Nathan and Maya were living in constant fear. For days, they'd been jumping at every phone call, and every knock at the door. Evelyn had their photos and videos, and they had no idea when or how she'd use them.

Their first plan was to get the hotel security footage from the room where Nathan had arranged for Evelyn to be taken. They wanted to release compromising footage of her first, to destroy her credibility. But when Nathan contacted his associates, he got shocking news.

"She never showed up to the room," one of them told him over the phone.

Nathan was furious. He tracked down the hotel server who...