‘He... the money isn’t a problem, that’s what he said. He said I should... that I had to make sure I was free before... getting the money to Victor is easy. He paid it... the idiot.’ On an exhale Flick’s legs gave out, and she sat there on the floor in the middle of her mother’s favourite rug, and let her tears start all over again. ‘What are you talking about?’ Vivian asked. She and Lucia were glued to this unfolding drama, while her mother was just as intent. The men hadn’t been following events thus far, and so they were merely bystanders. ‘He paid the ransom,’ Flick whispered. ‘He? Lucia
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