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Chapter 49: The Taking 

ผู้เขียน: June Stars
last update ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2026-02-04 12:49:52

The surveillance room Rachel's team had set up in a downtown hotel suite looked like something out of a spy thriller. Monitors lined two walls, showing live feeds from cameras positioned around the city. A large digital map displayed locations of all fifteen potential targets, each marked with a different colored dot indicating their security status.

Lucy studied the map while sipping lukewarm coffee. It had been thirty-six hours since the confrontation with The Shepherd. Thirty-six hours of w
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  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 70: NICU Journey

    The first month home with twins was chaos beyond anything Lucy had imagined. Catherine had been a relatively easy baby, but managing two premature infants simultaneously was like running a small medical facility.Both boys needed to eat every three hours, which meant Lucy and William were constantly preparing bottles, feeding one twin while the other screamed, burping, changing diapers, then starting the cycle over.James required extra monitoring due to his respiratory issues. A home health nurse visited three times a week to check his oxygen levels and lung function. An apnea monitor tracked his breathing at night, alarming whenever he had a pause longer than twenty seconds.The first time the alarm went off at two AM, Lucy ran to the nursery in pure panic. James was fine, just a brief pause in breathing that resolved on its own. But her heart didn't stop racing for an hour."We can't live like this," Lucy said after the third false alarm in one night. "I'm going to have a heart att

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 69: The Birth

    Lucy refused to leave the NICU. The nurses brought her a more comfortable chair, blankets, and pillows. William went home to be with Catherine at night, but Lucy stayed, watching both her sons fight their separate battles.Jackson continued to improve steadily. By day three, they'd removed his oxygen support. He was breathing completely on his own, taking small amounts of milk through a feeding tube, gaining a few precious grams each day."This one's going to be fine," his primary nurse said with confidence. "Strong baby. He just needs time to grow."But James remained critical. The infection had spread despite aggressive antibiotics. His tiny body was shutting down, unable to handle the stress.On the morning of day four, his heart rate dropped dangerously low. Alarms screamed. Medical staff rushed to his incubator.Lucy was pushed back, forced to watch from several feet away as they worked on her son. Chest compressions on a body so small the doctor's two fingers covered his entire

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 68: Bed Rest

    Lucy discovered she was pregnant again when Catherine was four. Unlike the surprise of her first pregnancy, this one was planned, wanted, celebrated."We're having another baby," she told William, showing him the positive test.His face lit up. "Catherine's going to lose her mind."Indeed, Catherine was ecstatic. "I'm going to be a big sister! I'll teach the baby everything!"The first trimester went smoothly. Morning sickness was mild, energy levels good. Lucy continued her writing, finished promoting her second book, lived a wonderfully normal pregnant life.At the twelve-week ultrasound, the technician was quiet for too long."Is something wrong?" Lucy asked, gripping William's hand."Not wrong. Just... let me get the doctor."Dr. Morrison came in, studied the screen, then smiled. "Congratulations. You're having twins."The room spun. "Twins?""Two babies, two heartbeats, both measuring perfectly." Dr. Morrison pointed at the screen. "See? Baby A and Baby B. Fraternal twins most li

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 77: Confrontation Brewing

    Lucy stared at the evidence in disbelief. Grace Chen. The woman who'd helped them, who'd been held hostage by Brad, who'd suffered alongside them."This can't be right. Grace was a victim. Mirabel's people kidnapped her and threatened her life.""That's what we all believed," Rachel said. "But look at the timeline. The kidnapping happened after Grace had already been receiving payments from Mirabel for six months. It wasn't a real kidnapping. It was a theater."Lucy's mind raced back to that night at the warehouse. Grace tied to a chair, Brad with a gun. It had all seemed so real, so terrifying."She was helping Mirabel the whole time?""Not the whole time. The payments started about eighteen months ago, right after your memoir was published. That's when Mirabel recruited her.""But why? Grace had everything. A successful medical practice, a good life. Why betray us?"Rachel pulled out another document. "Because Mirabel had leverage. Grace's husband David had a gambling problem that p

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 66: Justice Served

    The trial of the corrections officer who helped Mirabel escape finally began eighteen months after Jackson's death. Lucy had been dreading it, and didn't want to relive that terrifying night when they'd hunted Mirabel through the woods.But the prosecutor insisted her testimony was crucial. She was one of the few witnesses who could directly connect Officer Marcus Webb to the conspiracy."I know this is hard," the prosecutor said during their pre-trial meeting. "But we need you to walk the jury through what happened that night. How you tracked Mirabel, what you witnessed at the farmhouse, everything.""Marcus Webb is the sniper's name, not the corrections officer," Lucy corrected. "You're talking about Officer Daniel Price.""Right, sorry. Too many defendants to keep straight." The prosecutor shuffled his notes. "Officer Price faces twenty years minimum if convicted. But only if we can prove he knowingly assisted Mirabel's escape."The trial lasted three weeks. Lucy testified on day f

  • The Twist of Fate    Chapter 65: Recovery Together

    Jackson lasted another three weeks. Good days mixed with bad, moments of clarity punctuated by medication-induced fog. He held on longer than the doctors predicted, determined to see Catherine reach new milestones.He was there when she took her first steps unassisted, wobbling across the living room into Lucy's arms. He heard her say "Mama" clearly for the first time. He watched her discover books, pointing at pictures with intense concentration.But on a quiet Tuesday morning in early spring, Jackson slipped away in his sleep. Peacefully, without pain, exactly as he'd hoped.Lucy found him when she came to check on him at dawn. He looked calm, almost smiling, his hand still holding the photograph of Rebecca he'd kept on his nightstand.She sat beside him for a long time, holding his other hand, saying goodbye to the man who'd been her whole world for so many years.William found her there an hour later, called the hospice nurse, handled the practical matters while Lucy remained froz

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