Chapter 414
Chapter 414
Skylar walked to the lounge containing Valerie, took the phone to her, and said, "Unlock it."
Valerie glanced at the recent message and shook her head desperately. "Skylar, I..."
"Unlock it."
Skylar repeated once more, his voice as cold as ice.
Valerie hesitated but Skylar was impatient. He directly pulled her finger and pressed it on the fingerprint
sensor.
The phone was unlocked in an instant and the text message appeared.
"D*mn it, tell me, how much should we demand? We went through so much trouble just for 10 million
dollars?"
It was a new number. Skylar noticed that there were no chat records with this number. However, it was
the same number stated in the attachments given by William.
The evidence further proved that Valerie and the kidnappers were accomplices.
At this time, the police gathered around them. After they saw the text message, they asked
Valerie, "What would you usually reply?"
"Say it."
"I will..." Valerie was at a loss for words at the moment, but she looked at the police and Skylar in front
of her and realized that she really could not run away this time. "I will say, the president of Skyton
Corporation is wealthy. Why don't you kidnap them a second time?"
"Just reply according to what she said."
The police officer said to Skylar. According to his experience, this way, the kidnappers would not be
suspicious.
Skylar lowered his head and typed furiously. After he finished, he looked up at Valerie. He saw that
Valerie was staring nervously at him, as if she was worried about something.
He deleted the words that he had typed. Instead, he typed in, "Just accept it."
"You..."
The policeman that stood aside frowned nervously when he saw Skylar's reply. Just as he was about to
stop Skylar, he received a warning look from him.
"Alright, I've sent the message. I'll keep you updated for any further news."
As his words fell, he pocketed the phone.
"Okay."
Valerie thought Skylar had replied according to what she said so the corners of her mouth were slightly
raised and her mood seemed to be much more relaxed than before.
When they came out, the police asked Skylar anxiously, "Why did you change the content of the text
message casually? Don't you think it's a dangerous move? What if the kidnappers begin to suspect?"
"The sentence she said does not suit her character at all."
Skylar explained without a rush.
"Why?"
"I have known her for many years. She would not say something like that, nor would she instruct the
kidnappers to do it twice."
The policemen looked at Skylar doubtfully after hearing his explanation. They were a little worried,
"Really?"
"Yes."
Skylar nodded.
After a long while, there was still no news from the kidnappers. At the same time, the police sent some
men to sneak into Greenerie District to find clues.
On the other side, the kidnappers were furious when they saw Valerie's reply.
"F*ck this b*tch. She ran away and does not care whether we are dead or alive, does she? Just accept
it?"
Sure enough, none of them doubted Skylar's reply.
Because Valerie had been helping them passively before, it was not surprising that she would say such
words at this time.
"What should we do? Let's just accept the ten million dollars. What do you think?"
"No way! We are talking about the president of Skyton Corporation here. I have checked and found that
Skyton Corporation is the number one enterprise in A City. Compared to them, other companies are not
even worth mentioning!" Another man rebutted.
"Then what should we do? I've just thought about it. 40 million may not be able to fit in our van."
"Even if it can't fit, we will need to find a way! We can't demand anything less than 40 million dollars.
We will either die or get caught!"
"I don't want to go to prison! We can just benefit less..."
The four kidnappers said one word after the other, resulting in a very intense conflict.
Coralie was listening to their conversation. She knew that Skylar had successfully broken their bond.
It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening. A kidnapper drove out to grab some food and had
returned. When the food was brought over, the kidnappers finally took off the black hoods that they had
used to cover their heads.
Coralie recognized one of them immediately!
It was Finley!
Seeing Finley, Coralie was even more convinced that this had something to do with Valerie. At least, it
was impossible for Valerie not to know about the kidnapping! This text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.
She was just unsure of Valerie's purpose.
"I want to eat too!" Lillian shouted.
Watching them eat and taking in the scent of food, she could not hold it in anymore.
"Eat my *ss!" Someone shouted. "We have not even gotten our money, and you want us to buy food for
you to eat? You are just going to starve to death!" "We are hostages. My son demanded us to be
unharmed. Didn't you hear that? How dare you starve us?"
Ever since Skylar had said those words, the kidnappers no longer harmed them. Lillian began to act
arrogantly.
"What did you say? D*mn it!"
One of the kidnappers was furious, but another man advised, "Forget it, just give them some bread. We
can't let them die of hunger."
He then threw two slices of bread at Coralie and Lilian's feet.
The bread fell on the ground and became stained with dirt as they rolled towards their direction.
Lilian and Coralie's hands were tied up. If they wanted to eat the bread, they could only kneel down
and bend over, which would certainly damage their pride.
"What's this? Bread? It's so dirty! It looks like dog food! Even a dog will not eat such a thing!"
Lillian raised her head and yelled at the kidnappers.
"Old hag! It's good enough that we gave you food to eat. Why are you causing so many problems?"
"Who are you calling an old hag? Let me warn you, my son just said that he wanted us to be
unharmed. Didn't you hear that? What's with your attitude?"
Lillian once again mentioned Skylar's demands. She had treated Skylar's words as an amulet and had
forgotten where she was. Totally ignorant!
"Auntie Ford, stop talking. Forget it if you don't want to eat."
Coralie was also wordless when she saw Lillian's behavior.
After they had taken off their hoods, Coralie observed the kidnappers in front of her. They were all
vicious people. From their appearances, several of them seemed to be drug addicts.
Only these types of people would dare to kidnap others.
"What did you say? I am Skylar's mother. He can marry many wives but he will only have one mother. I
am much more important than you, do you get it?"
Lillian glared at Coralie angrily.
"Sure, go ahead."
Coralie rolled her eyes when she saw that Lillian had not grasped the situation. Since Lillian was not
afraid of getting beaten, she would not waste her efforts to worry on her behalf.
"I want noodles. I'm hungry now. Go and buy me some."
Lillian sat there arrogantly, as if she was giving them an order.
The four kidnappers were eating, and they turned to look at her together. After a while, one of them
yelled, "I told you not to feed them! Now they are getting bolder."
"My son said..."
"Old hag, shut up!"
Before Lillian could finish her sentence, one of the kidnappers put down his lunch box, picked up the
iron rod from the ground, and raised it to hit Lillian.