The Wrong Woman

Phoebe persisted, her tone urgent as she spoke, "Mila, there's an update from General Morrison. He's reached out personally. You need to wake up right away." Slowly, Mila opened her eyes, blinking wearily. Upon spotting Cole in front of her, she shut them again, muttering to herself, "It's Cole, not Nate."

Taking a deep breath, Cole nervously relayed, "Mrs. Morrison, General Morrison sent me a message. He's in danger and is counting on us to rescue him."

Mila opened her eyes once more, reaching out to grasp Phoebe's hand. Despite her weakened state, she attempted to sit up. "Phoebe, could you give me a hand?" she murmured.

Phoebe's excitement surged as she promptly offered her support, assisting Mila in sitting up.

Mila stretched her hand toward Cole, questioning, "Where's Nate's message?"

Cole rushed to grab his phone, accessing the messages programmed by the coder, then promptly passed it to Mila.

Mila stared at Nathan's number, then shifted her gaze to the message he had sent. Tears welled up in her eyes, her fingers trembling slightly.

"Cole, I'm not dead. I'm being held captive in an unfamiliar place. Please, find a way to rescue me. Don't let Wanda know what's going on. Just tell her I'm away on business. I don't want her to worry."

"Mrs. Morrison, General Morrison is alive. He's just being held captive. Given his predicament, maybe it's best not to cause him any

filling the room. It felt cathartic, finally releasing all the pent-up pain that she had been carrying within for so long. Mila continued to sob uncontrollably, each cry accompanied by gasps for air, her

a doctor was called in. He administered a sedative to help ease Mila's emotions. Slowly,

speechless, unable to comprehend the

to sleep as expected. Instead,

a bitter smile,

remarked, "Your acting skills are rather amateurish. This message you received clearly wasn't from Nate. His phone

found themselves pleasantly surprised by Mila's composed and

of hope for Mila, potentially stirring within

Mila awakened only to realize

were you so upset just now? I was worried

corners of Mila's eyes as she replied, "I miss him terribly. Even though I know it's not real, I still feel

for you to stay awake. Think about

with frustration,