After beating him up, Michael and his guys, worried that Alexander might call the cops, roughly stuffed him into the trunk.
Meanwhile, Lucy finally managed to rip a hole in the tape.
"Alexander!" she shouted.
She hoped he'd answer. But the man curled up in the trunk didn't respond at all.
Her heart leaped into her throat. She yelled at the kidnappers, "What did you do to him?"
"Beat him to death!" Michael growled without even looking up. "Now let's see how tough he pretends to be!"
Dead? Lucy couldn't wrap her head around it.
At that moment, memories came flooding back like a broken dam, both the good and bad, the bittersweet moments she had buried deep.
It felt like someone whacked her hard on the head. She clenched her fists tightly from the pain.
But none of
