Chapter 7 - The Burner Phone
It was 2:00 AM when my cell phone vibrated on the bedside table.
I was half-asleep in the uncomfortable hospital chair.
The caller ID showed an unknown number.
Normally, I would ignore it, but a strange instinct told me to answer.
"Hello?" I whispered, not wanting to wake Chloe.
"She looks so peaceful when she sleeps," a chillingly familiar voice replied.
My heart stopped completely.
It was Arthur.
"Where are you?" I demanded, sitting bolt upright.
"You took my family away from me," he said calmly, ignoring my question.
"You turned my own son against me."
"You did this to yourself, Arthur," I hissed into the receiver.
"I just wanted to teach you a lesson," he chuckled darkly.
"Actions have consequences, my dear."
Before I could scream for the police detail outside the door, the line went dead.
I burst out of the room and grabbed the officer stationed in the hallway.
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They immediately tried to trace the call.
It had come from a disposable cell phone, heavily encrypted.
