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.”

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

Angela’s Library

Ariana’s assistant, Sonia learned that Ariana hadn’t returned home since the previous night, and her calls had gone

the police station, dealing with Tom’s predicament, making it inconvenient to respond to calls. Yet, after conferring with her assistant and other colleagues,

the car accident five years ago rushing back. Even now, the mere recollection of that

surveillance footage near the police station, and she

but it went

gripped Sonia, a sentiment she couldn’t afford to ignore. Upon her visit to the police station to

her friends for assistance while also apprising Mitchel of the unfolding crisis. She divulged the particulars to him and implored him to stay with

his connections to acquire information

obediently. Although both Sonia and Mitchel strove to wear

as was his custom, he

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