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Chapter 74: The Protective Ring
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The news settled over the rescue team like a heavy mist.They were twenty-three minutes behind.Not because they had been slow.Because they had been expertly misdirected.Alex didn't show disappointment.He simply knelt and drew a rough map in the damp soil with a broken twig.Three circles.One line joining them."The ranger station."He tapped the first circle."The old forestry road."The second."The unknown destination."The third remained blank.Bethwel watched quietly."You still think we can catch them?"Alex looked up."I don't."Several faces fell.Then he continued."I think we can predict where they'll stop."Obadiah studied the map."Explain."Alex drew three short arrows branching from the forestry road."If I were transporting someone valuable, I'd never drive directly to my final destination.""Why not?" Alison asked."Because every kilometre increases the chance of being followed.""So?""I'd establish a transfer point."David nodded slowly."A staging area."Alex sm
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 74: The Protective Ring
The silence after the gunfire was almost unsettling.No birds.No wind.Only the steady dripping of rainwater from the cedar branches.Alex remained crouched behind the fallen log, studying the ranger station through a gap in the foliage.Something wasn't right."They've stopped firing."Bethwel nodded."That worries me more than the shooting."Obadiah slowly lowered his binoculars."David.""Sir.""Formation Delta."David immediately signalled with two fingers.Without a word, six members of Obadiah's security detail changed positions.Alex barely noticed.He was too focused on the ranger station.To him, they simply appeared to be finding better cover.They were doing far more than that.The team was known internally as The Protective Detail.Unlike the estate guards, these men had only one assignment.Protect.Former military special operations personnel.A former presidential protection officer.Two retired tactical firearms instructors.Years earlier, Obadiah had recruited them i
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 73: The Woman in the Safe House
"DOWN!"Alex and Gabriel shouted in unison.The first bullet ripped through the air where Bethwel had been standing a fraction of a second earlier.The detective threw himself behind a fallen log.Another shot cracked through the forest.Obadiah's security team reacted instantly."Contact!""Sniper!"The peaceful woodland erupted into chaos.Alex didn't raise his head.Instead, he listened.One shot.Pause.A second shot.Longer pause.His lips tightened."One shooter."David crawled beside him."How do you know?""The interval.""If there were two rifles, we'd hear overlapping fire."Bethwel looked across the clearing."So where is he?"Alex closed his eyes for a second.The echo...The wind...The delay...Then he pointed."Third cedar.""Thirty feet up."Obadiah raised two fingers.Immediately, two of his best marksmen silently disappeared into the undergrowth, circling wide instead of firing blindly.Inside the ranger station, the commander smiled faintly."He found the sniper."O
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 72: Daniel's Legacy
For a moment...The forest ceased to exist.Alex stared at the weathered leather notebook in the young woman's hands.His father's name.Embossed in faded gold.Daniel Midila.His throat tightened."Where..."He swallowed."...did you get that?"The young woman looked at him with tired eyes."From the only man who trusted me."Gabriel took an involuntary step forward."Daniel?"She nodded."The last time I saw him."Joel's face hardened."That's impossible.""He died twenty-five years ago.""So everyone believed."She replied quietly.Patricia noticed Alex's hands.They were trembling.Only slightly.But enough for her to see.She had known Alex for years.Whenever he faced danger...His hands remained steady.Whenever he spoke before crowds...Perfectly calm.But mention his father...And the composure disappeared.She quietly moved beside him.Without saying a word.She slipped her hand into his.Alex squeezed it gratefully.Bethwel remained cautious."Who are you?""My name is Naom
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 71: The Ranger Station
Alex closed Glen's sketchbook.His face was calm.Almost too calm.Patricia searched his eyes desperately."Tell me."Alex looked at her."I think Glen is still close."David frowned."But the whistle came from different directions."Alex nodded."Exactly.""They wanted us looking everywhere...""...except where they actually were."He pointed to Glen's final drawing."The hornbill.""The abandoned ranger station lies directly beneath the hornbills' nesting cliffs."Gabriel smiled."Daniel would've reached the same conclusion."Obadiah wasted no time."David.""Yes, sir.""Take eight men.""Inspector Bethwel.""You'll accompany them."Bethwel nodded."Done."Obadiah turned toward Patricia."You stay here."She stared at him in disbelief."Absolutely not.""My son is in those woods.""And I'm going."Obadiah expected that answer.He simply looked at Alex.Alex sighed."I can't stop her."Patricia folded her arms."No.""You can't."Five minutes later...The rescue team slipped quietly
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 70: The Whistle in the Woods
Three short whistles.Silence.Then...Three more.Patricia clutched the edge of the Land Cruiser."Glen..."Tears welled in her eyes."That's Glen."Rose had bought him the whistle years earlier after he became fascinated by camping documentaries.Patricia had taught him a simple rule."If you're ever lost, don't keep shouting. Blow the whistle three times, wait, then do it again."Now...Her son was following that lesson.Alex raised a hand."No one moves."Obadiah's security men froze.Patricia looked at him in disbelief."My son is out there!""I know.""And every person who took him knows you'll want to run."Bethwel stepped beside Alex."I agree."Patricia closed her eyes in frustration."I can't just stand here."Alex looked at the tree line."I'm not asking you to.""I'm asking you to arrive alive."Another whistle echoed.This time...Slightly farther east.David frowned."He's moving."Alex slowly shook his head."No.""He wants us to think he's moving."Joel looked at him c
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 14: The Missing Forty-Eight Hours
The room fell silent.Even the sounds from the hospital corridor seemed distant.Muted.Unreal.Patricia stared at Alex.Certain she had misheard him."The flash drive belongs to me?"Alex nodded weakly."Yes.""No."Her voice shook."You're lying.""I wish I was."Patricia stepped backward.The wa
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 12: The Hospital Confession
The drive to Nakuru Central Hospital was a blur.Patricia barely remembered leaving the house.One moment, she was standing in shock after learning the truth about her adoption.Then next, she was racing through traffic with Alison beside her.Neither woman spoke.Too much had happened.Too much wa
The Wife He Betrayed Chapter 5: The Lies Beneath
The rest of the afternoon passed in silence.Patricia and Alison remained parked several blocks away, watching Alex's car disappear into Nakuru traffic.Neither of them spoke immediately.Both were trying to make sense of what they had witnessed.The affair was real.That much was no longer in doub
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Patricia barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the photograph.Alex.Smiling.Holding another woman.The image had burned itself into her memory.By dawn, the rain had stopped, leaving Nakuru wrapped in a blanket of mist. The cool morning air drifted through the cracked kitchen wind
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