Chapter 4 - THE RED DRESS ESCAPE
Evelyn was shoved roughly into the back of the police cruiser, her dark hair falling gracefully over her shoulders.
Even inside the metal cage of the squad car, she didn't look like a criminal caught red-handed.
She looked like a predator who had just completed the first phase of a meticulously planned execution.
Through the tinted window, she watched Noah crying hysterically into the arms of the arriving paramedic team.
A sleek black sedan pulled up across the street, its tinted windows hiding the driver from the frantic crowd.
Evelyn smiled to herself, pressing her cuffed wrists against the glass as the sedan slowly drove away.
At that exact moment, Noah's smartphone buzzed violently in his pocket, displaying an incoming restricted call.
The boy pulled the device out, his wide, terrified eyes staring at the screen as it flashed with a single word.
Daddy.
Noah's thumb hovered over the green accept button, his mind racing back to the chilling whisper he had just heard on the line.
Dad knew she was coming.
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With trembling fingers, Noah swiped the screen and lifted the phone slowly to his ear.
"Noah? Where is your mother?" David’s voice boomed through the speaker, dripping with forced panic.
