Chapter:- 53

As much as she would've wanted to, Amelia couldn't make any promises. She ended the call, then stood there struggling to breathe properly. Until she pushed her body to motion.

Leanna, the building's new young head of security, gave hir a look of deep sympathy. (She'd always been one of the most vocal supporters of her idea to allow an access. She was currently in the process of adopting a little girl.) After she'd told her Alex most frequent routes home and where hir husband had scheduled appointments for that day, she'd been hard at work while she paced like a caged wild beast. Now she'd found something. "Are you sure you want to see this?"

Amelia worked her jaw and did her best to steel himself. "Show me", she urged. "I want to know what happened to my husband."

Leanna nodded before letting the events unfold on her screen. Amelia watched Alex rushing to an alley, where a little boy sat leaning against a wall. And then someone ambushed from behind. Leanna paused the footage just as t