When a Stranger Calls
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Emerson's horrible past comes back to haunt her when she receives a mysterious phone call in the dead of night. Now she is on the run with a notorious assassin from a powerful man who wants her dead.
© 2018 Elizabeth Grace All Rights Reserved
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"Hello?" I whispered hesitantly into the speaker.
Silence greeted me in return. I pulled the phone away to make sure the call hadn't dropped. Nope, it was still connected.
"Hello?" I asked again, louder this time.
"Get out of the house now. There is a car two houses down waiting for you." a gravelly male voice demanded
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