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Chapter 101. Believe.
Saul took a breath. He was thinking now, his mind working through the situation the way it had learned to work over the past few weeks.He had learnt to assess threats, weigh options, and calculate next moves. But his thoughts were inconclusive in this case, scattered by the weight of what she had just told him. Three people were missing. A targeted kidnapping attempt. A pattern that stretched back further than he had realized."Okay," he said, and his voice was calmer than he felt."Okay, look. Stay where you are. Don't go anywhere. Don't tell anyone where you're staying. If someone is targeting your family, you need to be careful until we figure out who it is and what they want. I'll reach out to you later. We need to meet in person, somewhere safe, and then I'll see what I can do."He paused. The words that came next surprised him. They came from somewhere deep, somewhere that had nothing to do with strategy or calculation. "I'm so sorry, Dannie."The nickname slipped out befo
Chapter 100. Ransom
A few minutes passed. Maybe more. Time felt strange, stretched thin by the weight of whatever was happening on the other end of the phone. Eventually, Daniella found her composure. It came back slowly, in fragments, a deep breath here, a swallowed sob there. The crying didn't stop entirely. It just lowered in volume, retreating from a flood to a trickle. When she spoke again, her voice was wrecked. Hoarse. She sounded barely recognizable."They've been missing, Saul."He frowned. The words didn't make sense. Missing? Who was missing?"For almost a week now." She was struggling to get the words out, each one seeming to cost her something. He could hear her breathing, ragged and uneven, could hear the way she was fighting to keep herself together. But it was difficult."I don't know what to do! I've tried everything, Saul , Everything! I went to the authorities. I filed reports. I talked to detectives. They said they'd look into it, but nothing happened. Nothing. So I led a search
Chapter 99. The Flood.
“....And if you think I saved you that day out of some deep feelings lingering inside my chest, then you've got another thing coming. I saved you because it was the right thing to do. Because if it wasn't you in that situation, if it was a complete stranger being dragged into a van by masked men, I'd still risk my life for that person. Because that's what people do. Good people." He sneered bitterly. “And despite everything you and your family put me through, I'm still a good person. But don't mistake that for affection. Don't mistake it for an open door. And don't you dare call me asking for help as if you have any right to it!"It was quiet for a few seconds, Saul's chest heaving up and down in the aftermath of his rant.“Well? What do you fucking have to say for yourself?" He snapped when she didn't respond.Swallowing thickly, Daniella's voice was wet and wretched when she managed to speak. "Please..." she whimpered. "Saul, I am sorry, for everything! But you don't understand. Th
Chapter 98. Empty Shell.
He didn't say anything. He couldn't and even if he did he wouldnt know what to say. The silence stretched out between them, heavy and strange, filled with three years of history that neither of them knew how to navigate anymore. Daniella. His ex-wife. The woman who had looked at him across a construction site and told him he wasn't good enough. The woman who had stood beside Ephraim Moore and let him call Saul a stray dog. The woman who had offered him fifty thousand dollars as the price of his marriage and seemed genuinely confused when he refused to take it.Why was she calling him? Why now, of all times, when he was exhausted and wrung out and still trying to recover from a fever that had nearly killed him? What could she possibly want?!He didn't bear a grudge for how she had treated him in the past. Not really. Well… maybe he did bear a small grudge. A modest one. His particular feelings of resentment had sat quietly in the corner of his mind and only spoke up at moment
Chapter 97. Daniella.
Saul drew a slow breath, steeling himself. "I understand. I'll owe you Veronica."There was a pause. When she spoke again, her tone had shifted once more, lighter, almost playful. "Good. Now, get some rest. You look terrible. Or you did this morning. I assume you haven't improved much since then."Saul huffed a quiet laugh. "Thanks for the concern.""I'm serious, Saul. Whatever you're caught up in, you won't solve it by running yourself into the ground. Take a nap. Drink some water. Do whatever rich chairman's do to recover. I'll handle the rest.""Thank you, Veronica. Really.""Whatever," she said, and he could hear the smile in her voice. "See you."Before he could respond, the line went quiet. She had hung up. Saul sat there on the edge of the bed, staring at the dark screen of the phone. The call was over. The deal was made. The debt was owed. And somewhere out there, across the city, Veronica Hale was already setting things in motion. He hoped he wouldn't regret it. With a
Chapter 96. Call in a Solid.
The directness caught him off guard, even though it shouldn't have. From.their short time together, Saul had learndthat Veronica was not a woman who danced around things for long. She enjoyed the dance, the back and forth, the teasing, the game of it, but eventually she would always cut through to the heart of the matter. It was one of the things he admired about her. One of the things that made her dangerous.Saul had to forced himself to churckle around the sudden dryness in his throat. "First off, yes, that was a compliment. I meant every word." He scoffed, shaking his head even though she couldn't see him. "Second, why would you think I want something from you? Can't I simply apologize and compliment you afterwards? Is that so hard to believe? Maybe I've been thinking about what you said and wanted to make things right."She laughed at him, snorting to herself.“My point exactly, Mr. Kinai. No, you simply can't. You are many things, charming, certainly, when you want to be."
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