The Wrong Woman

Chapter 456

The familiar melody of her ringtone danced through the air.

Mila gradually calmed her emotions as she lifted her head from her knees. She wiped away the tears from her eyes and retrieved the phone from her pocket.

It was a call from Phoebe.

Mila took a deep breath, adjusting her emotions once more before answering the phone.

“Phoebe,” Mila spoke softly.

Phoebe’s voice trembled with nervousness. “Mila, where are you?”

Pushing herself up from the floor, Mila brushed off the dust from her pants. “I’m at Sudvilla.”

“Please, come quickly. I’ll send you the address,” Phoebe urged urgently, a hint of panic

seeping into her tone.

Sudvilla, questioning as she ran, What’s wrong?

found your grandmother,”

even more. “Where

yourself,” Phoebe

went blank, a wave of apprehension washing over her. Hailing a taxi, she followed Phoebe’s directions

the sight of several police cars and the police tape cordoning off the area made her uneasiness deepen. Two officers stood guard outside the perimeter.

out upon spotting her. She rushed over

body trembling slightly. “Where’s she?”

pointed upward to the sky.

Her heart seemed to stop instantly at the sight, overwhelmed by

Loretta suspended in mid–air. Her heart felt as if it were being torn apart by a sharp blade, the agony threatening to engulf her sanity. Loretta was bound by ropes, with a package resembling explosives strapped

rushed toward the police officers, her fingers tightening around theirs, her heart pulsating

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her granddaughter?” the officer

gaze darting back

elaborated, “Your grandmother is rigged with explosives which were controlled remotely. The crane’s control room is also rigged with a remote–controlled bomb.

injured by hidden explosives before they could

well?” Mila’s breaths became shallow, her fists. clenched tightly and her complexion drained of color.