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Guarantee
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2020-10-12 14:11:24A few days went by without any more letters or anything happening.
Kim had called Charlie again briefly that afternoon, who could only advise her to wait and keep an eye on Luke. Checking the names hadn't revealed anything suspicious so far, and as expected, no usable traces had been found on the envelopes either, so Kim sighed and accepted her fate and followed Luke every step of the way. She had to listen to one or two amused comments from him now and then, but he seemed to be slowly accepting her presence and she tried not to take his remarks too seriously.
They had breakfast together every morning, then went jogging together and then they mostly went to the studio, where Luke and the boys continued to work on his new album, and Kim sat quietly in the armchair, reading a book or just listening.
Luke was often alone in the studio, trying out different melodies on his guitar and writing down dozen of sheets of music without noticing Kim, who watched and listened with fascination. Sometimes he paused his work, and then they sat together on the floor and talked.
In the evenings they sporadically all sat together in the living room, where the men watched a soccer game or just sat together with a beer and chatted.
The boys, too, had gradually got used to their presence. After Kim had reacted a few more times with quick-witted answers to their sometimes coarse sayings, they rarely made suggestive comments. They treated her like a friend, but still treated her with a certain respect, and Kim was now quite comfortable in their company. Only Chris tried to flirt with her every now and then, but she had no problem keeping him off her neck with emphatic humor, and so the stay in the villa turned out to be reasonably pleasant.
At Kim's request, Luke had arranged for herself and not Harvey to fetch the mail from the mailbox, and so Kim crossed the garden one lunchtime, like every time in the last few days, to fetch the mail. On that day there were only two envelopes in the box and at first glance Kim recognized that one of them was again from the unknown sender.
She carefully pulled it out with her fingertips and went back into the house. Like last time, she took her utensils out of the suitcase and went over to the study, where Luke was sitting at the desk and talking on the phone. When his gaze fell on the envelope in her hand, he paused, and almost immediately ended the conversation.
He watched nervously as Kim, taking the usual precautions, took out the letter and unfolded it.
WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS
Then let's see how much your life is worth to you.
I'll be waiting for you tomorrow evening at 10:00 p.m. at the crypt of the old cemetery in Sunville. Bring $ 1,000,000 in small bills and put on your jacket with the school crest on it so I can recognize you. Come alone and leave the police out of it, maybe I'll be ready to forgive then.
"At least now we know what he's after," Kim muttered after reading through the text.
Luke raised his head and looked at Kim thoughtfully. "That means, if I pay, I have nothing more to fear?" He wanted to know.
"I'd like to answer 'yes' to you, but it's usually not that simple," she said regretfully. “It is often the case that one payment is not enough. If you give in once, you make yourself vulnerable to blackmail and open the door to the perpetrator, that can go on forever. ”
He gave her a depressed look and thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Anyway, if there's at least a slim chance it'll stop after that, I'll pay."
"I have to call my boss, it's too tricky to go it alone," Kim said. "He'll decide what We're supposed to do that. ”
She picked up the phone and punched in Charlie's number and got him on the line shortly thereafter.
"It's Charlie, Kim," she said, and quickly told him the contents of the letter. While she was talking to him, her gaze fell on Luke, who was still sitting at the desk and had put his head in his hands, dejected. She put her hand gently on his shoulder, and to her surprise, he reached for it and held it tight, pressing her fingers together so hard it almost hurt.
A wave of emotions swept over Kim, she would have liked to toss the phone and put her arms around him, but she struggled to resist the urge and tried to concentrate on Charlie.
"Kim, you know how it works, once he pays, he can keep getting asked."
"Yeah, I know," she said in frustration. “What do you suggest?”
“I'll come by tomorrow morning and bring some people with me. We're leaving the local police out of the picture, otherwise it will attract too much attention, and I don't know whether they are trained for such operations. We'll discuss everything else on site, but Summer doesn't need to bother to raise money. We'll prepare a bag accordingly with strips of paper, I'm counting on us to catch the guy at the handover. "
" All right. But you can't come into this house with so many people, that would be noticed, ”Kim pointed out.
“So I'll be the only one to come, posing as a reporter,” Charlie suggested.
"Yes, that's harmless," Kim agreed. "All right, I'll see you tomorrow."
They said goodbye and Kim turned to Luke, who was still holding her hand.
"Don't worry, we can fix it," she said comfortingly, gently stroking his fingers as she informed him of Charlie's decision.
"And that will work?" He asked doubtfully.
Kim tried to look confident and nodded.
"There is no guarantee, but the people are all trained for such missions and are not doing this for the first time."
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