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.

unusual anxiety, Mila hurriedly left Sudvilla, questioning as she

found your grandmother,”

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

brace yourself,” Phoebe cautioned.

she followed Phoebe’s directions to a secluded area on the outskirts, finally stopping at an unfinished building

of several police cars and the police tape cordoning off the area

Phoebe called out upon spotting her. She rushed over with a solemn expression and grasped Mila’s

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

to

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

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

around theirs, her heart pulsating with urgency. “Why aren’t you

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her granddaughter?”

nodded tearfully, her worried gaze darting back to Loretta.

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

by hidden explosives before they could approach. Fortunately, their protective gear

Mila’s breaths became shallow, her fists. clenched tightly and her complexion