In addition to feeling distressed by what was going on, I was also puzzled, until I was interviewed by a man who was investigating twelve major kidnappings that had recently taken place in different parts of the world, one of them the famous Patty Hearst case. I shall never forget what he said at the end of our meeting. “Jane, I know you think that your situation is unfair and shocking. Unfortunately in every case that I have investigated when large sums of money were handed over, there was a breakdown in relationships. Friendship and trust turned to hostility and bitterness. In every case.”
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