Chapter 19
Julian screamed in pure rage, kicking and struggling against Vance’s grip like a wild animal in a trap.
“You ruined everything!” Julian shrieked at me, his eyes bloodshot with absolute madness.
William walked up to his brother, stepping on the black phone on the floor and crushing it to pieces under his boot.
“Evelyn,” William commanded, turning to his assistant who had just rushed up the attic stairs.
“Trace the network signal that was blocked by the jammer two seconds ago.”
Evelyn tapped her encrypted tablet screen rapidly, her eyes scanning lines of code in seconds.
“Got it, Mr. Sterling!” Evelyn reported triumphantly. “The signal was routed to St. Jude’s Private Clinic in Burlington, Vermont!”
“Contact the Vermont State Troopers immediately,” William ordered, stepping over his defeated brother.
“Tell them Founder William Sterling is executing an emergency medical rescue order right now.”
William turned to me, dropping to one knee and placing the blue steel box safely in my lap.
“You saved your mother’s life today, Lily,” William said, his voice filled with deep, genuine emotion.
Tears poured down my face as I clutched the cold metal box against my chest, feeling the heavy weight of terror lift away.
After two long years of living in fear, running through dark streets, and sleeping in cold attics, it was finally over.
Vance dragged Julian down the narrow attic stairs to face federal authorities waiting on the driveway below.
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I looked at William, my hands trembling as I held the blue steel box.
“Can we go get my mom now?” I asked softly.
