“Clark! Wake up!

“Clark, don’t fall asleep!”

Esther felt a rush of fear, her heart pounding. He worried that Clark might not make it.

Gabriel gritted his teeth through the pain and approached the cement truck.

“Get out of the car,” he commanded.

The cement truck’s door creaked open, and a man smelling of alcohol stumbled out. As he stepped out, a card fell from the truck.

Gabriel leaned down to pick up the card, too distracted to keep an eye on the drunk driver.

The card featured a bright poppy flower on the front and had a simple message on the back.

[A small token of appreciation].

was signed

unsettling feeling creeping over him. These were the same drug dealers who had left a similar card at Esther’s

Esther, who was with Clark and Felix some distance away, and felt a chilling sense of being targeted

by the collar, and demanded, “Tell me! Who told you to

bewildered. “What are

the card. “This card! Where

driver asked, “What

waited

wouldn’t escape without

drug dealers hiding? Were they watching him or

blaring sirens echoed

not critical, thanks to Agatha. Felix had merely

Gabriel, and Felix underwent thorough medical examinations, revealing various

he needed to leave to investigate why the card was in the

to the

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