into one of the Internet accounts he’d opened up for them since they’d opened the account with only five dollars But she sure didn’t have access to it
“Gimme your PIN now!” the woman demanded
Before Olivia could even respond, an earth-shattering bang assaulted her ears The door of the room was kicked down by what looked to be a SWAT team
Olivia screa her ears The team moved in and the man and woman held up their hands in surrender Dane stormed into the room next to the men Olivia was stunned to see him How on earth did he knohere to find her? How did he know? She was in his ar e on for dear life As if he’d never let her go again She felt as if she was in a bad drea on? Was this even real? Olivia’s head was spinning Herhad happened so fast…
Chapter 20
“I don’t get it What happened to the ues?” Olivia asked Dane later that night She was already settled in her bed She’d gotten back from the hospital a couple hours earlier and Dane insisted that he carry her back to the Belmont Palace
“Well, JoJo said he was actually fra to strike gold at the casino but the money was taken out of his account by another cyber thief”
“My God! Jack was part of so of loan sharks?”
“Looks that way Anyway, the cops have nabbed quite a few people Not just the guy who texted you about the sixteen grand, but Rohan, his mistress and a few others It’s over now It’s all over”
“Thank you, Dane”
“As long as you’re okay I just want you to know I never stopped looking out for you, and no matter what happens between us, I’ll always be there for you if you need me”