Thirty-Four
The next time Antonov came back, he took Lulu outside so she could relieve herself. The trickiest moment came when he reached behind her to untie her hands. She kept talking the entire time to distract him from the fact that her hands came loose so easily. It seemed to work, and she made a show of rubbing her wrists after he hauled her to her feet.
As he pulled her outside, she kept talking. Maybe she could pry something more out of him. The one topic she avoided was Raul’s mother. Better to keep that knowledge as a hidden card up her sleeve, just in case.
“I still don’t understand why you had to come all the way back to Alaska to find a kidnapping victim. Wasn’t there someone closer to home? Not that I want you to kidnap anyone,” she added quickly. “You should really find a
