Little Boy’s Mother Begs Her Husband to Pay the Ransom for His Kidnapped Stepson and He Refuses — Story of the Day
A heartless man refused to pay his stepson’s ransom when he was kidnapped, but would he change his mind if the little boy’s life was threatened by a disease?
Lucy Durrel’s life hadn’t been easy. She married young but her young husband, John, had quickly fallen under the spell of drugs and alcohol, and even the birth of their son Charley didn’t make a difference to him.
When Charley was three years old, John’s wealthy family put him in a rehab program. But Lucy had finally had enough. She divorced her drug-addicted husband, moved to Denver, and started a new life. She never saw John again.
Lucy was distraught when she found her son missing and received a ransom note | Source: Shutterstock.com
Two years later, Lucy met and married Jim Durrel, a handsome, successful businessman who treated her like a princess. Finally, she thought, I’ve found happiness! But she was wrong.
Although he was as doting, generous, and loving a husband as any woman could hope for, Jim was cold and distant with Charley. Charley, on the other hand, hungry for a father figure, worshiped Jim.
It broke Lucy’s heart to see Charley do all he could to win Jim’s affection and to see the cold way her husband rejected her son. Lucy had spoken to Jim about it several times but to no avail.
Under the obvious dislike Jim felt for Charley was jealousy that Lucy had loved another man. Lucy had convinced Jim to go to couple’s therapy and the therapist suggested Jim take over some of the parental tasks.
Lucy had divorced John because of his growing addictions | Source: Unsplash
So Jim started taking Charley to soccer practice, and to his violin lessons, and to his yearly doctor’s appointment. Lucy was delighted to see that Jim was kinder and more patient with Charley. The therapy was working!
Then one day, when Lucy went to fetch Charley from school, he was gone! Lucy picked up her cell phone. “Jim, did you pick Charley up from school?”
When her husband told her she hadn’t, Lucy panicked. She started calling all of Charley’s friend’s mothers to find out if they had taken Charley home with them. Then she received a text message: “WE HAVE CHARLEY. IF YOU WANT HIM TO LIVE WE WANT $200,00. IF YOU GO TO THE POLICE YOUR SON WILL DIE.”
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