Chapter 3 - The Abusive Past
I stopped breathing entirely.
Marta pressed the cold metal of the silencer against my ribcage.
"Walk toward the service elevator."
I held Lily so tightly my arms began to ache.
We moved silently down the back hallway.
The police officers were still distracted by Marcus near the main staircase.
Marta pushed me into the steel elevator and hit the button for the basement.
"Why are you doing this, Marta?"
She did not even blink.
"Vanessa pays much better than Mr. Cole."
The elevator doors opened into the cold, concrete parking garage beneath the estate.
A black luxury SUV was idling in the shadows.
Vanessa stepped out of the driver's side wearing designer sunglasses.
She smiled a perfect, venomous smile.
"You really should have left your phone in the laundry room, sweetie."
I glared at her.
"Marcus knows you stole the money."
Vanessa laughed softly.
"Marcus will not care about the money in about five minutes."
The back door of the SUV slowly swung open.
A tall, heavily tattooed man stepped out into the dim light.
My blood turned to absolute ice.
It was Greg.
He was my abusive ex-boyfriend and Lily's biological father.
I had spent three years hiding from this monster.
Greg smiled and cracked his knuckles.
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"Hello, beautiful."
"I came to take my daughter back."
