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Chapter 369 A sudden thought flashed through my mind.
I needed more evidence to confirm their identities or at least buy stfor a potential chance. But I also wondered if they were testing my limits.
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othe *So sorry. I think I left my phone in the living room. Givea moment, and I'll be right back." As I said so, I slowly turned and pretended to head back into house.
In reality, I was using my toe to subtly hook onto a flower pot by the door. Though it was a simple decoration, it could be a makeshift weapon at a crucial moment. Just as i was about to reach the flower pot, the leader suddenly stepped forward. There was a warming in his voice as he spoke. "Ms. Wiley, please don't act recklessly. We're here on official orders." His sudden movement made my heart skip a beat, but 1 maintained my composure. Ined to force a smile to lighten the tension in the atmosphere. "pl course, cooperate. I just ask for a little more patience, alti redged closer to the flower pot while scanning the room for potential escape routes or defensive tools. Then, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside my door TV door.
My heart leaped to my throat, and it was palpitating so wildly that I could almost hear it. The footsteps grew closer and headed straight for my I silently prayed that it was a neighbor or a passerby who might bring a tum of tables.
Aloud crash cfrom the hallway followed by a commotion of scuffling doorsteps.
1 seized the opportunity to kick hard and send the flower pot hurtling toward the leader. Then, I spun around and bolted back inside. I needed to use this brief moment of chaos to escape. "Get her!" the leader roared. The three men split up and rushed towardin two directions I sprinted through the dark living room and grabbed a fruit knife at the tea table to grip it tightly. It wasn't enough to fend off thestto resist three grown men, but it might buy "Ms. Wiley, calm down! We mean no harm!" the leader shouted as he ran after me. His tone was no longer calm and laced with urgency.
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As we got into a gof cat and mouse in the confined space of my home, I soon realized that my physical stamina and speed were
Every turn and evade telt like an attempt to race with time, but the seemme, finishing line seemed impossibly distant. no match for three trained men.
Sweat drenched my clothes, and my and m breathing becremained shallow. But my eyes my eye's determined as I was unwilling to give up even a sliver of hope.
Just as I was about to be comered, an idea sparked in my mind. There low in my bedroom I was a small window in rarely used, but it was now my one and only hope. "Just a little more, Hold on!" I silently chanted as I changed direction and dashed toward my bedroom T