“I’ll drag your wife’s name through the dirt, she’ll loose everything she has and everything she is.”

“You do know Peggy Peabody is a powerful woman.” I say continuing to make no eye contact.

“I’ll knock her down too.”

…

Bette’s POV

“Get him back on the screen, I need to see if Tina is alright.” I plead.
“How long till we arrive?” Peggy says.

“We are trying our best, we should be there two hours from now.”

“How do we plan to stall him?” I blurt out being impatient.

“I know you’re worried about Tina but I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing happens to neither one of them.” Peggy says looking into my panicked eyes. “And we’ll stall him by figuring out some kind of deal, some kind of compromise.” 

“Get him back on the line, Carl.” She says.

Carl nods his head and then turns the laptop towards us.

In a split second our cam connects and we wait for the acceptance of the other screen.

…

Tina’s POV

My head finally lifts from the floor when I hear the ringing of the cam come through the computer.

“About time.” He says walking in front of me.

I try to look pass him with great difficulty.

“Well, hello again ladies.” He says.

“Move and let me see that my wife is ok.” I hear Bette demand through the speakers.

I watch as he steps away and I see Bette with that concerned face.

“T? Are you ok?”

My heart fills with calmness when I hear her voice speaking to me. “I’m ok.” I reply.

“She’s still ok. For now.” He says.

“You listen to me, you lay one finger on her and I swear.” Bette says with anger and pain in her voice.

His body blocks the screen again leaving me no view but his back side.

I look around at the many objects I could use to knock this bastard out with my untied free hands. The only down side is that I’d never get away with it due to the many men scattered everywhere in this building.

“So have you thought rightfully?” He asks.

“We hope.” I hear Peggy say. “We have a proposition.”

“And what may that be?”