The Wrong Woman

Chapter 456

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.

Phoebe’s unusual anxiety, Mila hurriedly left Sudvilla, questioning as she ran,

grandmother,” Phoebe

beat, her pace quickening even more. “Where is she? Send

brace yourself,”

of apprehension washing over her. Hailing a taxi, she

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

Phoebe called out upon spotting her. She rushed over

her body trembling slightly. “Where’s she?” she asked, her

pointed upward to the sky.

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

clouded her vision as she beheld 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 to her body, dangling in the air. Hoisting Loretta up was

toward the police officers, her fingers tightening around theirs, her heart pulsating with urgency. “Why aren’t you rescuing my

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her granddaughter?”

tearfully, her worried gaze darting back to Loretta. Panic consumed

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

explosives before they could approach. Fortunately, their protective gear saved them from

the crane as well?” Mila’s breaths became shallow, her fists. clenched tightly and her complexion drained

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