Minutes later, her phone rang. It was her husband, Mark. His voice, usually steady, was urgent. “Were you just on the train?”
“Yes,” Claire answered, startled by the intensity in his tone. “Why?”
Claire froze where she stood, her heart pounding in her ears. “What are you talking about? Why should I return?”
There was a pause, and when Mark spoke again, his voice was softer, but filled with certainty. “You’re safe now. But someone was watching you. Someone who’s been following you. Someone… familiar.”
Claire’s breath caught. Her mind replayed the man’s gaze, the way it had pinned her in place. “How do you know that?” she whispered. “How could you possibly know?”
But she already sensed the answer. It wasn’t logic. It wasn’t proof. It was something deeper.
Somehow, Mark had felt her fear from miles away. Somehow, he had known she wasn’t alone on that train.
The Bond Beyond Distance
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