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Chapter 52

Author: Joe Michael
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-10-28 17:17:24

The Boy They Took

Liam's POV

“Who has my whistle, Mom?”

My mother looked at the darkened entrance.

“I don't know.” I stared at her. “You just said they took Daniel. You know something.” “I know what your father told me.” “Then tell me.”

She glanced at Noah and Ethan before returning her attention to me. “Not here.”

I nearly laughed. “We're standing in an arena where someone just fired a gun at us. My father's supposed killer has disappeared, and somebody has stolen the only evidence we have. Wh
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    Liam’s POVBy noon, the threat had spread beyond my phone.Someone had sent an anonymous email to the Frostford Hawks' management claiming I had accessed confidential foundation records to manipulate my contract. The email included screenshots of my name beside the disputed transfer request. It didn't include the payment to Raymond. It didn't include Derrick's authorization. And it certainly didn't include the fact that I had never agreed to any transfer. Whoever sent it had chosen exactly what the team was allowed to see. I stood in Noah's hotel room, reading the message on my laptop while he paced behind me. “They're getting ahead of us,” he said. “They've been ahead of us for years.” “Not anymore.”I turned to him. “We have the original records, but if the league only sees their version first, they could suspend me before the final.”“Then we make sure the people who can verify the records receive them before that happens.”Ethan had already arranged a meeting with an independent

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    Liam’s POVThe words on Ethan's photograph followed me all the way back to the car. EXECUTE IF LIAM REFUSES. I read them so many times that they stopped looking like words and became a threat I could feel beneath my skin.“What do you think they planned to execute?” I asked Noah.He kept his eyes on the road. “I don't know yet. But we won't find out by guessing.” “That's comforting.” “I'm trying to be sensible.”“You're trying not to tell me how worried you are.” He glanced at me. “I'm very worried.”His honesty caught me off guard. “About the transfer?” “About what they might do next. About you walking into a room full of people who have spent years manipulating your life. About the possibility that I won't be able to protect you.”I turned toward the window. “You can't protect me from everything, Noah.”.“I know.”“Do you?” He was quiet for a moment. “I'm learning.”I reached across the space between us and took his hand from the gearshift long enough to squeeze it. “I don't need you

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