Chapter 9 Negotiating to Save a Life
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Her meeting with Ms. Susan had been pure coincidence, tied to the Hanson family. The two of them had hit it off instantly. Windy had felt real friendship for the woman. Later, after Windy was imprisoned, she learned Ms. Susan had tried to send her supplies through connections–but everything had been intercepted.
Ms. Susan’s complicated entanglement was with Morgan’s uncle, Jack. She had been Jack’s secret woman since she was sixteen. Jack had loved her beauty and charm, but it wasn’t real love—just a fleeting infatuation, shallow and cruel. They had been entangled for years until Jack let her go.
But then she got pregnant.
Maybe it was fate, because even after taking two rounds of abortion pills, the child survived.
When Yuna turned five, somehow Jack found out about her. He wanted to claim her. Ms. Susan refused.
Six months later, Yuna was kidnapped. The ransom was a billion.
She didn’t have that kind of money. When she had no choice but to ask Jack for help, the kidnappers had already “killed” Yuna.
As for how Windy knew Yuna hadn’t really died-
In her previous life, in Mambia, she had met Yuna again.
Yuna had grown, and Windy hadn’t recognized her at first–it was Yuna who recognized her. Children remembered things sharply. Even though Windy had been a shadow of her former self by then, Yuna had recognized her immediately.
Yuna had told her everything. She hadn’t died. The video Ms. Susan received had been faked. The blood was pig’s blood. The knife was a retractable prop. It had looked real but didn’t actually stab her.
They had drugged her heavily beforehand, making her look like she was in unbearable pain.
The real mastermind behind the kidnapping was Jack. He had wanted to keep Yuna by his side because, even after years of marriage, he had no children.
But unfortunately, Jack’s wife, Lauren, had discovered Yuna’s existence shortly after. Jealous and vicious, she had sold Yuna into the black market.
Yuna had been shuffled from one hell to another. Eventually, she was sold into Myanmar.
In Windy’s previous life, Yuna had died before her, tormented beyond recognition. They had even carved open her stomach in front of the others.
Ms. Susan’s ending had been no better. It was said she had been hacked to death on the street.
All this, Yuna had once told her back in Mambia.
Windy’s thoughts returned to the present.
She looked at the woman in front of her–still so young, yet already worn by grief and despair. There was no fear of threats in Windy’s eyes. Only cold certainty.
“What’s your name?” Ms. Susan asked. She needed to remember this girl. She was the only hope left.
“Windy.”
Ms. Susan slowly calmed herself. She realized Windy was right. The enemy was hiding too deeply. If she made a wrong move now, it would cost Yuna her life.
“When can I see Yuna? What do I need to prepare?” She could only listen to Windy now. She had no confidence facing those monsters on her own.
Windy recalled Yuna’s story. The black market auction would be held in March–when it was still cold. If she remembered right, it would be this March
That would be when Yuna would be sold to some wealthy buyer–to suffer for another two years.
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Chapter 9 Negotiating to Save a Life
“March eighteenth. I’ll take you. Be ready with the money. You’ll need a lot. Billions, probably”
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She couldn’t tell Ms. Susan the full truth yet. If she did, she feared Ms. Susan would act recklessly. And that would alert the enemy and cost Yuna her life.
Windy also needed time–to prepare herself, to retrain her old skills, to make sure nothing went wrong.
“Alright. Don’t worry about the money. I’ll have it ready,” Ms. Susan promised.
The atmosphere in the private room finally eased. They exchanged contact information.
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