Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Ch 33: Listen to me
“Your family abandoned you the second they did not put any privacy on your information. Anyone could have caught on to who you were with some research. Does that not feel unfair to you?”

The man asked, but Rika refused to fall into his trap.

She would lose the second she showed emotion and spoke up before him. Her silence did its trick, and the alpha felt ticked off enough to let Rika’s head go.

“Tsk, as things stand, I don’t think your family would pay enough money for me to let you go. I also do not want to cause any trouble by calling the Goodwills. So, how about you behave for me and get sold like a good toy.”

“I am sure many rich people would pay good money to buy someone like you – a beautiful beta from the Goodwill family. I already know a few people who would pay me well.”

Rika had not been fearful of this situation until now, but she began feeling slivers of fear crawling up her spine.

‘It will be fine! This man is just joking around. There is no way in hell he will sell me. Especially not when he knows it will put him on my family’s radar.’

Rika tried to reason with herself that she would not be sold. But it was hard to remain optimistic when her information had been compromised.

What was worse? Rika could not count on her family to come to her rescue. She doubted that they would even realise that she was gone.

‘The only ones I can rely on to convey what happened are Emily and Damian. I am sure they would notice if I were gone too long.’

Rika could only count on those two because they were the only ones who could investigate what happened to her.

As much as Rika wanted to count on Charon’s help, she knew the police would get a beta’s report when an alpha was involved.

Rika’s kidnapper had also been part of the mafia, so she was sure that he had some police connections that would make things go his way.

‘Emily, Damian, I am counting on you both to come for me. Please, don’t make me regret my decision.’

Rika would have taken care of the kidnapper herself if she could get her hands free. But that was not possible under the current restrictions she was placed under.

For now, the best course of action was to be obedient and be taken where this man was taking Rika.

Besides, Rika was not even sure if this alpha was alone or if he had more people aiding him. She needed to be careful about how she dealt with this situation.

…

“Damian, you keep trying to figure something out. I will tell Rika’s family what happened. As much as I do not like them, they deserve to know what happened to Rika.”

Emily dreaded making this call.

Not because she was afraid of the kind of reaction she would get but because of the lack of ones she would.

She called the family phone first to have a servant pick it up.

*Ring*

“Hello! Who is calling us in the middle of the night? Is it a pervert? What do you want?”

Emily considered cutting the phone when she heard Suzie’s voice on the other end.

“Hello! Are you not going to speak up? Is this a prank call? If you do not answer me now, I will track this call, and you will get in trouble.”

Suzie repeated the exact words that Mark had taught her.

‘Ugh, do I have to talk to her?’

“Get a butler on the call. This is important, so hurry up and get an adult for me.”

Emily made sure her voice was as crisp and sharp as she could. She did not want Suzie to know who she was.

But Suzie recognised her voice in an instant, and Suzie’s voice lit up.

“Sister Emily! Is that you? Did you call me because you missed me? I missed you as well. Is Brother Damian there as well? Are you both together and doing ‘things’? Did you call me because you miss me? What a wonderful day! Do you want me to come to you-”

Emily cut off the phone before she could feed Suzie’s obsession anymore. She was more than aware of what Emily was like.

“Fuck! I needed anyone else but Emily to pick up the phone. That girl might be Rika’s young sister, but she inherited none of Rika’s charm. I cannot stand her.”

The female alpha knew about Suzie’s crush on her and Damian. She had tried to make a pass at them more times than they could count.

But the pair had never reciprocated.

The only reason they had not attacked Suzie back was that she was Rika’s younger sister. But the Omega had taken this as a sign of interest in her.

“Fuck! Do I not have a choice in this matter? I did not want to call Mark.”

Emily sighed and made up her mind. She called Rika’s older brother and hoped it was a small talk.

“What do you want? Do you know what time it is, Emily Stienz? You disturbed my sleep.”

It was not late, but Mark seemed to want to complain anyway. It was because they had a strained relationship.

“I would have preferred not to call you, but this is an emergency. Look, Rika has been-”

*knock*

{Brother, open the door. I need to tell you something urgently. Hurry up and open the door.}

Emily heard that loud noise from the other side of the phone, and she instantly wanted to put the phone down.

“Mark, listen to me. Rika was-”

Emily tried to speak again, and her pheramones rose in agitation. However, since Mark was talking to her on the phone and not in real life, he could not tell how agitated Emily was.

“Can this wait for a moment? Suzie is here to talk to me. I cannot put you over her. I will call you back.”