Chapter 47
MAGGIE
The Lexus drove away, but the threat didn’t leave with Simon Ting’s car.
I’d wanted to run away when Alfonso had told me to get in the car. Like I would go easily. Might as well beg to be shot and dumped in some river, my bloated body washing up months later. I was pretty sure I’d seen that exact scenario in a movie before.
But refusing would’ve gotten me nowhere, nor trying to outrun Jay. I’d seen those long, muscled legs at work at the gym. And he’d promised me. He’d promised me I wouldn’t get hurt…
…and for some reason, I’d believed him.
I hadn’t been hurt, but Officer Ting’s threats still chilled me to the bone. He had files on my parents and Hank. Recent pictures. He didn’t know about Frasier yet, but if he kept digging, he would. And Jay would no longer be abl
