Chapter 30 - THE DISTANT RING
Late on a stormy Friday night, while rain pattered softly against the bedroom window, Ethan's private phone rang on the nightstand.
The caller ID displayed an unknown encrypted private number originating from an international offshore server.
Ethan answered quietly so as not to wake Maya, who was sleeping peacefully beside him under the warm duvet.
"Ethan Montgomery," he whispered into the receiver, his body tensing instinctively in the dim room.
A cold, unfamiliar woman's voice answered through a crackling, encrypted line from across the ocean.
"Mr. Montgomery, your mother, Victoria, did not die in federal prison as the public records indicate," the woman revealed softly.
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"She escaped during a medical transport three hours ago, and she is currently on a private flight heading straight back to Austin."
The line went completely dead with a sharp, chilling click, leaving Ethan staring into the dark room in frozen silence.
