Chapter 182
Just as she sent the message, Marcus’s call came through. Cornelia hurriedly answered, President Hartley”
Where are you?” Marcus’s voice carried a hint of resignation
Cornelia checked her GPS, “I be home in two or three kilometers”
“Alright, hang up when you get home. Then his voice disappeared from the earpiece
If it werent for the call duration ticking away on her phone screen, she would have thought he had hung up.
The 3–kilometer journey didn’t take long. The taxi driver stopped the car across the street from the northern gate of her neighborhood, “Miss, they’re doing roadwork ahead I can’t turn the car around. You’ll have to go by yourself”
got out of the car. The driver kindly helped her with her suitcase
the northern gate was Riverside Park With its lush vegetation and
about to cross the street when a van sped by, forcing her to retreat
before her. Two men wearing baseball caps and
managed to get the words out before a calloused hand covered
Cornelia. “Marcus’s anxious voice rang from the phone,
was removed and replaced with duct
eyes, three men in the van, one driving,
had never crossed any thugs, so this was likely
it
Courtney Kamp–Hartley?
this possibility. Marcus himself had said that Courtney
else could
off during her time in Riverton?
bold enough to go to these lengths to harm
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