Chapter 14 - The Midnight ThreatThat night, Clara heard glass break.
She froze.
The bookstore was dark.
Her heartbeat thundered.
She reached for her phone.
A shadow moved outside.
Then another sound.
Footsteps.
Someone was inside.
Clara quietly locked herself in the back office.
Her fingers trembled as she called Marcus.
"Don't move," he whispered through the phone.
A drawer slammed in the front room.
Someone was searching.
Then the footsteps stopped outside the office.
The doorknob slowly turned.
Clara held her breath.
Suddenly—
The police sirens screamed outside.
The intruder fled through the back entrance.
When Clara emerged, a single object lay on the floor.
A black leather glove.
Inside it was a small silver cufflink.
Clara recognized the design.
She had seen it before.
On a man who had visited the Sterling estate.
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Daniel's uncle.
Richard Sterling.
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