I wanted him to think he was still afraid.
At eleven and forty-five I called the number I had left.
I wanted him to think he was still afraid.
At eleven and forty-five I called the number I had left.
“I have the money,” I said.
“Transfer.
My bank blocked the operation. They said the amount was too large. I'm taking the cash.
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There was a pause.
“Where are you?”
—In the hotel.
He ordered me to walk to an underground parking lot located two streets from the hotel and place the money inside the trunk of a gray car.
Instead of money, the police filled a bank envelope with papers and a tracking device.
They also hid a microphone under my coat neck.
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When I walked into the parking lot, my knees were about to fail me.
Marcus was standing next to the grey car.
The charming man from the night before had disappeared.
His face was cold.
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“Put the envelope in the trunk,” he ordered.
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“First give me my phone back.
You are not in a position to negotiate.
I held the envelope against my chest.
Promise me you'll destroy the photographs.
He took a step towards me.
“You should have thought about that before you behave like a desperate old woman.
His words hurt.
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But I didn't look down.
“I’m not ashamed of wanting to feel alive.
For the first time, his expression changed.
I placed the envelope inside the trunk.
His accomplice appeared behind a concrete column and stretched out his hand to take it.
The instant his fingers touched the envelope, the detectives came out from both sides.
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Marcus tried to escape.
He only managed to move forward a few steps before two agents stopped him.
His accomplice was paralyzed by the car.
When the handcuffs closed around Marcus's dolls, he looked at me with sheer hatred.
You have destroyed your own reputation for this.
I took a step towards him.
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"No. I saved other women from you.
My phone was found in his apartment, along with hundreds of photographs, lists of contacts copied, receipts from hotels and payment records made by eleven victims.
Some women had sent him all their savings.
One had sold his wedding ring.
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Another had felt too embarrassed to tell her children and had applied for a loan she was still trying to pay.