I slide the bag across the diner table, the the hooded figure opposite of me peers inside.

“Where the hell did you find this?!” He hissed, looking up from the bag.

I smiled. “Just the warehouse. Yknow, the one you and your men visited last night,”

The mob boss reached into the bag pulling out a black tape.

“It’s all recorded in there,” I continued smugly. “The break in. The boxes you stole. The security guard you shot down,”

The man growled in his throat, starring me down. “And your going to spread these around, huh?”

My smile subsided. “I will. Unless you release her,”

The man across the table sat against his chair, his body relaxing. “And you think a nobody like you can bring down my plans, huh mate? Yknow who I am? I could have you AND your wife killed by the morning,”

I stiffened. “If either of us are harmed, these tapes will end up everywhere, and you and your mob will end up in jail,”

A long moment passed. I just stared into the man’s dark eyes. Finally he reached into his coat pocket, pulling out a burner phone. “Get the girl,”

I grit my teeth as the silent moments passed. This was my last chance to get her back. It had to work.

The man just nodded at me, gesturing the phone towards me. Slowly I took it, bringing it to my warm ear.

“Hello?”

A muffled voice screamed through the device. “MmmmMmmm!”

“Ungag her!” I shouted. “Ungag her! Let me talk to my wife!”

Silence followed.

I just glared at the mob boss who sat across me. “Ungag her!” I repeated.

Suddenly a gunshot fired from the other end of the phone. Although I couldn’t see what happened, I knew. All I could imagine was her beautiful face with a bullet between her shining eyes. A chill went down my back. I slammed the phone against the table.

“You little!” I yelled in rage.

When I looked back at the man, he had a gun in his hand, aimed towards my chest.

“Wait! I told you what would happen if you killed us!”

He let out a sinister laugh. “Your not the first to try to black mail me, boy. Nice try tho,”

He fired.