Chapter 19 - A Quiet Evening Shattered By A Sudden Phone Call
The peaceful silence of our suburban home was shattered late on a freezing Friday midnight by the landline phone.
Daniel bolted upright in bed, grabbing the receiver with a pounding heart and a cautious voice.
“Hello?” he answered, his instincts instantly flashing into high alert across every nerve.
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There was no sound on the other end for several seconds, only the faint static of an encrypted satellite relay.
Then a synthesized digital voice whispered through the speaker: “The Vance debt remains unpaid, Daniel.”
