Chapter 165

After pouring the alcohol from the jug into his mouth, Paul forced himself to calm down again. He opened the phone record and found the first phone number - the one he had called at the beginning. He excitedly recorded the number, and then made a note beside it, "help". But after hesitating for a moment, he added a question mark after "help", Then he couldn't wait to dial back.

It's the kidnapper who picked up the phone.

He thought Paul was a soldier. He thought Paul was an employee of the security company. They shot everyone in the motorcade. "Then you can't lie any more!" Paul had to explain the situation, which put the other side in a temporary confusion, and then the other side put forward a ransom request, five million. Before 9 p.m., they paid five million before they were willing to release Paul.

After he hung up the phone, Paul took up his pen dejectedly and said "help?" This line of words crossed out, and then slowly turned around, lying in place, eyes revealed a loss. The blue light projected the stains and sweat on the face, and the loneliness seemed to be becoming numb and stiff little by little.

Chanel felt anger, uncontrollable anger - Paul was buried alive in the soil, in danger, but 911 refused to help him, the FBI began to question him, the company did not respond; What's more ridiculous is that the kidnappers have tied up the wrong person. They try to kill the soldiers and security guards to warn the United States, but what they get is an ordinary person, an ordinary truck driver, an ordinary person forgotten by their own country, their own society and their own government.

Now Paul is like everyone in American society. They are paying for the greed and lies of the White House, but now the white house refuses to help them and abandons them in the desert.

When he regained consciousness, Paul began a long journey of self-help again. He found his and Linda's common friend Donna through telephone number inquiry, and tried to find Linda through her, but Donna didn't realize the seriousness of the matter at all, and even accused Paul of being too rude and rude and hung up the phone directly; Paul had to call again, pleading in a low voice for Donna to find the state department number.

After dialing the phone, it's the same old repetition, repeated again, all the situations are alienated again, the other party then transfers to the corresponding department, and Rebecca browning answers the phone. But to Paul's surprise, the other party had a preliminary understanding of his situation. After questioning, Paul learned that Allen Davenport, the former personnel director of the company, had contacted the relevant departments - but they didn't make any noise, so they let Paul wait for his death in the same place, which made Paul feel deeply betrayed.

After inquiring about the details, Rebecca said that according to the national policy of the United States, they would not negotiate with terrorists. Paul finally could not help it any more. "Don't mention the national policy of the United States, madam. Please, it's easy for you to sit in an air-conditioned office. You're not the one buried in the middle of the desert waiting to die."

"You understand your frustration..."

"Frustration?" Paul let out a loud roar, and the fierce anger burst through the dark light of the mobile phone, word by word, very clear, "lady, I'm going to die here! You know what? " The catharsis of emotion still didn't get any response. The other end of the phone was a dead silence, which made Paul's eyes wet. He was like a beast trapped in a desperate situation, looking for any trace of life, and then rushed forward recklessly, hurting everything around him and himself.

"Hello, are you still there?" Paul closed his eyes and hid the moist under his eyes. His voice was calm again, but there was a deep sense of weakness and fatigue, as if desperate. He was pulling the rope behind him to stop him from trying to move forward towards hope. After receiving Rebecca's response, Paul said in a very gentle mute voice, "then say a word, Tell me how you're going to save me? "

But because Paul didn't know the number of his mobile phone, they had to re identify the signal and locate it, which increased the difficulty of their rescue. In a short time, they were helpless; So, according to Rebecca's instructions, Paul contacted Dan Brenner, the leader of the local hostage rescue team in Iraq.

Dan quickly instructed Paul in some life extending skills, and then learned some basic information. But before he had time to further communicate, the kidnapper called to urge Paul to pay money quickly. He asked Paul to record a kidnapping video. There was a cloth bag at Paul's feet with a note in it. According to the instructions of the note, he recorded the video. Paul argued that he was just an ordinary truck driver. The kidnapper finally compromised and reduced the ransom from 5 million to 1 million.

