Chapter 7 - The Unseen Plate Number
Emma stood up from the grass, holding a quieted Lily securely on her hip while keeping her other hand firmly wrapped around Noah’s small hand. Her eyes remained fixed on the empty intersection where the red car had disappeared. Her heart was no longer racing from fear; it was settled into a deep, burning resolve.
"Mommy?" Noah asked softly, looking up at her with big, wide eyes. "Who was that mean man?"
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"Nobody you need to worry about, sweetheart," Emma replied, her voice remarkably calm and steady. "Let's go inside and wash up."
As they walked back toward their house, Emma’s eyes caught a glint of metal resting in the gutter right beside where the Lotus had been idling. It was a personalized silver key fob with an intricate dragon emblem engraved on its surface—it must have fallen out when Damon stepped out of the vehicle. She bent down, picked it up, and slid it into her jeans pocket. She recognized that emblem instantly; it belonged to Vance Financial Corporation, the very firm that had recently launched a hostile takeover of her late husband’s former company.
