I gripped my phone so hard my knuckles ached,watching the red dot crawl along the map.The interception team was streaming the real-time location of the shabby van carrying my daughter.
My heart hammered like it would burst.Every breath stabbed my chest.I kept praying in silence.Emma…please hold on.Mommy’s coming…
The driver kept his face set and pushed the car to the limit.Just as the dot showed we were closing in,a black SUV shot out from a fork in the road and cut across our lane.We had to brake hard.
I wasn’t ready and slammed forward into the seat.
“What’s happening?”I gasped,still terrified.
The driver’s eyes went cold as he stared at the SUV and said sternly,"Miss,that is Ethan’s car."
I was stunned,speechless.
Ethan?Here?
Wasn’t he supposed to be in that apartment?
I looked up and saw the car door suddenly open.Ethan stepped out of the driver’s seat,followed by Natalie right behind him.Her cheek still showed the red mark from my slap,but she walked arm in arm with him,smiling like winning a prize.
Ethan came up and knocked on our window.The driver rolled it down just enough to look.