Life Goes On by Darrell Maloney

Author:Darrell Maloney [Maloney, Darrell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

His heart was pure, his intent was kind.

He wanted to commemorate the visit to Colombia with a gift that Stacy would cherish forever.

He’d seen her pick up a beautiful pearl and puka shell necklace from a vendor a couple of days before. From across the room, any room, he had a habit of admiring her. For he was still in awe of her beauty and knew he was lucky to have her. A woman like her, he well knew, could have any man she wanted. It still amazed him that she chose him to spend her life with.

He’d watched her fall in love with the necklace.

Then he’d seen her check the price tag, and put it back on the shelf with a slight look of disappointment on her face.

His mission on this day was to retrieve that necklace, and to purchase it whatever the price.

He’d pull it out of his pocket when they boarded the plane back to the United States, and give her a lifelong keepsake to remind her of the fun they’d had. And of how much he loved her.

And he’d do all that just to see the look on her face. Because she was most beautiful when she smiled.

That was his mission, but it went horribly awry.

In his absence he wasn’t there to protect her when the kidnappers rapped on the door and claimed to have breakfast.

Normally Jackson would have opened the door; he always had before.

But in the palatial suite he’d booked for them, the bathroom was separated from the bedroom.

She woke up at the knock on the door and couldn’t see him; she assumed he was in the shower. She answered the door for him.

They took her easily, for she was petite and there were four of them. Four grown men, heavily muscled, trained in the combat arts by stints in the Colombian Army.

In less than a minute she was bound, gagged, and rolled out the back door of the hotel in a laundry cart.

The ransom was one million dollars.

A nice, round, even sum that Jackson instantly set about raising.

He immediately got a rich benefactor to pony up half the amount in cold hard cash, signing over their Los Angeles home on a promissory note. It was a crummy way of selling real estate, but it was fast. They’d have time to do all the paperwork later.

He cleaned out his bank accounts. He sold everything he had of value. What he couldn’t sell he pawned.

In less than a week he’d liquidated everything. He was ready to buy back his bride.

But there was a problem.

The men he was dealing with were brutal. They were men who were used to taking what they wanted.

And at some point, while Jackson was hard at work attempting to meet their demands, two of the men decided they wanted Stacy.

She fought them off like a wildcat. As small as she was she was determined not to be defiled.

The struggle got out of hand.

It went way too far.

At some point Stacy fell limp, her neck broken.

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