Chapter 3 - The Blackmail
I tried to snatch the plastic test out of his hand.
Liam pulled it away and laughed in my face.
He told me this baby was our ticket out of poverty.
He wanted me to blackmail Alessandro for millions of dollars.
I told him I would rather die than use my unborn child as a pawn.
Liam's face twisted into something ugly and unrecognizable.
He grabbed my shoulders and shook me hard.
"You owe me for letting you live here, Emma," he spat.
I shoved him backward with all my strength and ran out the broken front door.
I did not stop running until I reached the diner where I worked.
I needed to collect my last paycheck in cash and leave Chicago tonight.
My manager handed me the money in a brown envelope.
I slipped out the back exit into the dark alleyway.
A sleek black limousine was blocking the entire path.
The back door opened slowly.
Alessandro Vitali stepped out into the pouring rain.
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He looked at my cheap uniform and my terrified face.
"Get in the car, Elizabeth," he commanded perfectly.
