As Lucky and Tony, the stalkers, tracked the taxi ahead, uncertainty began to creep into their conversation.
They had been shadowing Emma for two weeks, but tonight's events unfolded differently from the routine they had come to expect.
Emma's path home was altered, stirring suspicion among them.
"Tony, are you sure that's the taxi carrying Charlotte's daughter?" Lucky asked, his tone laced with doubt as he observed the unusual route.
"Of course, you saw it yourself. There hasn't been another taxi since then," Tony replied, trying to sound confident but his voice betrayed a hint of uncertainty.
"But where is she actually going tonight? This isn’t the way to her apartment, is it?" Lucky pressed further, his i
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