Lover's Lament: Please Come Back To Me

r down to the red-light district, and she

restrained in a decrepit buil

sheveled, revealing bruised shoulders and much o

The caller claimed intimate knowledge of her biological parents and ev

ges, she ended up in the

voice steady despite the blood trickling from her mouth's corner. "I

Hewi

prompting bewildered looks among them. "Ala

al could send shockwaves through the city. If they indeed he

adied herself, and said, "I won't claim you kidnapped me. Just

ing on her expensive designer dress and strik

attractive. Someone of Alan's stature taking

e me his phone number, and no tricks. If you try to deceive me, I'll sell you to a

g her mouth, weakly ut

number, but the call wa

it! Are you playing games with

nd he delivered a harsh ki

ce growing fainter. "He won't take a stranger's c

After a moment's hesitation, he handed her the phone, growling, "Tell

ivered as she dialed

an for three years, she fel

finances, which gave her a sliver of

lessly, her knuckles paling

a woman's. The caller was none other than the renown

ey's grave. What do you need?" L

through Kait

and she had been kidnapped. Two days had slipped by, and Alan was none

ged in h

ed for great-grandchildren, and Kaitlin bore an unsettling resemblance to his de

was merely a stand-in t

not the moment

t was evident in her voice. "Miss Willis, it's urgent tha

day marks the anniversary of Ashley's passing. He's really not in the mo

ence, Kaitlin raised her voice and shouted into the phone, "I need to talk t

napping, fearing the kidnappe

She could hear footsteps in the background an

's Kaitlin. She's adamant about speaking with you. I mentioned we're visiting

as that? She's nothing but a stand-in. Just hang up. S

nnection was severed, and Ka