Time dragged on in the suffocating silence, with the man keeping them confined, neither assaulting them nor offering food or a drink.

In this eerie hush, seconds turned into minutes, and Tom’s restlessness grew, hanging over him like a storm cloud, threatening to burst at any moment.

He cast a glance at Ariana, who had maintained an unflinching composure throughout, and voiced his guilt in a hushed tone, “This whole mess is on me. It’s obvious they came after me, but I’ve dragged you into this, Ariana. Are you holding up okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Kidnapping was something she’d been into before, and given their current captors, their attitude was relatively calm.

She turned to reassure Tom, “Don’t blame yourself for this ordeal.

It’s a trap set for us. Carl anticipated we’d return to inspect the surveillance, and they deliberately left the back door open. Trust me; others will take notice of our absence and come looking for us.”

searching for Ariana. They had made plans to take young Melon to the children’s park that

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hadn’t returned home since the previous night, and

Tom’s predicament, making it inconvenient to respond to calls. Yet, after conferring with her assistant and other colleagues, it happened that no one

condition after the car

the surveillance footage near the police station, and she confirmed that

number, but it

to the police station to report the situation, she was met

and she promptly rallied her friends for assistance while also apprising Mitchel of the unfolding crisis. She divulged the particulars to him and

leveraging his connections to acquire information discreetly. However, from dawn

remained indoors, complying obediently. Although both Sonia and Mitchel strove to wear brave countenances in his presence, the child intuited that something was

custom, he went to find Ariana and didn’t find her. Unable to restrain

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