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.

to theirs rolled out.

view perfectly. No line

Flawless. A perfect

two men in the black Volkswagen tensed up. Their view was momentarily blocked. They gripped the wheel tighter, eyes locked on the trucks ahead. But when the container trucks split off with the garbage truck at

following too closely. But they didn’t dare report

that if Carrie died, the consequences would be far worse than anything they could

thought they’d lost the trail—until the two container trucks

home to unforgettable

cargo trucks were a

on the hospital waste truck up ahead—the one they were sure

witnessed part of the switch. He hadn’t seen the full exchange, but he had seen the container door open. He hadn’t spotted the decoy garbage truck leaving or the

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