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.”

Sonia had been frantically searching for Ariana. They had made plans to take young

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upon inquiring Ariana’s assistant, Sonia learned that Ariana hadn’t returned home since

police station, dealing with Tom’s predicament, making it inconvenient to respond to calls.

immediately that something was awry, vivid memories of the harrowing discovery of Ariana’s condition after the car accident five years ago rushing back. Even

near the police station, and she

number, but it went

her visit to the police station to report the situation,

Mitchel of the unfolding crisis. She divulged

time leveraging his connections to acquire information discreetly. However, from dawn to dusk, there was

obediently. Although both Sonia and Mitchel strove to wear

suppressed his emotions, refraining from uttering a word until the following morning when, as was his custom, he went to

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