Chapter 12 - The Kidnapping at the Park
Two days later, four-year-old Lily was playing on the swings at a quiet park near the Potomac River.
Vivian sat on a wooden bench nearby, watching her toddler sleep peacefully inside a navy stroller.
A silver van with tinted windows pulled up silently along the curb, its side door sliding open with a low hiss.
Two men wearing dark caps and leather jackets stepped out, moving fast toward the swing set.
One of the men grabbed Lily, covering her mouth with a gloved hand before she could even scream.
Vivian reacted in a split second, sprinting across the grass with terrifying speed.
She tackled the first man from behind, driving him into the wooden woodchips with a devastating military strike.
The second man pulled a suppressed pistol from his jacket, pointing it directly at Vivian’s chest.
“Don't move, Captain!” the man growled, his hand steady on the trigger.
Before he could fire, a sharp rifle shot echoed from the tree line across the park.
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The gunman collapsed onto the grass, his weapon spinning out of reach as two black SUVs roared onto the scene.
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