One of the lackeys who was guarding Audrey went straight to report the latest developments to Liam.
"Boss said you can go in now!", Jeff said before the other lackey entered.
" It better be important!"Liam said as he was annoyed that the lackey had disturbed him when he was about to go to sleep.
"It is boss!", " Alright then, spill!".
"The lady just woke up!", " Good, commence with the next phase of the plan!", Liam replied.
"Tonight?", the lackey asked to be sure. " Yes, tonight!! It would be even better, we have the shelter of the darkness!", Liam said before dismissing the lackey.
As planned, when Audrey eventually woke up, they would make a call to
Lucas, requesting the terms of the exchange.
Liam on the other hand gladly left his bed, changing into the clothes he had worn earlier, he had work to do.
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A billionaire like Lucas sure had a lot of power. After nine in the night where normal human beings would come back from work tired and needing sleep, Lucas had most of his men and some officers going to meet Donna and Seth on the expressway.
The men were supposed to be tired after the amount of work they had done, and indeed they were. It was just that Audrey was the type of person to stop and ask them how their day had been or if they had lunch yet. The fact alone made them eager to help look for her.
"What do we have this time?!", Lucas asked, getting down from the car dressed in all black, " She's not in the city sir!", Seth replied.
"How do you know that?!", Lucas asked Seth, going ahead to brief them about their discoveries.
"Alert the men, we move out after checking the weapons and the safety gears!!", Lucas said, heading towards the trunk of his car to get his safety gear… a lot was about to happen.
The men moved out soon after, heading to the village through different paths to avoid suspicion or to alert the captors in any way.
They combed the settlement for a few minutes, it didn't take long because of the amount of men they had brought with them.
The little hope Lucas had diminished when they still couldn't find Audrey, he was starting to get a lot more worried.
" We still couldn't find her sir?!", "It's fine, let's just wait a little more, we might find something!", Lucs said, giving himself false hope.
They would have to resort to a printed copy of Audrey, asking the people if they had seen her.
Lucas's phone suddenly rang, disturbing the silence where the men had already started working to figure out where Audrey could possibly be.
The streets were somewhat busy, cars passing, and people still walking, they were obviously going back home after a long day.
He didn't want to answer the call at first, but he had to eventually as the caller was persistent.
" How can I help you?!", Lucas said, tired, frustrated and angry after a long day. "We have her!!", the unknown person said from the other line, Lucas immediately putting the phone on speaker.
" Who is this?!", "Cut the crap Lucas, you're very well aware who could do such a thing!".
" You peaky brat!! You think you can come into my world and dictate everything??? Well you thought wrong, very wrong!", Liam said, giving the people listening the clue they needed.
"What do you want!!?!", Lucas asked, cutting to the chase.
" Well it's simple, you give me twenty billion dollars and I'll let this beautiful, I mean very beautiful lady go!!", Liam said, touching Audrey's cheek as she was tied up to a chair.
Just hearing her whimpering was enough to bring out a very vulnerable Lucas, he didn't even care about the money, all he wanted was to get Audrey back.
"Okay, okay, just hold on, hold on for a minute!!! Let me just talk to her. Alright I'll send it over, just let me talk to her!!", Lucas said, sounding very desperate.
" Lucas, is that you?!"Audrey managed to ask, her voice not very loud or clear as she was weak and tired.
"All right then, I'll send the account number, send the money and your girl is free to go!!", Liam said, cutting the call soon after.
" Damn Liam!!!", Lucas cursed in frustration.
Out of nowhere, a man dressed in rags, the same one who went to the warehouse earlier that day, heard Lucas scream "Damn Liam!".
" Did you say Liam!?", he asked, sensing the severity of the situation, the police were present and the man looked very authoritative.
"Yes he did, what happened to him?!", Martin asked. " He has a little bit of a belly..!"The man went on and on describing Liam to the best of his ability.
"Yes, he's the one!!", Martin said, already grabbing Lucas's attention.
"Well, he and some men warned me not to come back to that warehouse, the one right there!", the man said, pointing towards the unsuspecting warehouse they didn't pay heed to.
" Are you sure of this information?!", Lucas was the one to ask as he didn't want to waste time chasing a lost cause.
"I'm very sure sir, I went there today!!", the man said.
" Alright then, gather all the men, we are going now. Don't forget the safety gears!!", Lucas said facing Martin.
He faced the man searching for scraps, "if what you're saying is true, you'll be greatly rewarded!!", Lucas said before he left along with the men