Jessica's fingers trembled as she tapped frantically at her phone.

Tap-tap-tap... tap-tap-tap... tap-tap-tap.

Her heart raced with panic, but the rhythm of her tapping was steady, almost deliberate.

Timothy's brow furrowed. "What are you—?"

He didn't finish. Suddenly, his expression darkened and his voice sharpened. "Jessica, are you in danger?"

Relief washed over Jessica when she realized he'd understood her message.

"Jessica?"

A blinding flash of lightning split the sky, followed instantly by a deafening crash of thunder.

Jessica couldn't hold on any longer. She collapsed, the phone slipping from her grasp and tumbling to the floor.

"Jessica? Jessica!" Timothy called her name, already grabbing his coat and rushing for the door.

On the other end of the line, only the relentless roar of the storm responded.

as if an invisible hand was squeezing it

Tap-tap-tap... tap-tap-tap... tap-tap-tap.

tapping out the international distress signal:

be in

second, Timothy flagged down a car and headed straight

but couldn't get through. He dialed her number again, but still, no

he called the emergency services in Capital City, giving

helicopter and

battering the city; rain was pouring down in sheets, and widespread flooding

site-the closest

called Secretary

and Allen was

to Capital City. Jessica's in trouble. Come to the

come with you? I can arrange for someone else to look

care of Henry." Without waiting for a reply, Timothy hung up and started

safely—in a small city a hundred kilometers outside the

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