Part 5 (2/2)

”This is what your daughter will look like when I cut off her right arm.”

”Please,” Paulina whispered, her throat so constricted she could barely talk. She closed her eyes. ”Stop. Just stop.”

The man stood there, holding the mutilated picture out for Paulina to see. ”Open your eyes,” he said. Paulina shook her head. ”Open them!”

She did.

”I have something for you,” the man said. ”I want you to take it home with you and I want you to read it.”

”What?” she said, blinking away the tears.

”When you've read it, I want you to write an article for your newspaper based on the information contained within. Your article will run this Thursday. If it does not, for any reason whatsoever...” The man took the photo and ripped off a piece. Then he dropped the tattered photo into the mud.

”I will cut off your daughter's head and send it to you in a box.”

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