I could only sit there in stunned silence for what felt like an eternity after that monstrous mercenary leader swaggered out, leaving me to stew in the bone-chilling threat he'd leveled against my innocent baby.
How could anyone be so evil? So depraved? Holding a child's life hostage just to extort unfathomable wealth from my husband's family - it was the kind of diabolical scheme I'd only ever seen in movies before. The fact I was now trapped in the middle of this real-life nightmare was almost too much for my mind to fully process.
I kept staring at the monitor showing my sweet little boy's crib room with tears welling in my eyes. All it would take is one psychotic thug pressing a button or flipping a switch, and...
No, I couldn't let my thoughts go there. Refusing to entertain someth
