Chapter 16 - THE RECOVERY OF MAYA
Nora slammed the car to a halt fifty feet from the aircraft ramp, stepping out with Maya strapped tightly to her chest and holding Ethan's hand.
"Stop right there, Eleanor!" Nora screamed over the roar of the jet engines.
Eleanor turned around, her silver updo slightly unraveled, holding a small silver pistol in her gloved hand.
"You should have taken the money I offered you five years ago, Nora," Eleanor said, raising the weapon. "You were never worthy of the Vance name."
"I don't want your name!" Nora shouted back, taking another firm step forward. "I am taking my children and leaving your twisted legacy in the dirt!"
Before Eleanor could squeeze the trigger, Chloe stepped out from behind a stack of cargo pallets, holding a flare gun.
Chloe fired the flare directly into the jet's left engine intake.
A blinding flash of orange fire exploded from the jet engine, followed by a deafening mechanical boom.
The jet crew panicked, killing the fuel lines as thick black smoke poured across the hangar floor.
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Eleanor stumbled backward in shock, dropping her silver pistol onto the concrete.
Federal Marshals and Atlanta Police vehicles swarmed the hangar, their sirens wailing as dozens of armed officers flooded the floor.
