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Chapter 104: Mila's Gift

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"That gunshot wasn't real."

Mila's voice cut through the panic. Everyone froze.

"What?" Celeste's heart was still racing. "We heard it. We heard the child scream."

"It was a recording. I've heard that exact sound file before." Mila's eyes were distant. Remembering. "In the Belmont archives. Audio file B-447. Used for psychological manipulation during interrogations."

Damien grabbed Mila's shoulders. "Are you sure?"

"I'm positive. The scream duration was 2.3 seconds. The echo pattern matched an indoor chamber, not outdoor like that location would be. And the gunshot was a Beretta 92, but the men outside are carrying Glocks."

Everyone stared at her.

"How do you know all that?" Celeste's brother asked.

Mila blinked. I looked confused. "I don't know. I just... do."

Outside, the voice called again. "Last chance. Come out now."

But something had shifted. If the gunshot was fake, maybe everything else was too. Maybe Elena and the boy were somewhere else entirely.

"We're not surrendering," Da
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