“A crime? Interesting!” The voice treated her usation as a joke.


    “Do you really think you’ll make it out of this to point the finger at me?”


    “Who are you?” Raegan’s voice was sharp with demand.


    The caller yed coy.


    “Think of yourself as a failed project of my experiments that I’d like to end you personally.


    ”


    Her mind racing, Raegan connected the dots.


    “You’re the one who tried to kill me five years ago, with the car crash?”


    “Sharp as a tack!” the voice doled out mock praise.


    “Such a pity you will meet your end soon.


    Such brains in a pretty package.


    ”


    Frustration nipped at Raegan.


    “Katie’s behind this, isn’t she?”


    “Last time, yes.


    She didn’t ring me up this time,” the voice drawled with contempt.


    “That is why her n to finish you off seemed so nd.


    ”


    At this revtion, Raegan’s mind whirled, unable to fathom Katie’s deep-seated grudge against her, considering their limited exchanges back then.


    Katie had seemed innocuous in Raegan’s presence, always a benign presence, yet all the while, she was orchestrating Raegan’s ruin from the shadows.


    “Are you affiliated with the Maxwell family?” Raegan pressed.


    “Curiosity can be dangerous.


    ” The voice oozed smugness as it continued, “Enjoy your final thirty minutes.


    ”


    The call ended sharply, and Raegan’s gaze fixed on the dashboard where a timer ominously began its countdown.


    With each tick, her dread mounted.


    Torn over whether the threat was real, Raegan hesitated to test its truth.


    Suddenly, there was a loud “thud.


    ”


    Lauren had shattered one of the windows, peppering Raegan with ss fragments.Exclusive ? content by N(?)ve/l/Drama.Org.


    One sliver struck Raegan’s neck, sending a sharp pang through her.


    Grasping the steering wheel, Raegan struggled to maintain herposure as Lauren pounded on the sunroof, desperate to get in.


    With limited moves left, Raegan held the wheel firm and pressed on.


    Suddenly, Lauren breached the window, her torso surging into the car.


    Her handtched onto Raegan’s hair as she yelled, “Nowhere to run, huh?”


    The sudden yank sent Raegan reeling, and an urgent rm red through the cabin.


    “Lauren, let go.


    There’s a bomb in the car!” Raegan cried out.