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The Trap

Author: Rejoice Ezeh
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-01 15:27:38

Hannah stood by the locked door, her phone still in her hand, waiting for Dr. Sterling's next instruction. Her heart was pounding so hard she could hear it in her ears.

"Hannah, listen to me," Dr. Sterling said. His voice was different now. Calmer. More calculated. "I need you to do exactly what I say."

"Okay," Hannah said. Her voice was barely a whisper.

"First, stay calm. Whoever called you thinks you are going to follow their instructions. They think you are going to leave Cora alone. We can use that."

"How?"

"You are going to go to the emergency room like they asked," Dr. Sterling said.

"What?" Hannah felt panic rising again. "But you just said someone is trying to get to Cora. If I leave her—"

"You are going to go," Dr. Sterling repeated. "But I am going to be there. In her room. Waiting. They are expecting an empty room with just Cora. Instead, they will find me."

"But they will see you," Hannah protested. "The security guard will see you enter. Whoever is coming will know you a
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    Hannah stood by the locked door, her phone still in her hand, waiting for Dr. Sterling's next instruction. Her heart was pounding so hard she could hear it in her ears."Hannah, listen to me," Dr. Sterling said. His voice was different now. Calmer. More calculated. "I need you to do exactly what I say.""Okay," Hannah said. Her voice was barely a whisper."First, stay calm. Whoever called you thinks you are going to follow their instructions. They think you are going to leave Cora alone. We can use that.""How?""You are going to go to the emergency room like they asked," Dr. Sterling said."What?" Hannah felt panic rising again. "But you just said someone is trying to get to Cora. If I leave her—""You are going to go," Dr. Sterling repeated. "But I am going to be there. In her room. Waiting. They are expecting an empty room with just Cora. Instead, they will find me.""But they will see you," Hannah protested. "The security guard will see you enter. Whoever is coming will know you a

  • Meet My Overprotective Brothers    The Setup

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    James Sterling closed his laptop and stood from his desk. The study suddenly felt too confining. Too full of the weight of what he had just set in motion. He needed air. Space to think.He walked through the mansion's corridors, past expensive artwork and antique furniture that represented generations of Sterling wealth. Wealth that should have been his. Would have been his if Alexander had not been born first. If primogeniture had not given his older brother control of everything their father had built.James had spent his entire life in Alexander's shadow. The younger brother. The one people barely remembered existed. While Alexander built empires and appeared in magazines, James had been relegated to managing the family's less glamorous holdings. Real estate portfolios. Investment funds. The boring work that kept the money flowing but earned no headlines.And he had accepted it. For decades, he had played his role. The dutiful younger brother. The reliable second-in-command. All wh

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    Twenty miles outside the city, in a neighborhood that had seen better days, a woman sat alone in a dive bar. The place smelled like stale beer and desperation. Neon signs flickered on the walls advertising brands of alcohol nobody drank anymore. A television in the corner played the news with the sound turned down.The woman was in her late fifties, though she looked older. Hard living had etched lines into her face that makeup could not quite hide. Her hair was dyed an unnatural shade of brown, pulled back in a tight bun. She wore clothes that were expensive once but now showed their age. Frayed cuffs. A slight discoloration around the collar.This was Celine. The woman who had kidnapped Cora Sterling twenty-five years ago.She sat at the bar nursing a whiskey, her third of the evening. Her eyes kept darting to the door. Checking her watch. Waiting.The bartender, a heavyset man in his sixties, refilled her glass without being asked. "You waiting for someone?""Mind your own business

  • Meet My Overprotective Brothers    Uneasy Alliance

    Ryan spent the next two hours in Cora's room. He could not bring himself to leave her, not after what had happened at the casino. Not after seeing Lisa's body and realizing how close he had come to ending up the same way.Caleb came in around seven thirty to check Cora's vitals. He moved through his routine with practiced efficiency, adjusting IV drips and checking monitor readings."Any change?" Ryan asked. He asked every time even though he knew the answer."No," Caleb said quietly. "Heart rate stable. Blood pressure holding steady. But no signs of consciousness. No response to external stimuli.""It has been over a week," Ryan said. His voice was hollow."I know." Caleb sat down in the chair across from Ryan. "Brain injuries are unpredictable. Some patients wake up after days. Some take weeks. Some take months.""And some never wake up at all," Ryan finished.Caleb did not deny it. They both knew the statistics. The longer Cora remained unconscious, the worse her prognosis became.

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