"I have bad news, Erik. Aryana was kidnapped from the cruise ship last night! The bodyguard you hired to watch her from the shadows colluded with the kidnappers."
"What?" The pen Erik was holding snapped into two.
"Find out who the kidnappers are right now! Exhaust all our resources to bring her back!" Erik stood abruptly from his chair and approached Marlon who stepped back. The expression on Erik's face was new to him. Was it fury or worry or both?
"Bo… Boss, their getaway boat was caught in a tornado and capsized. The kidnappers' bloated bodies were recovered. Aryana... she.. is missing." Marlon has difficulty saying those words. He was scared to say that probably his wife was also dead. When he received the news, he was shocked and it took a long time for him to recover.
Time stood still.
