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Chapter 92: The Trade

Author: Noura writes
last update publish date: 2026-05-04 18:59:18

I left the office building. Got back in the sedan. Hands shaking on the steering wheel.

Fifteen minutes left on Catherine's timer. Fifteen minutes before forty-seven people died.

Unless I recorded the confession. Destroyed everything I'd built. Admitted it was all lies.

Or drove to wherever Catherine really was. Made the trade. Myself for them.

My phone buzzed. New message.

*Impressive. You didn't record the confession. You chose the hard way. I respect that. New coordinates below. This is the
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  • The Second Wife's Revenge    Chapter 92: The Trade

    I left the office building. Got back in the sedan. Hands shaking on the steering wheel.Fifteen minutes left on Catherine's timer. Fifteen minutes before forty-seven people died.Unless I recorded the confession. Destroyed everything I'd built. Admitted it was all lies.Or drove to wherever Catherine really was. Made the trade. Myself for them.My phone buzzed. New message.*Impressive. You didn't record the confession. You chose the hard way. I respect that. New coordinates below. This is the real location. My compound. Come now. Alone. You have forty minutes.*Address appeared. Upstate New York. Near the Canadian border. The original compound the operative described.So she'd been playing games. Testing me. Seeing if I'd break.I hadn't.Santos's voice crackled through the wire. Barely audible. "We saw the message. We're tracking you. Following. When you arrive, we move in."I couldn't respond. Couldn't risk Catherine hearing. Just started driving.North. Out of Manhattan. Away from

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