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Chapter 3 - The Cold Call

Marianne stepped closer, her eyes flashing with cruel triumph. "What are you going to do, Claire? Cry? You're exhausted. Go inside, make us some coffee, and let us unpack."

Claire didn't cry. She didn't scream.

Instead, she calmly raised her right hand. Clutched in her fingers was her smartphone, its screen glowing brightly against the dim twilight.

Above the garage door, a small black dome camera blinked with a steady green light, recording every single second of the confrontation in crisp 4K audio and video.

Marianne glanced at the phone and let out a loud, mocking laugh. "Who are you calling? Your doctor?"

Claire unlocked the screen with her thumb and tapped the emergency dial button. She held the speaker up so her mother could hear the steady ringing tone tone.

Marianne’s smug expression flickered for a fraction of a second, but she quickly recovered her arrogant posture.

"You're bluffing," Marianne sneered, stepping closer. "You wouldn't call the cops on your own mother. Think of the scandal! What will the neighbors say?"

"Emergency 911, what is your location?" a sharp dispatcher’s voice echoed clearly from the phone speaker.

Claire looked her mother dead in the eye, her voice unwavering.

"My name is Claire Vance. I am at 742 Evergreen Terrace. I have several individuals illegally trespassing on my residential property, refusing to leave, and attempting to forcibly enter my home while I am holding a newborn infant."

Marianne’s face instantly drained of color.

"Claire! Hang up that phone right now!" Marianne shrieked, reaching out her hand to snatch the device from Claire’s grip.

Evan immediately stepped between them, towering over Marianne with an intimidating glare. "Don't touch her."

"Dispatch, please send officers immediately," Claire continued calmly over the line. "They have parked a commercial moving truck across my driveway and are actively moving personal property onto my porch against my explicit orders."

"Officers are en route, ma'am. Stay inside and keep your doors locked," the dispatcher instructed.

Claire ended the call and lowered her phone, staring at her mother with total indifference.

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"No," Claire whispered softly. "I'm calling the police."

👉 Read Part 4 to see what happened when the patrol car pulled into the driveway.

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