MADISON'S POV:If I just reached Dr. Hall’s office, I’d be safe. She’d fix it, the way she always had.A sharp breath. Then another. Run. Every instinct screamed at me to run, but my legs refused to cooperate.Then, miraculously, his attention shifted to someone emerging from the law firm, a middle-aged man in an expensive suit, hands raised, face pale with terror.I exhaled in a rush, almost falling with relief. While the agents focused on their actual target, I forced myself to walk away calmly, casually, making sure I seemed normal without bringing attention to myself.But the remaining two blocks to Dr. Hall's office felt like a marathon. Every person who looked at me twice, every uniformed officer, every government vehicle sent fresh waves of panic through my system. By the time I reached the medical building, I was barely holding it together.I took the elevator to the fourth floor, legs shaking with each ascending number. The hallway seemed endlessly to reach before me, fluores
続きを読む
