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As soon as Macy heard the word “kidnappers“, she shivered all over, her sobs quieting considerably.
The door opened, and the leader of the kidnappers kneeled on the floor, bruised and battered. Seeing Stanley, he seemed to spot a savior, rushing forward to grab his leg and wail.
“Mr. Frey, it’s my fault! I shouldn’t have kidnapped Ms. Reid and Ms. Shaw! Do whatever you want to me. You can kill me or tear me apart, but please don’t send me back!”
Stanley disdainfully kicked him but said nothing. His men had searched for hours with no trace of the kidnappers, and now, someone had captured them and delivered them straight to him.
Who exactly was behind this?
“Who’s the mastermind behind this kidnapping?” he asked in a deep, commanding voice.
No matter the intentions of the person who brought the kidnapper here, what he wanted to know
most was who had initially orchestrated the abduction of Roxanne and Macy.
The mastermind had known his identity and still dared to challenge him! A flood of thoughts on how to make the mastermind pay violently crossed his mind.
The kidnapper stared straight at Macy and shouted, “Ms. Shaw ordered me to do everything! She
told me to take the child and kidnap them. We were just following Ms. Shaw’s instructions.
“Mr. Frey, I’ve told you everything. Can you spare my life?”
At these words, Stanley, Louis, and Sapphire all turned to look at Macy.
Louis and Sapphire were in utter disbelief. Macy was a good woman. How could she possibly have orchestrated a kidnapping? This must be that scheming Roxanne framing her!
But for Stanley, hearing this hit him like a thunderbolt.
He remembered what he had overlooked. With the Frey family’s intelligence network in Brindley, it was impossible not to find a single person in two hours.
Could this further prove that Roxanne wasn’t the one staging the kidnapping as Macy claimed…
Perhaps, Roxanne was already in danger!
He kicked the man down and grabbed him by the throat, asking, “Where is my wife? Where did you take her?”
The kidnapper cried and begged, “Ms. Shaw already had someone take Ms. Reid away! I don’t know! I really don’t know! I was just paid to do the job!”
Macy clenched her fists nervously, forcing herself to stay calm. “What are you talking about?”
Sapphire spoke up just then. “This isn’t another scene staged by Roxanne in front of us, is it? Macy
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has been home the whole time. How could she have had a chance to do what the kidnapper is claiming?”
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Macy nodded repeatedly, then looked nervously at Stanley. “Stanley, he’s lying! Roxanne has framed me out of jealousy before. You mustn’t be fooled this time.
“She probably latched onto some old guy for protection, and that’s why your men haven’t been able to find her…”
She didn’t dare finish the sentence. Seeing Stanley’s bloodshot eyes, she was terrified. “Stanley… Please don’t look at me like this. I’m scared.”
He seemed to finally realize something and asked in a hoarse voice, “Macy… have you been deceiving me?”
He advanced step by step, and she retreated in fear. “You’ve been misleading me from the very start, haven’t you?
“I’m Rox’s only support in Brindley. Who else could’ve taken the baby? Macy, looking back realize you’ve been leading me around by the nose all day.”
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Veins bulging on his forehead, his temples throbbed. Everything that had happened today replayed
in his mind like a fast–forwarded movie. What on earth had he done?
He’d pushed his wife, fresh out of a C–section, to the point where her stitches tore. He’d forced her,
still bleeding and weak, to look for their child. And when it came to the kidnapping, he’d chosen the unscathed Macy.
And now, the real culprit, Macy, was hiding in the air–conditioned room, trying to frame Roxanne.
If it weren’t for Macy’s line about “Roxanne latching onto some old guy for protection “, he might still be in the dark! He knew Roxanne had a physical affection for him and was fastidious.
She loved him so much. How could she have sought out some old man?
If she had been with him for money, she wouldn’t have ever broken ties with her family.
Thinking of this, his heart raced.
Roxanne’s life was still uncertain. If her family found out, even with him ruling over Brindley like a king and even with Roxanne’s love for him, the Reid family would surely intervene and forcibly take
her away.
“Macy, where did you hide Rox?” His voice was full of fury and anxiety.
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