My mother was so calm, and I tried to make her proud by staying as calm as I could. It wasn’t easy under these circumstances, but I was sure I was doing better than Amanda. I could hear her heavy, frightened breathing nearby, and I knew she was panicking.
Several minutes passed with almost no sound, then the kidnappers started to speak to each other again.
"I gave him the drop points," one of them said. "He'll be bringing the money."
"And our people are in place?" the one who seemed to be the leader asked.
"They're ready for it," was the reply.
"Good. Then all we have to do is wait," the leader said.
The sound of chairs scraping nearby told me they were sitting down, followed by their quiet chatter and the smell of cigarette smoke.
It seemed they were going to
