Chapter 3 - The Wire
Clara stared at the tiny microphone resting in the palm of her shaking hand.
She knew that if she hid the discovery, Rico would eventually think she was the spy.
She walked out of the nursery and marched directly down the hall to the master study.
She bypassed the armed guards and placed the destroyed teddy bear firmly on Rico's mahogany desk.
Rico looked at the electronic bug, his jaw tightening into a mask of pure, lethal fury.
He realized his massive fortress was entirely compromised by an unknown traitor.
He looked at Clara with a strange, newfound flicker of genuine respect.
He asked her why she did not just leave the bug and use it to help her old syndicate.
Clara replied that she hated the mafia, but she refused to let an innocent child be targeted.
Rico poured two glasses of expensive whiskey and offered one to the brave waitress.
They sat in the quiet study and unexpectedly bonded over their shared feelings of grief and profound loss.
Rico admitted that he felt completely helpless when it came to raising a child without Elena.
Clara smiled softly and promised that she would protect Leo with her own life.
The tender, quiet moment was abruptly shattered when the bug on the desk began emitting a strange, high-pitched feedback loop.
Rico grabbed a specialized radio scanner from his drawer to trace the exact frequency of the transmission.
He locked onto the signal and activated the receiver to hear who was listening on the other end.
A chilling, overly familiar voice chuckled darkly through the small radio speaker.
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Clara dropped her whiskey glass, shattering the expensive crystal completely across the hardwood floor.
The voice on the radio belonged to her abusive ex-boyfriend, a man who was supposed to be serving a life sentence in a federal supermax prison.
