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Chapter 30

Author: Sophie Lane
last update publish date: 2026-03-03 06:33:18

The desert felt different the next morning.

Still.

Final.

They were halfway to Vegas when Sophia picked up her phone.

Dominic glanced at her but didn’t ask.

“I need to make one call,” she said.

He nodded once. “Do it.”

She dialed her father directly.

He answered on the first ring.

“I’m driving to Vegas,” she said. No small talk. No cushioning.

Silence on the other end.

“I need you to meet me at the house.”

Not a request.

A directive.

Another pause.

“You’re making a mistake,” he said evenly.

“I’
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    The message sat there for only a few seconds before the phone lit up again.Then again.Then it stopped—just long enough to feel deliberate.A reply came through.“You already know what I want.”Sophia didn’t touch the phone right away.Patrick watched her carefully.“Don’t rush it,” he said quietly.She nodded.Then picked it up.“Say it.”Send.The response came faster this time.“I want to talk to Vincent. Not through you.”“You don’t get to control that.”Dominic shifted where he stood, tension creeping back in.“She’s not getting access to me,” he said.“She’s not,” Sophia replied calmly. “But she doesn’t know that yet.”Another message.“You had me arrested. Do you really think I’m just going away?”Sophia typed again.“You showed up at my house.”Pause.Then—“Because he’s in there.”Sophia glanced at Dominic briefly, then back to the phone.“That’s not your concern.”The typing bubble stayed longer this time.Thinking.Adjusting.Then—“It is my concern when someone is lying t

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