Chapter 362



"Foebe Larson," someone called out as I made my way through the alley leading back home.

I turned around, surprised to see James.

His face was etched with panic as he breathlessly said, "Run!"

I frowned, puzzled by his sudden urgency.

James hurried over, out of breath. "The cops are onto us."

He grabbed my hand, intending to lead me away, my hand dropping a bag of mini donuts all over the ground.

"What do you mean...?" I asked James, confused.

"Have you forgotten? The Mister was finding adoption families for those kids, right? Remember the smartest kid got adopted by that guy named Ignatius?" James paused, then smiled at me. "That Ignatius, he's a human trafficker."

I stood frozen, disbelief washing over me. Before I could fully grasp the situation, the sound of police sirens filled the air.

James's expression turned to one of sheer terror, pulling me urgently. "Foebe, we need to run! Now!"

of memory, it was clear to me, James

doing this to me, James? We never had any bad blood," I asked, genuinely confused. To me, James always seemed

out, appearances can

like everyone from

James whispered in my ear,

at him coldly, trying to understand his motive. Was he trying to frame me

wants you gone, and they need a plausible reason, like... evading arrest," James said with a smirk, suddenly pressing a cloth soaked in

hit me, and I couldn't

what James was planning. He was making me 'disappear,' but not before pinning a crime on

were investigating a series of murders, and my connection with the second victim

police, and when they came to question me, I was nowhere to

had crafted the perfect excuse

replace her," I heard Hailey's voice through the

until she started

been arranged with Melody.

het

then Melody won't have any slip-ups either. Now, we just need Foebe's body to be found, and then the story of Phoebe's

believe that?" Hailey sounded

you just wanted your son to live, and I've followed your wishes," Damian retorted, clearly annoyed. "I've already planted the seeds in both your son and Caleb's minds; they

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