Page 258 of His White Moonlight
“No.We tossed it.”
“Okay.Not a problem.I remember his number.Call him and put him on speaker.You’ll know within thirty seconds if I’m telling the truth.”
“Don’t do it,” Lindi said.“They’ll trace your number.”She didn’t cower when the guy looked at her, but she didn’t have her usual haughtiness either.
“Do you think I don’t use a burner phone, given my line of work?”
He pulled out his phone, and I quickly rattled off Bennett’s number.
He answered on the first ring.
“Bennett, it’s me,” I said.
“Where are you?Are you safe?”
“I don’t know where I am.Lindi tricked some people into kidnapping me.He hit her pretty hard when he found out.I’m safe, though.”
“Are they listening?”he asked.
“Yes.”
“Tell me where you are and I’ll compensate you for keeping my mate safe.More if you ensure Lindi is still there when I get there.I’d prefer no police involvement.”The last bit had enough growl in it not to leave any ambiguity about how Bennett felt about Lindi.
“Done,” the man said before hanging up.
“Untie that one and use the ropes on her,” he said as he tapped his screen.
Lindi tried to stand.Zipper man kicked her down.She didn’t try to get up again as the other two untied me and tied her.
Zipper man glanced at me when his phone pinged, then handed it over.
“Check the pictures,” he said.
I did.He only had one of Lindi.I looked up at him in question.
“No picture of you,” he clarified.“Check theirs.”
“Why?”
“We weren’t here.We didn’t see anything.We don’t know anything.Especially where some rich bitch disowned by her family disappeared to.We might be connected to kidnapping you, but like you said, nothing is tying us to working with her.”
I nodded, understanding.
“Tell him the million he sent is more than enough.”He looked at the guy to my right.“Leave your phone with her.”
He handed it over.
“Hope I never see you around,” he said.
“I’ll pretend I don’t know you if you do.”
He nodded and walked away with the other two.
I looked at Lindi.She was lying on her side with her hands tied behind her back.She was staring straight ahead, bitterness and hate etched into her features.
I knew I shouldn’t ask…that the answer wouldn’t change anything, but I asked anyway.
“Was there even a reason why you started targeting me?”
