Dale slapped her across the face.
Cassandra's head snapped to the side. Before Dale could put the tape back, she cried out to Julian through the video:
"Whether I make it back alive or not, remember that I love you, Julian, I..."
Dale didn't give her a chance to finish.
"You've got two hours, Julian. Once I get the money, I'll let her go. Otherwise... you can wait to collect her corpse!"
With that, Dale hung up, sent Julian the crypto wallet address the Joker had given him, and destroyed the phone.
"Your act of playing the victim is a little too convincing, isn't it?"
Dale turned to look at Cassandra and ripped the tape off her mouth.
One side of her face was swollen and red, and the burn on her shoulder was real too.
Because if they hadn't actually taken a beating, Julian would e
