10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Ransom Chapter 1“Lance, wait!”Lance Redding turned and held back, decided not to pull his black truck away from the curb. The man running toward him was one of his cousins, one he hadn’t seen in years. An alarm rang inside his head. Quinn wasn’t the type to be that concerned with family. It had to be important. “What is it? What’s wrong?”The man gasped when he reached Lance, and he worked on trying to catch his breath. They both had similar familial features, but that was really where the similarities ended.“What happened?”“It’s about Louis.”Lance grimaced. His other cousin was always notorious for getting into questionable situations. Louis had spent the night in the slammer a few times. “What about him?”“He’s in trouble, Lance.”He groaned. “Really,” he said dryly. “What did he do this time?”“It’s not like that. It’s the kind of situation you can’t get out of…it’s real trouble, Lance, and he’s not telling us anything.”“Wait just one damn minute. You know he’s in trouble and he hasn’t told you the details?”“No, he hasn’t.” Quinn sighed. “We’ve been out of contact for awhile. He’s nowhere to be found.” He shook his head. “You know that’s not like him.”“And you haven’t done anything about it?”“What did you want me to do? Call the cops?
