After the divorce, he begged

Meanwhile, Richard placed a call. “Mr. Hanson, everything’s taken care of. It’ll play out exactly how you want. Just wondering about that thing you promised before…”

“Rest assured,” Marcus replied, his tone lofty and dismissive–making it clear he looked down on Richard. “You get

it done, and everything I promised will be yours.”

Richard grinned. “Trust me, it’s as good as done.”

Marcus went on, “But if the plan gets exposed…”

Richard caught the meaning instantly.

He responded immediately, his tone overly respectful, “I’ll take full responsibility, Mr. Hanson. No one will know you had any part in this. Whoever asks, that’s the answer they’ll get from me.”

“That’s what I want to hear,” Marcus said carelessly, and then he ended the call without another word.

Rebecca and Jessica were clueless about what had happened. After locking up the villa, they got in the car, ready to pick Samuel up from school.

Just as Rebecca started the engine, she got a call from Jeffrey. She picked up right away, “What’s up?”

“Samuel’s stuff for the summer camp is still at Rebecca’s Manor. Should I bring it over, or do you want to take him to the manor?” Jeffrey’s voice was low and steady as he eyed the pile of Samuel’s belongings before him.

Rebecca was about to say he should bring it over when Jessica spoke up.

“Rebecca,” Jessica called out.

Rebecca glanced over, “Yeah?”

“I think something’s wrong with the car,” Jessica said, gripping the steering wheel tightly. “I just hit the brakes, and nothing happened.”

“Put it on speaker,” Jeffrey’s calm voice came through the phone.

Rebecca quickly switched to speaker and cranked the volume all the way up.

Jeffrey didn’t waste a second. “Pump the brake pedal a few times and see if there’s any response.”

Jessica kept a firm grip on the wheel, tried the pedal a few times, and then said, “No response.”

“Turn on your hazard lights and honk the horn,” Jeffrey said, his voice steady amid the sounds of him moving in the background.

He thought of the car that Jessica usually drove and said, “Keep the electronic handbrake engaged. Don’t let go, just wait for the car to slow to a stop.”

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Jessica did exactly what he said, but nothing happened–the car didn’t slow down at

limit here was 100, and Jessica was already doing over 80 when

dropping?” Jeffrey asked, typing a quick message to Riley to get Rebecca’s current location as

forced herself to stay calm as

you right now?” Jeffrey pressed,

Avenue,” Jessica reported tensely. “There’s a traffic light in about 6 miles, but the speed won’t drop. What should

“You’ve got two choices. Either use the roadside barriers to slow down by force, or get onto the expressway

12 miles ahead. But

Jessica replied, drawing

Jeffrey said, his knuckles pale as worry left him covered in cold sweat. “I’ve

have brake issues like this–something’s definitely off. None of the cars she’s owned have ever had

ten minutes, Jeffrey kept coordinating everything while racing

skipped a beat as she scanned the road. Checking the rearview mirror, she caught sight of a massive truck looming behind them. “Jessica,” Rebecca said, her voice tense, “That

the mirror, her grip tightening on the wheel

missing a beat, Jessica flicked on her turn signal and swerved into the next lane, trying to avoid a collision.

Rebecca said, her voice tight with worry as she watched the truck mirror

switching lanes again. At this speed, if that thing hits them, they’d be dead meat. “Why’s a truck going this

“First, the brakes fail, and now this truck’s been glued to our

She thought, ‘Could

question–if she went any faster,

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emergency lane closer by?” Jessica asked urgently into the phone. Rebecca still kept the

showing up in the lane right next to them. “I’ve already got someone

“Got it!” Jessica said.

and instantly merged

felt a little calmer

that Jeffrey had quietly become the guy they could count on–the one who made them feel safe. No matter how much he’d pissed them off before, in a crisis like

clearing the way, the drive went off

over by the roadside and

within moments, the car finally came to a

and Rebecca finally felt the tension melt away–relief washed

going to make it…” Jessica began, about to tell Rebecca

then, the passenger door swung open and Jeffrey appeared–on the outside, he looked steady, but Rebecca could see