CHAPTER 41
FAMILY PRESS APPEALAngelo moved amidst the media frenzy with reporters asking questions of the recent kidnap victim’s mother, and clicking their cameras while the woman and her husband stood on the podium, waiting to speak. Angelo stood beside Octavia.
“The poor woman. I only hope we find her daughter alive,” she muttered.
He watched the parents, whose gaunt, pale expressions tugged at his heart. The mother moved to the microphone and began.
“I want to appeal to my daughter’s kidnapper. She is an innocent in all this, and I am pleading for you to return her home safely to us. Her name is Jenny, and she ran away from home because we wouldn’t let her take a trip interstate with her boyfriend. We regret not being able to keep her safe in her own home, but she is innocent and do
