Chapter 265

Chapter 265

MARCUS

“Boss, we’ve arrived,” Steve said, his voice cutting through the thick fog of sleep that had settled over me. I blinked a few times, disoriented, before slowly coming to. My body ached from the constant movement, the long days of traveling across continents, jumping from one city to another, chasing dead ends and half–truths. I hadn’t gotten a decent night’s sleep in days. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was the face of my wife, Olivia, fading from my thoughts like a distant dream.

had her back. My mind was a blur, constantly circling back to the same thoughts: Where is she? Why won’t anyone tell me? The people who had information were all cowards, and none of them would speak up. It was maddening. The jet had become my only sanctuary, a mobile prison where I could close my eyes and pretend for a few moments that everything was fine. But even then, the

ocean surrounding it For a fleeting second, I allowed myself to feel something close to peace. If only it could stay this way, if only things could be normal again, maybe I wouldn’t feel like a man driven to the edge of madness. But then the reality of why I was here hit me again. This island had taken my wife, and if Nick had lied to me,

frustration of not knowing where Olivia was, the helplessness gnawing at me, these emotions had pushed me to a place I wasn’t sure I could come back from. Steve had been with me for years, and I could tell he was seeing a side

of the jet, and just as I reached the door, I stopped and

him rest until I give the word. We might need to leave this place the same way we left the

him. Good.

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