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Chapter Twenty: The First Move

NADIA POVWe started watching her on a Monday.The detective had people. People I did not know. People he trusted. People who were not part of my network. People who could not be traced back to me.They followed Serena. They watched her apartment. They watched her car. They watched her every move.By Wednesday, we knew everything.We knew she went to the gym every morning at seven. We knew she went to the cafe on Fifth Street every afternoon at two. We knew she went to a small storage unit on the edge of the city every evening at six.We did not know what was in the storage unit.But we knew it was important.---DETECTIVE HARRIS POVI had been watching Serena Cole for months.I knew her routine. I knew her habits. I knew the way she moved. I knew the way she thought. She was careful. She was smart. She was patient.But she was also arrogant.She thought she was invisible. She thought no one was watching. She thought she had won.She was wrong.---The storage unit was the key.It was

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Chapter Twenty One: The Trap

SERENA POVI walked into the apartment at midnight.The door was unlocked. That should have been the first sign. Nadia would never leave her door unlocked. Nadia was careful. Nadia was paranoid. Nadia was always watching her back.But I did not think about that. I was too focused. Too eager. Too ready.I walked in.The apartment was empty.Not empty of furniture. Empty of her. Her clothes were gone. Her books were gone. Her photographs were gone. Everything was gone.I stood in the middle of the living room. Frozen. Silent. Confused.She was not here.She had never been here.I had been tricked.---I turned around. I walked to the door. I needed to leave. I needed to get out. I needed to think.But the door was locked.I tried the handle. It did not move. I tried again. It still did not move. I pulled. I pushed. I hit it. Nothing.The door was locked.And I was trapped.---The lights came on.I spun around. The room was bright. Too bright. I covered my eyes. I tried to see. I tried

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Chapter Twenty Two:The Others

NADIA POVI did not sleep that night.I sat on the floor of my hotel room with my back against the wall. My knees were pulled to my chest. My phone was in my hand. The message was still on the screen.You think you have won. You think you are safe. But you are not. Serena was not the only one. She was not the only one watching. She was not the only one planning. There are others. Others who want you dead. Others who will not stop. Others who will find you. No matter where you go. No matter what you do. We will find you.I read it three times. Four times. Five times. I did not cry. I did not scream. I did not do anything. I just sat there. And I thought.Serena was in custody. She was not going anywhere. The detective had told me that. The charges were serious. She was not going to get out.But whoever sent this message was not Serena. This was someone else. Someone who knew Serena. Someone who was working with Serena. Someone who was still out there.I pressed my hand against my stoma

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Chapter Twenty Three-The woman at the door

NADIA POVI did not open the door.I stood there. Frozen. My hand on the handle. My eye against the peephole. My heart pounding in my chest.She was back.Eleanor Ashford.The woman who had come to my door weeks ago. The woman who had said she wanted to talk. The woman I had ignored. The woman I had hoped would go away.She had not gone away.She had come back."Mrs. Ashford," I said through the door. "What do you want?""I told you. I want to talk.""I told you. I do not want to talk to you.""I know. But you need to hear what I have to say.""I do not need to hear anything from you.""You need to hear this. Trust me."I did not trust her. I would never trust her. But something in her voice made me pause. Something in her tone. Something in the way she said "trust me."I did not open the door. But I did not walk away either."Say what you have to say," I said. "Through the door."She was silent for a moment. Then she spoke."Serena is not the only one.""I know.""You do not know eve

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Chapter Twenty Four-The Deal

NADIA POVShe came back the next morning.I was sitting on the floor of my hotel room. I had not slept. I had not eaten. I had been staring at the door for hours. Waiting. Watching. Listening.The knock came at nine.Three slow raps. Calm. Deliberate. Like she knew I was there. Like she knew I was waiting. Like she knew I had no choice but to answer.I stood up. I walked to the door. I looked through the peephole.It was her. Eleanor. She was wearing a different coat today. Gray. Elegant. She was carrying the same leather bag. She was alone. No bodyguards. No police. Just her."I know you are there, Nadia," she said. "Open the door."I did not move."We can do this through the door if you prefer. But I think you will want to see what I brought."I did not respond."It is evidence. Evidence against the others. Evidence that will help you. Evidence that will end this."I closed my eyes.I did not trust her. I would never trust her. But I needed what she had. I needed the name. I needed

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Chapter Twenty Five:The Bribe

