Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

lan stepped closer, only to notice a red light blinking on the anklet strapped to Cynthia's leg.

He tugged at the device, and a man's voice emerged from within.

"Cynthia, you trying to make a run for it again?"

"Why the urge to flee, why so disobedient?"

"Do you really wantto break your legs?"

The man's voice, despite its softness, sent chills down lan's spine.

Cynthia, now deaf to the world, seemed to sense the anklet's alarm.

She desperately tried to rip the device off her ankle to no avail.

"Fuck off!"

"Fuck off!"

Her fingernails dug into her flesh, but the anklet wouldn't budge, the man's voice still echoing from it.

"Gone blind, gone deaf, do I need to render you mute too?"

"Get any closer to that door, and you'll get zapped again. Just stay put, stop struggling."

That's when lan realized this basement was no ordinary place.

It wasn't just blocking external signals. It was rigged with various switches.

too close to the exit, it would

goons who had been guarding Cynthia had been

likely having attempted escape multiple

was that lan

threat. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the

lan was running

grew grim as he turned to his associates and

Raymond, we've tried everything before you got here. The material

massaged his temples, "Check for sensors by

but the walls and the anklet are made of

this lady won't make

fell into a tense silence as these

bodyguard added,

of someone nearby but clueless as to who it

that she was mere meters away from her daughter, blind and

mouth.

Maja called out, "Mom."

No response.

but she was paralyzed, her

this basement, with her rescuers just in front of her, doomed to remain caged, seemingly for

felt a bitter sting at the tip of her nose,

"Maja!"

to

"Maja, don't scare me."

reunited, and before he could say anything,