Chapter 1386

Joe hesitated before saying, "You all know what the boss is like. We thought working with Ivy would win us some credit, but we never expected she'd screw us over." "What do we do now? Should we take Noelle's deal and switch sides?" "Are you stupid? That woman's just trying to trick us into letting her go, and yet you're buying that crap?" Joe got back into the van and stared at Noelle. "Let's make a deal." "Have you thought it out?" Noelle asked. "We're never joining you, so forget about that. We're not that dumb." "So what do you want?" "Give us money. It doesn't have to be a huge ransom, and once we get that, we'll let you go." Noelle scanned the abductors' faces and wondered why they'd suddenly changed their minds. She guessed Cedric must have said something to rattle them. So, she said, "That's easy since we've got money." "Very well. Sorry about this, Ms. Liddell." With that, the abductors slapped duct tape over her mouth and yanked a black hood down over her head. Noel