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.

hurriedly left Sudvilla, questioning as she ran,

grandmother,” Phoebe replied.

even more. “Where

yourself,” Phoebe cautioned.

Mila’s mind went blank, a wave of apprehension washing over her. Hailing a taxi, she followed Phoebe’s directions to a secluded area on the outskirts,

sight of several police cars and the police tape cordoning off the area made her uneasiness

rushed over with

trembling slightly. “Where’s she?”

upward to

stop instantly at

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

officers, her fingers tightening around theirs, her heart pulsating with urgency. “Why aren’t you rescuing my grandmother? Why not set her

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granddaughter?” the officer

her worried gaze darting back to Loretta. Panic

were controlled remotely. The crane’s

bomb disposal experts were injured by hidden explosives before they could approach. Fortunately, their protective gear saved them

breaths became shallow, her fists. clenched tightly and her complexion drained of color.