Amelia My head snapped towards my mother when I heard Yanex’s father’s voice come through the phone speaker. He was instructing Yanex to kidnap me. I could tell Yanex was starting to worry as he stood from the chair, yelling that we needed to come up with a plan. “Dad, you need to get Jacob and Abelardo in here.” I told him as I set the coffee mug down on his desk. He nodded, then grabbed his phone. Everything else I muted as I walked over to Yanex. “You need to relax. If you can’t relax, you can’t think straight.” I reassured him, taking my own advice. I was scared shītless, but we would end up dead if we all panicked. Two minutes later, Abelardo and Jacob walked into the office, their noses flared, and their breaths were ragged. “Why is she in this office?” Abelardo asked my f