Chapter 0249

Dawn broke over Ol’ Mare, casting a soft glow on the quiet Belmont Hills neighborhood where the

Chesire family lived.

*Amber, Alex, are you serious?!” In the Chesire’s living room, Susanne, who had just dropped little

Olivia off at preschool, listened in horror to Amber’s harrowing tale of her abduction. Her face went as

white as a sheet.

“They didn’t hurt you, did they? Oh, my poor baby!” She wept uncontrollably.

“I’m fine, all thanks to Alex.”

Patrick, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, tried to steady his shaky voice. “Amber, you’ve got to be

more careful from now on. We need to beef up security. If it hadn’t been for Alex… Well…

Amber glanced at Alexander, biting her lip, her face awash with guilt.

After her last frightening experience, she had been vigilant about her safety. She blamed her own

stubborn

streak for not telling Alex and sneaking off with Acela to Lackspur County.

If only she had notified Alex, maybe none of that would have happened. The Ellis family, the Hart

family…

Those people were the worst!

“Alex.”

Patrick finally spoke up. “You’re out of the service, right?

night your old squad? They went above and beyond for us. You have to show them

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

in her eyes, nodded vigorously. “Even after

to lend a hand. We owe them big time. We should

some nice gifts!”

voice barely above a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat,

were shouting something

that…?”

Temple Lord,” Alexander corrected with a

up quite a few commendations in my time, so the

Lord made an

them for the

his tone turning serious. “Amber, we’re stepping up

detail starting now. I’m putting Ray in charge. He’ll have a team of

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

come, and

He answered only

they ran into a martial arts master like someone

Amber was

in safe hands.

up north, aren’t

what he

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and everything’s ticking along nicely. I’m considering a

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and dipping our toes in

“That settles it, then!”

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