Chapter 10 - Flight in the Stairs
Mariana’s lungs burned as she carried Sofia down six flights of concrete stairs. Her pink slip dress was torn at the hem, and her hair had completely fallen out of its bun, hanging wildly around her shoulders. Sofia was crying hysterically now, her small arms wrapped like a vise around her mother's neck.
"Mommy! Mommy, where are we going? Where is Daddy?" Sofia sobbed into her mother's ear.
"Shh, baby, it's okay! Mommy's got you! We're safe, we're safe!" Mariana gasped, her voice cracking with pure emotion as she navigated the heavy steel doors at the base of the tower.
She burst out into the underground parking garage, her eyes darting frantically across the rows of parked luxury vehicles. She needed to get to her car, but her keys were still inside the apartment on the kitchen counter.
Suddenly, the heavy metal door of the stairwell above slammed open with a loud echoing thud. Rapid, heavy footsteps echoed down the concrete shaft.
Mariana froze in absolute terror. Had Diego managed to overpower the officer and escape? Was he hunting them down in the subterranean darkness of the garage?
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She ducked behind a massive concrete pillar, pressing her back against the cold stone, holding her hand over Sofia's mouth to muffle the little girl's desperate crying.
👉 Read PART 11 to discover who was pursuing Mariana through the garage!
