SOS

Kelly

Sliding into the driver’s seat, I exhaled sharply, my pulse hammering in my ears. Clara's SOS call had been cryptic yet urgent enough to drag me out of an already chaotic day. My thoughts raced as I sped toward the office, each scenario more unsettling than the last. What could have possibly happened to warrant such a desperate call?

Arriving at the building, I ascended to the third floor, the familiar scent of polished floors and faint coffee filling the air. But as I stepped off the elevator, chaos greeted me. A man’s voice thundered through the hallway, demanding to see someone.

“Kendra Lewis!”

My stomach dropped as...