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Оглавление“If I can’t take the kids this time, it seems you’ll do.” The kidnapper’s scratchy voice filled her right ear.
“I’m not leaving empty-handed,” he continued, sending a chill down her spine.
The man squeezed her tighter around her torso. She struggled as he growled, “Now who’s sorry she tried to play the hero? Huh?”
“Help,” she yelled, praying someone would hear.
The back door burst open. James filled the doorway.
James yelled something she didn’t register as the kidnapper snarled and let go of her.
His right hand reached into his jacket and pulled out a jagged knife.
Rachel gasped, paralyzed.
James stepped forward, and his foot whipped out a kick so fast that if Rachel had blinked she would’ve missed it. The knife soared into the hallway. He pinned the man down.
“Who sent you?” James asked.
