Chapter 29: Answer The Phone
Chapter 29
Answer the Phone
On the third ring, Lonny moved toward the kitchen. Lucia intercepted him and took him back to the living room. The tech signaled that he was ready. I instructed Scott to pick up on ring number four. The script we rehearsed lay on the table in front of him.
“Hello.”
“Is the money ready, Mr. Winthrop?”
Winthrop looked at me, panicked. I shook my head and pointed to the 48 marked on our sheet.
“You said forty-eight hours.”
“But I know you have it. Let’s do the transaction today. I’m sure you want your little girl back. I know she wants to go home.”
Scott looked to me for an answer. I scribbled on the pad: 3:00 PM.
“I can probably get it by three.”
I pointed to a part of the script we’d rehearsed.
He nodded. “Is my daughter t
