Ransom

I was sitting watching her

She looked as if she was about to cry

She had bags under her eyes; she hadn't slept all night

We were both kept awake with worry

It was awful for her and awful for me

We didn't know how to cope

With the thought that we may never see our son again

We could pay the money

It’s what we were going to do

But then I changed my mind

And made the kidnapper into a two million pound lottery ticket

Why did I not consult her?

Why wouldn't I pay to see my son but I paid to save my airline?

Those were the questions on my wife’s mind

We were told we had one more chance to pay

I said no and raised the reward to four million

This made the kidnapper angry

He fired the shot, we thought it was the end

She blamed me I blamed myself

Nearly took my own life out of guilt,

But instead broke down in tears

She was angry at me, I thought she was going to kill me

But then the news came

Our son was still alive; it was the best news in a month

We went to get him,

I thanked the man who found him

Two days later I was about to give him the money

It was then I realised he was in fact the kidnapper

Joanne Kennedy  Ó   February 1998