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Chapter 131

Chapter 131 Wood and metal tore loose with a violent crash. Three figures entered the house as soon as the door bursted open. They wore dark clothing and masks over their faces. The first carried a handgun. The second held a flashlight. The third remained outside on the porch, watching the street. Arlan stepped into the hallway. The intruder with the gun raised it. “Mr. Hawthorne,” he said. “You are coming with us. It's an order. You must speak to Suzzane yourself." Arlan’s hand disappeared behind his back. When it came forward, he was holding an old revolver. The masked man hesitated. Arlan fired. The shot exploded through the house. The intruder’s gun flew from his hand as he staggered backward, clutching his wrist. The light dropped and spun across the floor, casting wild shadows over the walls. Jayson grabbed Mrs. Bell from the pantry and pulled her toward the hidden passage. “Move!” She was trembling too hard to walk properly, but he held her by the a

Chapter 132

Chapter 132 On the other hand, Suzzane stepped out of her car and immediately felt the cold wind brush against her face. She stood beside the vehicle for a moment, one hand still gripping the door handle, while her eyes moved cautiously across the deserted street. The old warehouse stood at the far end of the road like a forgotten monument, its walls stained by years of rain and neglect. Most of the windows were broken, and the few that remained were covered with layers of dust so thick that they reflected no light. The street was unusually quiet. Too quiet. There were no passing cars, no pedestrians, and not even the distant sound of children playing or vendors calling out from the nearby shops. The only noise came from the faint buzzing of a streetlamp above her and the soft rustling of dry leaves being pushed along the pavement by the wind. Suzzane’s fingers tightened around

Chapter 133

Chapter 133 The sound came again. A faint, broken cry drifted through the darkness, barely louder than a whisper. It echoed between the rusted machines and disappeared somewhere beyond the narrow corridor. Suzzane froze. Her entire body went rigid. For one terrifying second, she could not breathe. Then her heart lurched with desperate hope. “Daisy?” she called. The answer was another soft whimper. Suzzane’s eyes widened. She pressed one hand against her mouth to silence the sob that rose in her throat. Her daughter was here. She was alive. She was close. “Daisy, my love, it’s Mommy!” she cried, rushing forward. Her shoes scraped against the concrete floor as she hurried down the corridor. She nearly stumbled over a broken metal pipe, caught herself against the wall, and continued without slowing. The sound came from behind a stack of old wooden pallets near the far end of the warehouse. “Daisy, keep making a sound! I’m coming!” The whimper came again. Suzzane reached the pa

Chapter 134

Chapter 134The journey seemed endless. Twice, she nearly missed a turn because the map signal disappeared. Each time, panic tightened around her throat. She struck the steering wheel and cursed beneath her breath before the signal returned. A little after midnight, she finally saw the first sign of the Mill. A tall brick chimney rose above the trees, its upper half broken and jagged. Beyond it, the abandoned complex spread across the darkness like the remains of a dead city. The Mill had once been the center of the district. Its machines had operated day and night, and hundreds of workers had passed through its gates. But after the fire, the owners had abandoned the property. The buildings were left to decay, their walls blackened by smoke and their windows shattered by vandals. Suzzane turned onto a narrow road filled with potholes. Her headlights swept across piles of fallen bricks, rusted barrels, and thick weeds growing through cracks in the asphalt. A faded sign leaned cro

Chapter 135

Chapter 135The silence after Jacob's words was so heavy Suzzane could hear the faint buzzing of the flickering bulb above the chairs.Return Jessica's body. Back off. No more investigations.Suzzane stared at him, her chest heaving. Her knuckles were white, her nails digging into her palms so hard she could feel them breaking skin."You kidnapped my daughter," she said, her voice hoarse and low, trembling with a rage she could barely contain. "You tied up two innocent girls who have nothing to do with your filthy business, you lured me across this dead city in the middle of the night, and you stand there and tell me to back off?"Jacob slipped his hands into the pockets of his dark coat. He looked calm, too calm, like a man discussing a business transaction over coffee. That calmness was what made him terrifying."Suzzane, Suzzane," he sighed, shaking his head slowly as if she were a stubborn child. "You never listen. I warned you. I told you Jessica's death was an accident. She slip

