Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Asking for so much just isn’t reasonable. Let’s settle on a realistic amount.”
Watching Audrey negotiate, the lady figured Audrey might be gullible and said, “Okay, eighteen thousand, no less.”
“What about fifteen thousand?” Audrey countered.
The lady, believing Audrey was genuinely engaging in the negotiation, relaxed her suspicion and agreed, “Okay, that works.”
The lady then passed her own phone to Audrey to make a call.
Audrey dialed and said, “Amber, can you bring me some cash?”
Once the address was delivered by Audrey, the lady felt her schemes had made it, grinning Audrey said to the lady, “Don’t worry. Amber is close by. She’ll arrive in no more than twenty minutes.”
The lady couldn’t hide her happiness.
Meanwhile, the man kept leering at Audrey, his drooling gaze unnerving.
When the timing seemed right, Audrey pretended to remember something and exclaimed, “Oh! I just remembered. I have three thousand in cash in the car. Let me grab that for you.”
The lady, thrilled at the mention of money, encouraged, “Okay, dear, go grab it.”
The lady then returned the car keys to Audrey.
With calmness, Audrey unlocked the car door and got inside.
The lady watched eagerly as Audrey appeared to search the glove box, only to see Audrey quickly shut the door and lock it from the inside.
The lady’s face contorted with anger and tried to pull the door open, but it wouldn’t move. Muffled by the car’s windows, she cursed at the maximum of her Lungs.
The car had great soundproofing. Audrey could only catch the angry words through lip-reading.
In a burst of anger, the man picked up a rock and threw it at Audrey’s car!
Before the man could throw the rock, a muscular guy stepped in, grabbing the man’s waist
and throwing him onto the pavement with a loud crash.
Audrey’s eyes widened as she saw Stefan standing before her. How he appeared on this deserted road was beyond her understanding.
Seeing her son being roughly handled, the lady attacked Stefan without a second thought.
Stefan was good at dealing with men, but he struggled with women. He awkwardly avoided the lady, moving like a shy schoolboy trying to dodge her grabs.
As the chaos escalated, Audrey quickly rolled down her car window and called out, “Stefan, leave her alone!”
Seeing Audrey’s intervention, the lady, filled with fury at being outsmarted, charged at Audrey with fierce anger.
Stefan kept his cool as long as he could, but eventually, he lost his patience at the sight of the lady charging at Audrey. With lightning speed, he grabbed the lady and tossed her roughly onto the asphalt.
The lady fell to the sidewalk, flailing and screaming, “Murder!
They’re murdering me!”
Stefan’s brow furrowed. This level of hysteria was new to him.
Suddenly, the air was split by the loud blare of sirens.
The lady on the ground let out a sharp scream, jumped to her feet, and shot Audrey a furious look. “You called the polic she accused.
Audrey nodded, unfazed. “Yep, using your phone.”
The lady flew into a rage, realizing Audrey had been covertly signaling the police all this while!
The lady’s cheeks reddened as her blood pressure spiked. This scam she’d been running with her son, targeting luxury cars because of their distracted owners, had never gone wrong until now.
She’d even made a point of learning about various Luxury car brands to pick her targets wisely. The owners of these fancy cars were typically too preoccupied to bother with anything under a few grand.
“Fine! I’ll just tell the police you and your friend assaulted me and my son. I’ll make sure you regret this!” the lady snapped.
Her son, still on the ground and holding his head, groaned. “Hit me… He hit me…”
Audrey leaned forward, a smirk playing on her lips. “Do you really think you can fool everyone when there’s a dash cam recording everything?”
The lady’s face turned pale. “A dashcam?” How could she have forgotten about that? Nobody had ever challenged her on it before.
They’d always just paid up without a fuss, so the thought had never even occurred to her. Now it all clicked into place. That explained Audrey’s calm demeanor. Audrey had been banking on this from the start.
The police had leaped out of their cars and were handcuffing the lady’s son faster than she could react.
The man, completely unaware of the situation, had a huge grin on his face as they escorted him away.
The lady cried out, “Oh, my son! They’re taking you away!”
Hearing this, the man began to struggle wildly. Foam formed at his mouth as if he were having a seizure.
The cops were caught flat-footed and radioed for an ambulance.
When everything calmed down, the lady had disappeared without a trace.
Audrey couldn’t believe her eye. The lady had just abandoned her son and fled the scene.
After the police put the man into the ambulance, they asked Audrey for a brief statement.
“We’re Looking into it, ma’am,” one of them said. “We’ve gotten a few leads on these guys before. The problem is, people hesitate to report them to the police, and by the time they do, they are nowhere to be found. But you did great.”
Audrey felt proud of her contribution. She hoped her actions could prevent others from being ripped off.
“Also, that lady had run away, but I caught her on my dashcam. The video’s pretty clear. It might help you guys out,” Audrey added.
“Thanks,” the officer replied.
Once the police had left, Stefan gave Audrey a thumbs-up. “You really handled that well,” he said.
Audrey smiled. “What brings you here?” she inquired.
“I just finished a seminar. I’m heading back to downtown Stefan glanced at the flat tire of Audrey’s car, barely attached. “Where are you off to? I can give you a Lift.”
Audrey waved off the suggestion. “No, thanks. I’ve already called for a ride.”
Stefan nodded. “Alright. I’ll stay with you until your ride arrives.”
Audrey thought that was a good idea. After the recent struggle, she didn’t Like the idea of waiting alone.
However, as time passed, her ride was still nowhere in sight. Audrey realized her phone screen was cracked beyond repair, and when she tried turning it on, all she got was a blank screen.
She used Stefan’s phone to call her driver. The driver clarified that a misunderstanding caused by a miscommunication over the phone led him to a different location. He had attempted to contact Audrey, but since her phone wasn’t working, he began to worry.
Audrey asked where the driver was now, and found out he was quite far away.
Seeing Audrey’s growing concern, Stefan gestured to her. “I’ll take you.”
Realizing she couldn’t wait any longer, Audrey nodded. Then, she dialed the driver and provided the new pick-up location, instructing to bring her flat-tire car back.
Audrey took the black duffel bag from her car and turned to Stefan.
“Sorry to bug you.”
Stefan laughed softly, saying, “I’m done for the day.”
On the road, Audrey gave Stefan an address. Driving down a deserted road, she asked him to stop. “It won’t take long,” she assured Stefan.
The advice from Nicole, to keep things secret, lingered in Audrey’s mind. Thus, she didn’t tell Stefan exactly what she was going to do, despite their closeness.
Stefan didn’t question her. He simply offered her his backup phone.
“Let me know if you need help.”
Audrey responded with a grateful nod.
Audrey took a turn down a side street, led by Nicole’s directions to a brick-red building hidden at the alley’s end. Its hidden location surprised her as she got closer.
As Audrey reached the entrance, the sound of a child’s cries broke out from inside.
Audrey hurried in to find a well-built man dragging a child across the floor, a cigarette dangling from his mouth and a malicious smile on his face. “Pay up, or this child is getting sold!” he threatened.
A woman in a yellow dress was holding onto the child, her sobs cutting through the noise. “Please, you can’t take him! He’s ill!” she begged.
The man was unfazed. “Your child ruined my watermelons. Ten thousand dollars won’t even cover the damage. Those were imported, mind you!”
“He didn’t mean to! Your watermelons were in the way on the sidewalk.