Chapter 4 - A Cold Digital Voice Echoes Across The Rooftop
The metallic chime was followed by a burst of static that hissed loudly against the biting autumn wind.
Then, a smooth, synthesized voice filtered through the hidden speakers embedded around the terrace perimeter.
“Good evening, Daniel... welcome to your very own high-tech prison in downtown Chicago,” Julian’s voice mocked smoothly.
Daniel spun around, staring up at the security camera that had just blinked back to life with a glowing red eye.
“Show yourself, Julian! You’re a coward hiding behind a computer screen!” Daniel roared into the lens.
“Coward? No, Daniel, I am simply reclaiming what your family stole from me during the corporate merger,” Julian replied coolly.
Lily whimpered, wrapping her tiny arms tighter around Daniel’s leg as the freezing wind whipped across the open ledge.
“Please don't let the bad man hurt us, Daddy,” Lily whispered, her voice breaking every piece of Daniel’s heart.
“He won't touch you, sweetheart, I promise,” Daniel said, his voice dropping into an icy, lethal register.
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“You have thirty minutes before the atmospheric pressure chambers on the roof seal off completely,” Julian’s voice warned.
The speakers clicked off, plunging the terrace back into an eerie, suffocating silence.
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