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    Her voice was steady, calm—eerily so—but it sent a chill through everyone who heard it.

    Suddenly, an enraged scream cut through the air. “You wicked woman! Give me back my son and daughter! You use us of crimes—aren’t you guilty too? Where did you sell them? Where are they?”

    It was Alita,pletely unhinged, shrieking with rage.

    Christina was momentarily stunned, her brows knitting in confusion. “What are you talking about? When did I sell your son and daughter?”

    Christina had no idea what they were using her of. All she ever meant to do was give Kole and Cassie a taste of fear, thinking they were nothing more than vindictive and cruel. It had never crossed her mind that the Delgados and Reeds were actually involved in human trafficking. She’d only wanted to scare them—she hadn’t even made a move yet.

    “Stop pretending! You’re the one who sold off Kole and Cassie, aren’t you?” Alita’s eyes were red with fury. If Christina had been in front of her, she would’veunched herself at her without a second thought.

    “I haven’tid a finger on them. My goal was to take your families down—not to harm anyone personally,” Christina responded coldly.

    “What about Thea then? Where is my daughter, Thea?” Grant demanded.

    Christina frowned. “Thea’s missing too?”

    “That’s a question for you. Don’t you know better than anyone?” Grant fired back.

    “Asking me won’t help. I didn’t do anything, and I have no idea where they are,” Christina replied, augh slipping out. “Maybe this is karmaing full circle for your trafficking. You never thought that after selling off so many lives, your own children would end up sharing the same fate, did you?”

    There was a subtle satisfaction in her voice, and that hint of cruel irony nearly made the four explode with rage.

    Christina had done her homework—neither the Reed family nor the Delgado family was innocent. Their hands were drenched in blood, and their fortune had been built on the suffering and lives of others.

    “You…” Grant, boiling with fury, started to speak, but Christina cut him off. “What now? Talking won’t save you. You’re already on the path to ruin. Enjoy what little peace you still have before your lives be entirely miserable.” Her voice carried a cold, mocking edge as she ended the call, not giving them a chance to reply.

    She blocked the number in one smooth motion, then quietly slipped her phone back into her bag. Staring into the distance, her brow furrowed. Who had moved so quickly to sell the Delgado siblings? The speed was astonishing. And where was Thea? Had she been sold too?

    Christina didn’t feel even a flicker of pity—they were just getting what they deserved. She was only interested in uncovering who had orchestrated it all. Was it someone out to destroy the Reeds? Or apetitor from inside the trafficking circle?

    As she sifted through the possibilities in her head, her phone rang again. This time, it was another call—from an unfamiliar number.

    Christina paused for a brief second before finally tapping the answer button. The moment the line connected, a familiar voice drifted through. “Darling.” That teasing tone, threaded with a yful chuckle, could only belong to one man—Terrence, the insufferable nuisance. Without a second thought, Christina ended the call.

    Her phone buzzed again. She declined it. It rang once more. She hung up again. When it rang for the third time, she didn’t bother. She simply powered her phone off, cutting him offpletely. A faint smile curled on her lips as the sudden quiet wrapped around her like a nket.

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