Chapter 58: Ransom

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David looked at his clock. 1:20 in the morning, he thought. Who'd be calling me at 1:20 in the morning. He reached for the phone but it stopped ringing. Sighing he stood and walked out of his bed room and rubbed his eyes. Riley sat in the living room by the speaker phone.


"Hello," she said.


"Riley, Alex is in trouble," the voice on the other line said.


"Alex is in trouble, what? Who is this?"


Dakota, who still sat on the couch with Stephanie, looked up. "Alex."


"If you want him to live, Dakota needs to come to the woods, by the creek. He has twenty minuets, if he doesn't show, Alex dies." The phone clicked.

Silence.


Riley hit the button and stared at her father. "What do we do?" She asked.


"Only one answer," Dakota said. "I go and none of you are going to stop me." He looked up half expecting to see David shaking his head and telling him no, but he didn't.


"If you go, I'm going with you," David said.


"But-"


"Don't argue Dakota, you know I'll win," David cut him off.


"You're letting him go?" Stephanie asked.


"We have no other option." David replied.


"You're not leaving me out of this," Kristopher said. "I have to give Karma a piece of my mind anyway."


"Riley, you and Stephanie stay here, we'll be back." David said.


Riley remained silent. I don't know how we're gonna win this one.