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Chapter 73: The Third Player

Author: Mimisunshine
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-02 15:31:58

Agent Park's car screamed through the empty streets toward the harbor. My hands gripped the dashboard so hard my knuckles turned white. Behind us, three more FBI vehicles followed with sirens blaring. The city blurred past in streaks of light and shadow.

"How long since you sent the message?" Agent Park asked. Her foot pressed the accelerator harder.

I checked my phone. "Twelve minutes. Brock said Chloe would wait ten minutes for his call. We're already past the deadline."

"Then we pray she's stalling. That she's waiting a little longer to be sure." Agent Park spoke into her radio. "All units converge on harbor locations near Statue of Liberty viewing areas. Suspect is Chloe Winters, white female, early thirties. Hostage is Emma Chen, seven years old. Consider suspect armed and extremely dangerous."

My mind wouldn't stop racing. Chloe Winters. A name I had barely thought about in a decade. A face I had almost completely forgotten. But she had remembered me. She had spent ten years nur
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