After hanging up the phone, Paul tried to get the bag, but he couldn't do it in the limited space. He had to curl up and try to turn around in one direction, but it was just that the coffin wider than his shoulder was hard to carry out. In the desperate situation, Paul compressed himself to the extreme, and even heard the creaking sound of the wooden board, It seemed that Paul could be crushed at any time.

Chanel was suddenly startled. It turned out that Tessa, who was sitting next to her, held her left hand. Because she was too nervous, Tessa's two hands crossed and firmly grasped Chanel's left hand. The whole person was shivering. Chanel didn't have time to pay attention to this. She turned her head again and looked at Paul's body curled up like a spring. It seemed that with a little more strength, his neck and spine would be directly broken. That kind of cruelty and blood made Chanel bite her lower lip, and a smell of blood spread in her mouth.

Subconsciously, Chanel also clenched Tessa's hands, the heart beat has lost consciousness, the fear of claustrophobia at this moment through the big screen, hard hit down, no one can exception, strong sense of suffocation as if all the light in the line of sight are swallowed up.

"Creak, creak... Bang!" The spring popped open, and Paul successfully turned around. The sound of gasping could be heard clearly in the whole auditorium. Some people were so intense that they began to cough. But the sound of coughing was soon choked off, as if covering his mouth.

No one can relax, that tension, that fear, that despair shrouded in everyone's head. Now, the only belief that supports Chanel is that Paul is the leading actor, or even the only leading actor. The director won't let him die, will he? Hollywood movies, the final outcome, the protagonist can always escape the day. Chanel crossed her fingers and prayed.

There are two fluorescent sticks, a flashlight, a dagger and a note in the bag.

Paul tried to find his wife Linda again, but there was still no answer at home or on his mobile phone. Paul was no longer angry because of his powerlessness. He immediately re dialed Dan's number, reported the kidnapper's mobile phone number in the past, hoping that they can catch the kidnapper, and then follow suit to save him.

Danqian told wanwan not to shoot kidnapping videos or turn into an international event. Paul was full of deep resentment and vented, "I've been here for nine months. I know what you care about is your secret plans and behind the scenes politics. If I'm a diplomat, if I'm also the head of the hostage rescue team like you, I was saved long ago. But I am not. I can only lie here and wait to die quietly. "

Facing Paul's questions and complaints, Dan had to persuade Paul to be safe, but Paul had already lost his confidence. He asked Dan to name mark white, who had been kidnapped and rescued before This is Dan's name. It calmed Paul a little bit.

However, less than ten seconds after calming down, the kidnapper's phone call broke the silence again. They urged Paul to record the kidnapping video. Paul tried to argue, but the other party didn't leave any chance, even didn't listen to his explanation and hung up directly. This made Paul's anxiety break out, almost suffocating, and the impulse to smash everything made him start to kill himself again. After swallowing the pills in the bottle mixed with alcohol, he finally got relief.

After taking the pills, Paul became more calm than ever before. He began to call his mother's sanatorium, but the memory of his mother suffering from Alzheimer's disease was no longer clear. She also took Paul as a child and talked about how she and Paul's father played cards every night. The dull communication made Paul fall into a complete collapse.

Even if he clenched his lower lip, the tears still fell down, as if the tears choked his throat.

Gavin clenched his teeth, and his emotions were raging. Only in this way, the tears would not fall down, the loneliness, the helplessness, the loneliness, and the despair, circling in Paul's eyes - the phone at home was still recorded, his wife's mobile phone was still unanswered, and even his mother had gradually forgotten him, so he was abandoned in a barren land, Quietly waiting for death. The mixed and turbulent emotions did not break out, but slowly settled down, so sour that Gavin almost collapsed.

But before the tears reached the chin, the phone rang again, and the mood stopped suddenly. Or the kidnappers.

Paul refused to answer the phone. He adjusted the ring to vibrate. After waiting for a long time, he calmed down a little. Then he got through, but the phone was hung up. The kidnappers sent a video, which made Paul's thumb tremble and his pupils begin to shake.

Hesitating, he pressed the confirm button.

In the video, a woman kneels on the ground with a piece of cloth in her mouth. Her head is pointed at by a machine gun. Her eyes are full of fear and her life is on the line.