Chapter 359 Trouble at Highspire Ridge
Victor pulled out the phone and glanced at the screen. It was Tessa’s.
An unknown number.
He answered without hesitation. Before he could say a word, a cold, threatening voice came through the line.
“Ms. Miller, give us what we want. If you don’t… The man paused, his voice turning cold. “Then. there won’t be a safe place left for you in this world. And the people around you? They’ll pay the price too.”
Victor’s eyes narrowed. “Are you threatening her?”
“Who are you?” the voice on the other end asked.
“The guy who called earlier didn’t tell you? I’m Victor Perez.”
Silence. Then–beep beep beep–the call ended.
The moment they heard Victor’s name, they hung up. But even that brief exchange said enough.
Tessa was in real danger.
Seaflats Cove.
Abraham had promised he’d return in two hours–and he kept his word.
Stella had been struggling to stay awake, but with everything going on with Tessa, she couldn’t
rest easy.
So when Abraham walked in, she was still up, waiting.
He pulled off his jacket and stepped over to her. “Why are you still up?”
“Waiting for you,” Stella mumbled.
He raised an eyebrow. “Something going on?”
One look at her face and he knew–something was definitely up. Stella never missed her bedtime. There was no way she’d still be awake unless it really mattered.
“It’s about Tessa. Abraham, she’s scared of Victor. You might need to send someone to go get her.”
“She told you she’s scared?”
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And now that Tessa had opened up to her, Stella felt responsible. Tessa was one of her few true friends, someone who’d stood by her through the Reed family mess. Stella couldn’t ignore that.
“I’ll call Victor,” Abraham said, pulling out his phone.
There was no need to send anyone. If Tessa didn’t want to stay with Victor, he could just drop her. off at Stella’s place himself.
Besides, Victor had always been a loner. He might not even like having Tessa around.
The call connected quickly.
“Abraham, Victor answered.
“How’s Tessa?”
“She’s fine.”
“She’s scared of you?”
Victor fell silent.
Stella’s eyes widened. Wow, really? Could he have been any more blunt? Tessa’s still with Victor–maybe ease up on the interrogation.
Victor replied flatly, “What isn’t she scared of?”
Stella had no response to that.
Abraham said, “If she doesn’t want to stay with you, take her to Stella’s place in Highspire Ridge.”
Highspire Ridge–Stella had a small estate there. There were three in the area, and one of them. was hers.
Victor said, “She can’t go to Highspire Ridge right now.”
“Why not?”
“Someone’s after her. Unless you want to send her to the Dawsons, nowhere else is safe.”
Stella went quiet. Send her to the Dawson family? “That works too,” she said quickly, giving Abraham a hopeful look, silently begging him to agree.
Abraham nodded. “Then take her there.”
“Can’t.” Victor said.
Abraham frowned. “Now what?” First Highspire Ridge is off–limits, and now the Dawson family too?
Victor said “We need to find out who’s behind this I think someone’s setting her un–mavhe
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Stella didn’t hesitate. “Tessa would never.”
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“No, she wouldn’t. But the people behind her might.”
Stella blinked. Wait, what?
Abraham asked, “So what’s your plan?”
“She stays with me for now. I’ll handle the investigation.”
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Stella stayed quiet. But Tess is scared of him… She kept glancing at him, silently begging for his support–but this time, he didn’t budge.
He said to Victor, “Then it’s on you.”
Stella was speechless. Great. And just like that, I couldn’t do a damn thing
After the call, Abraham noticed her gloomy expression. “What’s wrong?”
“Tessa wouldn’t do something like that.”
“Maybe not. But the people coming after her? Who knows what they’re capable of.”
“And she’s scared of Victor too…” Stella could still hear the fear in Tessa’s voice over the phone. It made her heart ache all over again.
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