Two Days to Escape

was cradling Emily on the floor, whispering frantic assurances to her while glaring daggers at Sar

ance!" Mark shouted, h

hone. Lisa, looking horrified, knelt beside Emily.

g Sarah. "She just came to bring her sister lunch, an

He was right. She hadn' t moved. She had been paralyzed, not by shock, but by a s

David, spoke up from across the room. "That' s not what happened. I saw

o face David. "You' re lying

David said, standin

vements efficient and professional, loading a weeping Emily onto a gurney. Mark f

t. "This is your fault," he said, his voice low and veno

hick with tension and whispers. Tom came over to her desk. "

ng to tremble. She stared at the greasy takeout bag on her desk, a symbol of the calculated cruelty that had just

of her and Mark, taken on their first anniversary. He was ho

He had been so different then, before Emily' s shadow had fallen over their lives. He used to

e man in that photo was a ghost. The man who had

he agency would come for her. They would pull her out of this mess, erase this identity, and give her a new one. A life

uter. She opened a secure, encrypted file-the pre-mission briefing for her new life. She b

is. She had to. Because on the other side of this nigh

r right before she fell? Something about apologizing for making Sarah angry last night." T