Chapter 65

• Connor watched the car zigzag on the narrow pathway she'd taken that would have eventually led her out of their vicinity. He knew that the moment she hit the road, they wouldn't have been able to catch her. He hadn't meant to shoot at her either but she had left him with no choice. He couldn't let her escape without exacting his revenge on her and getting her parents to send him money. He needed the cash to escape, leave the country before they put him behind bars again. This was all her doing. Trying to act like she knew better than him.
• She made him look stupid. Heck he felt stupid for not searching for her in the house first. But when he'd seen the open window only one thing had registered in his brain. That she'd escaped. Surely anyone would have come to that conclusion. He told Byron to go the opposite direction so they could surround her but a few feet into the trees, the roar of an engine had made him stop. He couldn't believe she'd tricked him. Although he should have seen it coming. She did warn him about underestimating her but he hadn't listened because he thought there was nothing she could do. By the time he rounded the house, she was already driving away. And for a second there, just a second, he'd thought about letting her go. Knowing Alexis, she would be paranoid for the rest of her life. Always expecting him to show up out of nowhere. He could have lived the rest of his life knowing that she'd never have peace of mind.
• But then she flipped him and he lost it. Before he knew what he was doing, he'd taken his gun out and was shooting at her. He hadn't planned on killing her of course but if she happened to die then good for her. She'd be doing him a favor because then, he wouldn't have to run. No one would know he was behind the kidnapping.