Chapter 21 - A Threatening Figure Watches The Suburban Residence From Shadows
Late into the night, after the entire suburban neighborhood had fallen fast asleep under a blanket of dark clouds, a car stopped.
A sleek black SUV with tinted windows parked quietly at the edge of the tree-lined street, its engine idling silently in the dark.
Inside the vehicle, an unknown driver adjusted a long telephoto camera lens, aiming it directly at the dark second-floor nursery window.
A cell phone on the passenger seat illuminated, displaying a incoming text message from an unregistered, encrypted international number.
“The first phase is complete,” the text message read. “Prepare the secondary protocol for the Chicago corporate takeover tomorrow.”
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The driver lowered the camera, typed a brief reply, and slowly drove away into the freezing midnight shadows without leaving a trace.
Mark and Sarah believed their battle was over, but the opening moves of a far dangerous global corporate threat had just begun.
