chapter 49

Janet Jackson turned to sit back in the car, but a fuming Lucy grabbed his shoulder and slapped him hard across his cheek.He was stunned and a burning pain stung him. "You slapped me?""I will slap you again! How dare you compensate with money! Just because you are rich you think that you could get out of this by throwing money on my face? Do you think that someone's life can be compensated by this cheque?""I don't have time for your foolishness!" He sweated and checked the roads again.I need to leave before those men find me!"Get away!" He pushed her away.But Lucy grabbed his arm. "Where are you going? You should be sent to jail and you are running away!"They got into a small fight where he tried to shake her off. "Let me go!""No! People like you should rot in jail!"Suddenly, another van stopped right in front of them and three masked goons rushed out.The businessman, Janet Jackson, paled."Take him," the leader ordered.One of the men grabbed him and pushed his head inside the van. "No! Let me go! Let me go!"Lucy was shocked.What is happening?Kidnapping?The second man asked as he looked at Lucy, "What to do with this woman? Is she with him too?""We don't have time. Take her as well. Better safe than sorry."He grabbed her arm.Lucy's chest thudded in fear. "Hey! Who are you? Leave me!"She flailed her arms and legs, trying to resist. But they easily overpowered her and dumped her into the van with Janet.In a blink of an eye, two adults were forcefully dragged into a van and the goons escaped.The crowd could only watch in shock. Some of them had recorded a video, so they uploaded it on Facebook and social media.'OMG! I just witnessed a kidnapping in broad daylight!'