“Wait! Joshua, you can’t leave me here alone!” Mandy looked very frightened. She didn’t know who would show up at the abandoned warehouse and wondered if the masked men would return.

Mandy knew if Joshua left her alone, she would be in danger. She could see that Joshua was ignoring her, and when his men started to leave, she was panic-stricken.

She cried hastily. “Please, arrange for two people to take me home, I really can’t do it alone.”

Joshua waved a little impatiently, and two bodyguards put Mandy directly into one of the cars. Before leaving, she looked in Joshua’s direction with some reluctance, but Joshua didn’t look at...