THE HOSTAGE'S DILEMMA
I try to keep the rescue story straight to avoid implicating Aaron.
They ask about the kidnappers, their motive, and the precise details of how Mabel was recovered. I invented a story about a random phone call that threatened me and made me travel back immediately. I explained that I arrived at the scene and saw them already on the ground. I describe the call, the men, anything to deflect from the real, dangerous complexity of it all. My heart pounds with each fabrication, but my face remains impassive. The police look at me with a mixture of sympathy and suspicion, but they have no real evidence to contradict my narrative. Finally, they let me go, saying they would be in touch.
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