Family on Their Knees Heart Turned to Ice novel Chapter 1339

"I'm fine," Sebastian said. "Park the car for me. I'm heading up to the office."

He stepped out of the car and walked straight toward the elevators.

Lester didn't ask any questions. A lot had happened over the last two days, and it was entirely normal for Sebastian to be in a foul mood.

The $1.2 billion had already been wired and had undoubtedly cleared by now. The video had been permanently wiped from the internet the night before.

The real headache was that they still hadn't seen Debbie, and there had been complete radio silence.

After parking the car, Lester followed Sebastian up to his office to give an update. "The money has hit Ms. Harris's bank account. We've been monitoring it, and so far, not a single cent has been moved."

Sebastian nodded. "Get $800 million ready. We should be able to buy her back very soon."

"Buy her back?" Lester looked confused. "Didn't we just wire $1.2 billion? Why the sudden price hike?"

"If the middleman is telling the truth, Debbie was mutilated by someone else before falling into the hands of the Sapphire Enforcers.

"The casino wants $800 million to settle her gambling debts."

"Did they give us a twenty percent discount?"

It was the first time Lester had ever heard of a discount on a gambling debt.

"Gambling is pure profit for them. Even if they took ninety percent off, they wouldn't be losing money, let alone a twenty percent discount.

"As long as they get paid, they make a killing."

Lester understood now. "But isn't $2 billion a bit steep?

"If Ms. Harris wasn't with the Sapphire Enforcers initially, where is that $1.2 billion going to end up?"

"Maybe the final cost will only be $800 million," Sebastian mused. "Isn't the $1.2 billion still sitting in her account?

"While she's locked up by the casino, no one else can touch her money.

"Once we get her back, we get the money back."

Even though it was 'only' $1.2 billion, Sebastian refused to lose it for nothing.

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