Chapter 281

281 Redeeming

Joseph’s face darkened. “Who are you? Why is Isabella’s phone with you?”

“It is not important.”

“What’s important is whether you want your woman back or not,” a disdainful voice came from the phone.

Joseph’s dark eyes trembled. He waved at Gerry. Gerry immediately understood and let the technical staff lock onto the target. Then, he began to arrange the bodyguards.

“I want her back. Where is she? She doesn’t have much money. Why did you kidnap her?” Joseph tried to keep his voice steady.

...

A mocking voice came from the phone, “It’s not about money. We just took a fancy to this girl. How beautiful she is! Her little face is so soft and tender.”

“And her waist!” “I’ve measured it. I can hold it with both hands. It’s so soft. I love it.”

“And her chest! It’s wonderful!”

.....

“Enough!”

Joseph clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning with anger. If these provocative people were in front of him, he might immediately tear them to pieces. However, he had to hold back his temper and confirm Isabella’s safety. “Why are you calling me if you don’t want money? Tell me what you want and release her!”

“Well, you get angry. It seems that you still care about her.”

The man teased, “But it’s not a good man’s behavior to let his girlfriend come to a hotel at night. Why don’t you give her to us? We can sell her for some money after we have played enough.”

“What money? It was agreed that I can break her arms as she had scratched my face!”

Joseph’s heart skipped a beat. The hand holding the phone trembled. When he saw Gerry signal to him, he immediately went out and got in the car. He went to the location where the target was locked on while stalling for time. “If you just want to tell me these to provoke me, then you have the wrong idea. If you want money, I can give you, but if anything happens to her, I will make you regret being born in this world.”

“Well, don’t be angry.”

One of them said, “I won’t argue with you anymore. We won’t kill her, and what we want is just money. Let’s make it clear. We’ve had enough fun with this little beauty anyway. Now that we want to exchange for some money.”

Hearing that they wanted money, Joseph breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they stated they requirements, there was still hope. He asked in a low voice, “How much do you want?”

“Five hundred thousand.”

The person on the phone thought for a moment, “How about this, we’ll give you one day to prepare the money. One day later, if you’re one hour late, we may help your girlfriend ‘learn’ something new.”

Joseph’s hand that was grabbing the seat sank deeply. Gerry looked at Joseph’s actions and his eyes flickered. He continued to lock his gaze on the location on the computer.

“I’ll give you five million, but you have to ensure that she’s fine.”

Joseph tried his best to sound calm. “Where are you? I’ll go and send the money now.”

“Wow, her boyfriend seems to be very rich. He said five million at once.”

“Could it be a lie?”

“The person is in your hands. Are you afraid that I won’t pay?” Joseph narrowed his eyes, “Or is it that the person is not in your hands?”

“Nonsense, of course she is in our hands.”

“Let her answer the phone.”

Joseph held the phone tightly, “You’d better be professional in kidnapping. If you can’t confirm the safety of the hostage, you can’t get a cent from me!”

“She can’t answer the phone.”

“Why?” A cold glint flashed across Joseph’s eyes. “Are you guys feeling guilty? You guys just picked up her phone, right?”

The man on the phone paused, and Joseph immediately tensed up. What he was even more afraid of was that Isabella was in danger and was not able to answer the call!

“Because we had a party last night. She is already drunk and unconscious!”

A meaningful laughter came from the phone. Joseph’s mind blank. He lowered his hand and put down the phone.

The man on the phone sensed his silence, so someone else had picked up the phone. “Hey, we’ll send you a photo, and then you decide whether to believe it or not...”

Joseph hung up the phone. “Gerry, how’s everything going?”

“The target is not moving. It should be the rented house in the west of the city. It is a dense place.”

Gerry immediately said, “The name Hoodie that you wrote in the book was being checked. It is not a famous figure in the underworld of Peace City. It is probably just a punk.”

“Just 500,000... Who can it be? Ask Cedric to help investigate. The Strettons know more people in the underworld.”

After Joseph finished giving his orders, he saw the message on his phone flash. He opened the picture, took a look, and smashed the phone. “These people must die! I want to chop them into minced meat! I want them to not even have the chance to regret!”

“Yes.”

Gerry looked at the furious Joseph and lowered his head to help him pick up his phone. He saw a girl in the photo who was tied to a heater in a disheveled state. Her face couldn’t be seen clearly due to her disheveled hair, but her clothes were exactly the same as Isabella that he saw in the surveillance records last night...

In a one-story apartment in the west of the city.

Four big men and a girl sat together in the room.

The girl was only wrapped in a sheet from head to toe. She showed her white shoulders and chest in front of several big men and asked, “That man hung up. Doesn’t he want to save his woman?”

“Hoodie, I told you to talk less, but you refused to listen. You might have revealed a flaw!”

“Didn’t I send him the photo?” “Look, Julia and that woman have similar figures, and their clothes are similar. I deliberately blurred the photo, so that man can’t tell!”

The girl immediately slapped Hoodie and snapped, “Stupid! You just want to sleep with me.”

“We really want to get some money!” Hoodie said as he covered his face with his hand.

“Well, good job. It’s important to tell him to ask for money. Look at how proud he was just now. It was as if he had really played with that woman. Damn it, he was crazy for thinking about women.”

The door suddenly rang.

“Someone is knocking?”

Everyone quieted down. Hoodie stood up vigilantly and walked to the door. He narrowed his eyes and asked, “Who is it?”

“Sir, is this fried chicken set you ordered?”

“I’m from the Fried Chicken Shop.” A girl’s voice rang out from outside.