Desperately, she reached for her phone, but one of the men grabbed a towel and covered her and Joy's mouths. Her vision went black, and she passed out. 'From the man's tone, it sounds like they kidnapped me and Joy because of Julian Donovan. Could this be one of his enemies from the underworld?'
When Naomi Shaw woke up again, the same three men were still there, but they had switched to a different car. By now, the sky was completely dark. The road was unlit and bumpy, suggesting they had left the city and were heading toward the remote suburbs. The panic in her heart grew more and more severe.
Joy lay slumped beside her. Naomi quickly pulled her into her arms, tears of anguish falling. "Joy? Joy? Wake up!"
Joy slowly opened her big, dark eyes. The moment she saw her mother, she let out a WAAAH and started crying. "Mommy..."
Joy was usually a quiet child who never cried or made a fuss. Crying like this meant she must be terrified.
A man beside them roared viciously, "Shut up!"
