Chapter 249

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...