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CHAPTER 47
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2026-10-15 03:49:15
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Peter POV"The engine is still warm."I kill the ignition of the Bentley, the silence of the cemetery instantly swallowing the purr of the custom cylinders."Mr. Vance, the board is calling every two minutes," Miller says from the passenger seat, his phone buzzing incessantly against his knee. "The opening bell rang fifteen minutes ago. The stock is holding, but if you don't show up for the press conference—""Tell them I died," I snap, shoving the door open into the damp evening air.The sun is dipping below the tree line, casting long, golden-hour shadows across rows of weathered granite headstones and frozen grass. I didn't need my tracking teams for this. She didn't go to a safe house. She didn't go to a hotel. When the world breaks her down, she comes back to the one place where she left a piece of her childhood behind.My boots crunch over the gravel path, moving between the crumbling stone markers until the open expanse of the nor
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Anna POV"The dirt is wet."I drop my heavy canvas bag onto the cold sod, the dull thud sinking into the damp earth beside the granite marker."You shouldn't be out here alone in this weather," the groundskeeper had called out from his rusted green tractor near the rusted iron gates ten minutes ago, spitting a stream of tobacco juice into the dead grass.I didn't answer him. I just kept walking between the rows of crumbling stone and weathered marble until the noise of the highway faded into a dull, distant hum.It has been six years. Six years since I stood in this exact spot wearing a black dress that felt too thin, watching a polished mahogany box descend into a hole while my father stood five feet away checking his gold Rolex. I haven't been back since. I couldn't. Coming back here meant admitting that she was gone, that the only person who ever looked at me and saw a daughter instead of a corporate bargaining chip had turned into dust beneath my
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Anna POV "The water is brown."I drop the stained paper cup back onto the formica counter of the motel sink, the cheap plastic clattering against the rusted metal ring."You get what you pay for, sweetheart," the desk clerk had wheezed three hours ago when I shoved forty cash dollars across the scratched laminate for room twelve.I pull the coarse grey blanket tighter around my shoulders, backing away from the bathroom as the single overhead fluorescent tube buzzes and flickers like a dying insect. The motel sits off Route 9W, a rotting concrete block of bad decisions and stale cigarette smoke where nobody asks for ID, nobody checks license plates, and nobody cares if you spend twelve hours staring at the wood-grain paneling of the ceiling.My breath comes out in a faint white puff in the unheated room.The small television bolted to the corner bracket crackles to life with a blast of static before a commercial for local bankruptcy attorneys cuts into the silence. I didn't want to tu
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Peter POV"Pour another."The tumbler hits the mahogany bar with a sharp crack that sends amber scotch splashing over the rim and onto my knuckles."Mr. Vance, that's your fourth double in twenty minutes," Miller says, his hand hovering over the heavy crystal decanter like he expects me to lunge across the office and tear his throat out. "The quarterly earnings call is in forty minutes. The board is already downstairs.""Let them wait," I snap, my voice scraping against my throat like broken glass. "Let them sit in that glass-walled mausoleum and sweat until they pass out."I down the scotch in a single, burning swallow that hits my stomach like molten lead. It doesn't numb the ache behind my ribs. Nothing numbs it. Not the alcohol, not the millions moving through offshore accounts on my desktop monitor, not the deafening silence of the penthouse since she packed her single duffel bag and vanished into the rain.Twelve hours.Twelve hou
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Peter POV"Pick up the damn phone, Anna."The automated carrier voice is the only reply, smooth and infuriatingly polite.I stab the red end button on the glass screen of my phone, the device burning hot against my palm inside the leather interior of the Bentley. The city outside blurs into streaks of neon and rain, the midnight traffic on the East River bridge crawling at a dead stop. Tenth time tonight. Tenth time straight to voicemail since she walked out of the penthouse twelve hours ago."Mr. Vance, we have the security logs from the lower lobby," Marcus says from the passenger seat, his tablet glowing with a harsh blue light that highlights the rigid lines of his jaw. "She didn't use her keycard at the turnstiles. She took the service freight elevator down around four in the morning.""I don't care about the logistics, Marcus," I snap, my teeth grinding together so hard my jaw aches. "I want to know where her transponder is. The emergency locat
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Anna POV"The cheap red wine tastes like copper and vinegar, but I swallow it anyway."My fingers curl tighter around the rim of the paper cup as I sit on the edge of Peter's sofa, the oversized cotton shirt I stole from his closet hanging down to my knees. The apartment is dead silent except for the low hum of the refrigerator."You should sleep," Peter says, leaning against the kitchen counter with a half-empty glass in his hand. His shirt is stained with hospital antiseptic and soot, his dark hair falling in damp waves across his forehead."I'm too wired to sleep," I murmur, lifting my gaze to meet his slate-gray eyes. "Every time I close my eyes, I still hear the sirens outside the hospital.""They're gone," he says, taking a slow step toward me across the hardwood floor. "The federal marshals cleared out when Vance's warrant was thrown out.""And the baby?" I ask, my throat tightening as I remember the tiny, fragile bundle resting safely
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