Chapter 4 - Calling Daniel While Standing In The Living Room
Claire pulled her sleek smartphone from her coat pocket with smooth, deliberate movements.
Her thumb tapped the screen twice, bringing up her husband’s contact card while the room fell into absolute silence.
“Let’s ask him right now, shall we?” Claire remarked coldly, hitting the speakerphone button.
The rhythmic ringing tone echoed through the high-end living room against the backdrop of the twinkling Manhattan skyline.
Lorraine held her breath, her silver hair catching the amber glow of the sunset filtering through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
Beside the window, the neatly folded United States flag sat undisturbed inside its triangular glass display case on the mahogany desk.
One ring. Two rings. Three rings.
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The tension in the apartment grew so thick that the security guards shifted their boots uneasily on the hardwood floor.
Just as voicemail seemed imminent, the line clicked open with a muffled background rustle of papers.
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