Chapter 1099:

Living in hardship wasn’t the scary part—it was getting a taste of luxury and then losing it all.

Before, she was poor but free. Her life was ordinary, yes, but at least she wasn’t dealing with things most people would never experience in a lifetime. Now, even living felt like a far-off dream.

She had long accepted she might die with Carrie. But now, as she spotted the black car trailing them… and thought of Kristopher… a flicker of something stirred in her chest. Hope.

If Kristopher had forgotten everything she did… if she begged… would he take her back? Could they return to how things used to be?

As that thought floated through her mind, the vehicle suddenly jerked. They’d made a sharp turn, and inertia slammed Lise against the opposite side of the truck.

Her body slid, and with it, her thoughts snapped back to the present. Out the side window, she saw it—two massive container trucks emerging from a side road. One pulled in front of them, the other slid into place behind, effectively blocking the view of the black car tailing them.

rolled out. Their vehicle drove into the now-empty container

the view perfectly. No line of sight. No way to tell the switch

seamless. Flawless.

wheel tighter, eyes locked on the trucks ahead. But when the container trucks split off with the garbage truck at the next intersection, relief

It had been a rookie mistake, following

loved a woman. They just knew that if Carrie died, the consequences would be far worse

two container trucks turned off at the

to unforgettable

trucks were a common sight.

attention remained locked on the hospital waste truck up ahead—the one they

seen the full exchange, but he had seen the container door open. He hadn’t spotted the decoy garbage truck

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