Chapter 34

Pete was grinning from ear to ear, his very rare smile that was always induced by one thing and one thing alone - money. He had a travelling bag full of money, dollar bills stacked under layers of towels, beddings and others. In the second bag was the same thing, stuffed with dollar wraps too, this time, wrapped in diapers and sealed up like the original product. In the third suitcase was dollar bills still, stuffed in coloured shampoo bottles, cans of perfume, toilet paper wraps and every other can, tin or pack they could roll a dollar into. It was a few days after they had received the billion dollar ransom they demanded, with Brownson virtually begging to see Moses and promising to do his best and make their legal papers ready in 96 hours. Pete had stated that he had 72 hours and nothing more and had ended the call, refusing to receive any more calls. After a few hours, he'd sent a video recording of Moses, the video was muted as the baby was still wailing despite all attempts by t