The program read a spastic signal pinging cell towers all over in rapid succession. Owen slapped the laptop closed in frustration. He knew he wasn’t dealing with an amateur but even experienced operatives made mistakes. He was case and point at this particular moment. Which didn’t sit well with him.
He unplugged the phone from the computer, there was no point in the program anymore. He paced in front of his desk while listening to the voice on the other end taunting him. The scrambler gave it a kind of surreal quality like he was speaking to someone from another world.
He clutched the phone to his face when his daughter chimed in. “Hi Anita.” He replied cheerfully to his daughter as if nothing was amiss. He didn’t have a chance to say anything further.
Good move. Put the kid on as proof. At least the child wasn’t panicked. She was happily eating icecream. They had to still be in the city. He was trying to imagine someone approaching Anita. Though she was a naive child they would had to have put on a friendly face. They would have been presentable and unassuming to go unnoticed by any school teachers milling around while the children found their parents or buses.
There wasn't much to go on but his assumptions.
“Yes, well, children born to powerful men and women need not to fear strangers. Generally speaking. Although, apparently, there are exceptions to that rule.”
He fell silent for a moment straining to hear background noises for a few more heartbeats.
“You know, if I’d have known there would have been strawberry ice cream involved I would have just let you kidnap me. All you have to do is ask nicely. At any rate, I have some ground rules. I require that my daughter not be harmed and to continue to experience this transaction as an afternoon venture with one of daddy’s friends. There will be consequences for deviance. Now, let’s hear your demands then. Get on with the extorting, I’m a busy man”
Owen didn’t have many cards to play, other than to sound unimpressed, unamused, and willing to cooperate. He waited to see what hand he'd be dealt.
He unplugged the phone from the computer, there was no point in the program anymore. He paced in front of his desk while listening to the voice on the other end taunting him. The scrambler gave it a kind of surreal quality like he was speaking to someone from another world.
He clutched the phone to his face when his daughter chimed in. “Hi Anita.” He replied cheerfully to his daughter as if nothing was amiss. He didn’t have a chance to say anything further.
Good move. Put the kid on as proof. At least the child wasn’t panicked. She was happily eating icecream. They had to still be in the city. He was trying to imagine someone approaching Anita. Though she was a naive child they would had to have put on a friendly face. They would have been presentable and unassuming to go unnoticed by any school teachers milling around while the children found their parents or buses.
There wasn't much to go on but his assumptions.
“Yes, well, children born to powerful men and women need not to fear strangers. Generally speaking. Although, apparently, there are exceptions to that rule.”
He fell silent for a moment straining to hear background noises for a few more heartbeats.
“You know, if I’d have known there would have been strawberry ice cream involved I would have just let you kidnap me. All you have to do is ask nicely. At any rate, I have some ground rules. I require that my daughter not be harmed and to continue to experience this transaction as an afternoon venture with one of daddy’s friends. There will be consequences for deviance. Now, let’s hear your demands then. Get on with the extorting, I’m a busy man”
Owen didn’t have many cards to play, other than to sound unimpressed, unamused, and willing to cooperate. He waited to see what hand he'd be dealt.
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