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    Erica, lounging at home with the news ying in the background, was jolted upright by the headline that shed across the screen.


    She wondered aloud, "Debra was kidnapped? Who did it?"


    Her phone rang, and she snatched it up to se


    andy''s call.


    "Hello? Randy, listen to me..." she started anxiously.


    "Debra was kidnapped?" What answered her was not Randy, but Marion''s deep and steady voice.


    "I just saw the news," Erica replied. "I don''t know if it''s true. When are youing back?"


    Debra had been staying with the Nichols family, and Erica wasn''t privy to the details of the arrangement with Juan. They had kept their distance to maintain Debra''s secret identity as the McKinney Group''s. president. And now such a thing had happened. "Marion? Marion, are you there?" Erica pressed the phone to her ear, but only silence echoed back.


    She was at a loss, having not faced such a situation before. After a while, Randy''s voice came through. "Don''t worry. We''re on our way back. Stay collected."


    But she couldn''t stop worrying.


    After hanging up the phone, she immediately mobilized everyone to investigate and confirm the truth. After all, few people in Seamar City would dare kidnap Debra. Across town, Shelia stared at the same news report in rissa''s rented


    apartment, her body trembling with a mix of exhration and fear. rissa was frightened, not expecting the situation to escte so much that the police were heavily involved. "Shelia, if they find out we''re involved, what will we do?" Her voice quivered, the weight of their actions crashing down on her.


    Shelia snorted, "What are you worried about? If they find out, at least you won''t have to worry about your gambling debts anymore. Prison is safer than facing debtors. Just calm down." Despite her bravado, her knuckles were white around her phone, betraying her nervousness.


    She waited for news of Debra''s demise, but thetest update sent her reeling. The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of $10 billion from the Nichols family in exchange for Debra''s safe return. "What''s going on?" Shelia was dumbfounded.


    She hadn''t instructed them to extort money from Juan. She just wanted Debra dead. These people didn''t keep their promise.


    "Shelia, what does this mean?" rissa asked, her voice rising with panic.


    "Stop the noise!" Shelia hissed, her mind spinning.


    Her fierce look frightened rissa.


    She dialed the kidnappers'' number, her face darkening with each ring. She wondered if anything had gone wrong during the process. Once the line was through, she shouted, "What are you thinking? Why didn''t you follow my instructions? I need you to kill her now!"