DOMINIC I didn’t let myself look back at her.If I did, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to walk away.My hand still burned where her skin had been. My pulse was still uneven, my breath still not fully under control. The echo of her whisper — Dominic… — clung to me like heat.But Gerald’s tone hadn’t left room for hesitation.Something was wrong.I followed him down the hallway, steps sharper than I intended, jaw tight enough to ache. The safe house lighting was dim, automatic, humming faintly as we moved. Gerald kept a few paces ahead, expression carved in stone.“Talk,” I ordered.He didn’t. Not until we reached the small office room — the one with reinforced walls, soundproof panels, and a secure monitor built into the desk.He shut the door behind us.Only then did he turn to me. “Sir… you need to hear this for yourself.”Gerald wasn’t afraid of much.Tonight, he looked like he was.He pulled out his phone, tapped something, then held it up.A voice note loaded.A familiar waveform.A f
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