NADIA POVI did not sleep that night.I sat on the floor of my hotel room with the folder in my hands. I read it again. And again. And again. I read the bank records. I read the wire transfers. I read the names. I read the dates.Rachel.My lawyer.My friend.The woman I had trusted with everything. The woman who had held my hand when I cried. The woman who had promised to protect me. The woman who had been feeding information to Eleanor from the beginning.I did not want to believe it.But the evidence was there.The wire transfers. The payments. The meetings. The photographs.Rachel.I closed the folder. I set it down. I pressed my hand against my stomach. The baby. The tiny life inside me. The only thing that mattered."I do not know who to trust," I whispered. "I do not know who to trust anymore."I picked up my phone. I called the detective.He answered on the second ring."Did you find anything?" I asked."I found everything.""Tell me.""Rachel has been working with Eleanor for

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Chapter Twenty Six: The Fallout

NADIA POVThe news came at noon.I was sitting on the floor of my hotel room. I had not slept. I had not eaten. I had been staring at the wall. Thinking. Planning. Waiting.My phone buzzed. It was the detective."Turn on the news," he said."What?""Turn on the news. Right now."I grabbed the remote. I turned on the television. I changed the channel.And I saw her.Serena.Walking out of the police station. Smiling. Waving. Free.I stared at the screen. I did not move. I did not breathe. I did not do anything.She was out.She was free.The charges were dropped."No," I whispered. "No. This cannot be happening."I called the detective."What happened?" I demanded."The charges were dropped. The evidence was lost. The file was misplaced.""How?""I do not know yet. But I am going to find out.""How could this happen? She tried to kill me. She planned to kill me. She had the poison. She had the car. She had everything.""I know.""Then how is she free?"He was silent for a moment."Some

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Chapter Twenty Seven: The Son

JULIAN POVI could not stop thinking about my son.I had not seen him in weeks. Not since everything fell apart. Not since the assets were frozen. Not since Nadia left. Not since Serena was arrested.I did not even know where he was.I did not know if he was safe. I did not know if he was happy. I did not know if he was being taken care of. I did not know anything.I picked up my phone. I called Serena.It went to voicemail.I called again.It went to voicemail.I called a third time.It went to voicemail.I put the phone down.She was not going to answer. She was never going to answer. She was done with me. She had been done with me for a long time. I had just been too blind to see it.I lay down on the bed. The bed was hard. The room was cold. The city was quiet.I thought about my son. I thought about the way he looked at me. The way he smiled at me. The way he reached for me. The way he called me dada.He was so small. So fragile. So innocent. He did not know what I had done. He d

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Chapter Twenty Eight:The Watcher Return

NADIA POVI saw him again on a Thursday.It had been three days since Serena walked free. Three days since the charges were dropped. Three days since the evidence disappeared. Three days since I realized that the system I had trusted was broken.I had not left my hotel room. Not once. I had the food delivered. I had the newspapers delivered. I had everything delivered. I did not want to go outside. I did not want to be seen. I did not want to be found.But I needed air. I needed to breathe. I needed to feel something other than the walls of that small room.So I went for a walk.It was late afternoon. The sun was setting. The city was quiet. I walked down the street. I kept my head down. I kept my eyes open. I kept my hand on my phone.And then I saw him.A man. Across the street. Standing by a lamppost. Watching me.He was not the same man from before. Not the one in the dark sedan. This one was different. Taller. Broader. He was wearing a gray coat and a dark hat. He was not hiding.

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Chapter Twenty Nine:The Man In The Grey Coat

NADIA POVI did not open the door.I stood there. Frozen. My hand on the handle. My eye against the peephole. My heart pounding in my chest.The man in the gray coat was still there.He had not knocked again. He had not moved. He had not done anything. He just stood there. Waiting. Watching.Then he did something I did not expect.He reached into his pocket.I flinched. I stepped back. I held my breath.But he did not pull out a gun. He did not pull out a knife. He did not pull out anything dangerous.He pulled out a photograph.He knelt down. He slid it under the door. Then he stood up. He looked at the peephole. He looked at me. He nodded. Once. Then he turned and walked away.I did not move.I did not breathe.I just stood there. Staring at the photograph on the floor. Staring at the shadow under the door. Staring at nothing.I waited.One minute. Two minutes. Five minutes.He did not come back.I knelt down. I picked up the photograph. I turned it over.It was a picture of a man.

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