Chapter 136

Chapter 136For one suspended second, the abandoned store held its breath.Dust floated through the weak yellow light. Somewhere above them, a loose wire sparked, snapping bright blue before plunging the far end of the room into darkness again. The tall man staggered backward, one hand clamped over his injured shoulder. The thin man lay motionless near the scattered shelves, blood beginning to spread through his hair.Jacob stood between Suzzane and the doorway.His face had changed.The smooth confidence was gone. The mocking smile had disappeared. What remained was something stripped of all restraint—a naked, murderous fury that made him look less like a frightened man whose plan had failed and more like someone who had finally stopped pretending to be civilized.“You think this changes anything?” he asked.Suzzane gripped the iron rod with both hands. Her arms trembled from the force of the blow, but she refused to lower it.“Untie my daughter.”Jacob glanced at Daisy.She was stil

Chapter 137

Chapter 137Jacob stepped close enough that only a few feet separated them.“Nothing scares me.”“Then let them go.”His expression hardened.“You are in no position to negotiate.”“Let them go, and I will stop.”Jacob stared at her.Suzzane continued, “I will withdraw the complaint. I will cancel the examination. I will sign your statement. I will tell everyone that Jessica’s death was an accident.”Daisy’s eyes widened.Sasha shook her head in disbelief.Jacob’s gaze remained fixed on Suzzane.“You would do that?”“I will do anything to get my daughter back.”“And the girls?”“You let them go too.”Jacob considered the offer.Suzzane could see him calculating. He was weighing her words, searching for hesitation, trying to determine whether she was truly willing to surrender.She forced herself to appear broken.S

Chapter 138

Chapter 138“Find the chain!”“I’m trying!”Suzzane felt along the wall and found a length of broken metal pipe. She seized it and struck the chain.Once.Twice.The chain held.A shadow moved between the shelves.Suzzane raised the pipe.“Daisy, move!”She struck again.The lock snapped.The door flew inward.Cold air rushed into the store.Beyond it was a narrow passage filled with weeds and broken concrete. Moonlight spilled across the ground.“Go!” Suzzane shouted.Daisy crawled through first.Suzzane turned back.Sasha and Milla were still inside.Suzzane could hear them struggling in the darkness.“Sasha!” she called. “Where are you?”“Here!”Her voice came from near the chairs.Suzzane ran toward it, keeping low. She nearly collided with someone. A hand grabbed her coat.

Chapter 139

Chapter 139The ambulance doors had closed with a soft thud, and the Mill had disappeared behind the trees, but Suzzane did not feel safe until the car pulled into her own driveway.It was nearly three in the morning when they finally reached home. The street was quiet, every house dark except hers. She had left the porch light on when she left, and it was still burning, a small yellow circle against the night.Sasha and Milla had already been taken home. Suzzane had insisted on riding with the officers to make sure each girl was handed directly to her parents. Sasha's mother had collapsed to her knees on the sidewalk when she saw her daughter, clutching her so tightly that the paramedics had to gently remind her about Sasha's wrists. Milla's father had not spoken at all. He had simply lifted his daughter from the ambulance and carried her into the house as if she weighed nothing, his shoulders shaking. Both families had thanked Suzzane with tears in their eyes, and Suzzane had promis

Chapter 140

Chapter 140 “He had better. I want him to rot in a cell for the rest of his life.” The room settled again. Davey guided Daisy back to the sofa. She sat between her mother and father now, and for the first time since the kidnapping, she looked like a child who felt completely safe. The shock was still there in her eyes, but the terror had receded. She had acted strong in the first place for her friends, but she knew the type of fear she had gone through. She rested her head on her mother’s shoulder, then after a moment, she lifted it and turned toward Michael. Her expression brightened with a small, excited thought, the first hint of normalcy returning. She asked, “Where is Jayson? Is he at home? I will like to see him!” Her voice was hopeful, almost eager. Jayson was Michael’s younger brother, only a year older than Daisy, and the two of them had grown close over the past months. He had taught her how to play chess, had helped her with her science project, had teased her gently

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