Chapter 3 - The Secret Escape Route
Slowly and painfully, Maria maneuvered their dangling bodies toward a hidden maintenance door concealed behind overgrown ivy vines.
Her boot found purchase on a rusted decorative iron bracket bolted securely into the masonry.
With a sharp heave, she pushed open the unlocked maintenance panel, revealing a narrow service corridor leading into the interior of the mansion.
“In! Crawl inside before they realize we’re still breathing,” Maria urged, guiding Maya through the narrow opening.
Maya collapsed onto the concrete floor of the utility room, clutching her swollen stomach while deep, ragged breaths racked her chest.
Maria followed right behind her, pulling the heavy metal access door shut and sliding the manual security bolt into place.
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They lay together in the cool, dim safety of the service wing, listening to the muffled sounds of the luxury villa above them.
The war for survival had only just begun, and they were legally considered ghosts by the very people who tried to kill them.
