Chapter 99

Chapter 99 You're Sharper Than I Thought

Meanwhile, over at Vista Villa, Collin waited patiently for Linsey's return.

The thought of finally coming clean to her made him unusually anxious.

His heart pounded, each beat growing more insistent-like a drumline echoing his unease.

He had lost count of how many times he had checked his watch.

Time had never dragged this painfully before.

Yet as the seconds crawled by, Linsey was still nowhere in sight.

A nagging unease crept in, tightening around his chest.

Collin knew exactly where Linsey worked, and Vista Villa wasn't far. Even by bus, the trip should take no more than thirty

minutes. There was no reason for her to be this late.

Frowning, he pulled out his phone and dialed her number, wondering if something had come up.

If she was in trouble, maybe he could help.

call went unanswered. He tried again.

his grip on the

have a bad

long before his

cameras-Mrs. Riley was ambushed at an intersection, knocked unconscious, and dragged into a car. We ran the plates. It's her ex-boyfriend, Felix Wells. A team is already on his

hardened, his entire presence taut like a coiled spring.

"Yes, Mr. Riley!"

burned with defiance. With a sharp

dodged his lunge.

he crashed into the chair that had held her captive.

rage contorting his face. "You ungrateful wretch! You never know

wine bottle perched on a nearby cabinet. She

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neck, ready

her wrist, twisting viciously until pain shot through her

the bottle slipped from her grasp and

into something cruel, his eyes

than I thought," he mused aloud. "Trying to escape? Clever. But

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