There were guns trained on me, and I knew that I had to remain calm and try my best to think my way out of this situation. One false move and I would be facing a bullet. I had just gotten my memory back, and I had a second child on the way. I couldn’t leave Olivia alone now, not after everything we’d already been through.

I took slow and steady breaths and looked each of the gunmen in the eye, speaking in a calm voice.

“I am going to turn around and talk to Bennett. Is ...