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127. The Bomb

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last update Last Updated: 2025-09-30 15:04:24

SOFIA

I paced the length of the living room like a caged animal, my mind racing a thousand miles a minute. Every time I peered through the blinds, the black SUV was still there, unmoving and taunting me with its quiet presence. They definitely weren't leaving tonight, and maybe not ever.

Which meant the bomb was already planted, and it would go off at any moment. The death toll would be countless, and thousands of innocent people were about to be killed for no reason.

"Think, Sofia," I muttered under my breath. "Think."

I considered calling the cops, but that was laughable. Those men would vanish before the cops even turned the corner, and I would have just painted a giant target on my back. I thought about sneaking out the back door, but they'd be expecting that too and probably have another man there waiting for me. And if Marco really was watching me this closely, then I was already running out of time.

My fingers drummed nervously against my thigh as I replayed their words in my
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