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Aug 9, 2025
#redditrelationship #aita #redditstories The Phantom’s Revenge: Betrayal, Murder Plot & Deadly Secrets Uncovered | Daily Telly Talks In the chilling shadow of suburban perfection lies a deadly conspiracy. Blake Morrison, a former Navy SEAL known as “The Phantom,” discovers his wife Candace’s betrayal and a plot to end his life — orchestrated by a sinister neighbor with a dark past. Join Blake as he unravels the truth, taps into his elite military skills, and prepares for a high-stakes counterattack against those who want him dead. Watch the thrilling story of deception, survival, and justice.
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The chilling October air bit at Blake
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Morrison's rugged face as he emerged
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from the formidable embrace of his black
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F-150 Raptor. At 34, a silent authority
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clung to him, the kind born from dancing
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with death and walking away unscathed.
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In the gilded cage of Westbrook, his
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neighbor saw a thriving security
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consultant, a pillar of suburban
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success.
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But the true saga of his 12 years as a
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Navy Seal, the reason his former
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brethren still whispered his name as the
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Phantom, remained shrouded in shadow.
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Before him, the two-story colonial home
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shimmerred, a tangible testament to
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every hell he'd endured overseas.
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It was the American dream solidified in
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brick and mortar, a wedding gift to
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Candace 3 years prior, paid for with the
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hard one spoils of private security
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contracts for Fortune 500 giants. From
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the outside, it was a tableau of
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absolute perfection, the immaculately
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manicured lawn, the quintessential white
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picket fence, the glistening fleet of
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luxury vehicles. As he stroed toward the
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front door, his phone vibrated, a
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lifeline to his younger brother, Tyler,
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whose text heralded their upcoming
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fishing excursion.
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Tyler, always the gentler soul, had
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chosen the quiet path of an educator
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over the brutal crucible of the
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military. 5 years ago, a horrific car
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crash had stolen their parents, forging
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an unbreakable bond between the
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surviving brothers. Honey, I'm home.
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Blake's voice echoed through the house.
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The metallic gleam of Candace's silver
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BMW in the garage was a silent promise
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of her presence. She should be preparing
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for their anniversary dinner, a
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reservation at Romano's, their third
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wedding anniversary.
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Candace materialized from the kitchen a
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vision of sculpted beauty. Her blonde
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hair fell in perfect cascades. Her
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makeup flawlessly applied despite a day
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spent at home. At 31, she possessed a
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magnetic allure that turned heads,
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precisely the siren call that had drawn
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Blake to her at the corporate charity
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gala, where their paths had intertwined.
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How was your day? Her question,
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accompanied by a quick, prefuncter kiss,
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felt more like a formality than a
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flicker of passion.
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Wrapped up the Henderson Industries
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contract, Blake replied, his gaze
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sharpening as he discerned the subtle
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tension etched around her eyes, a shadow
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that had grown increasingly familiar.
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"You seem distracted." "Everything okay,
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thing?" Just tired, she pivoted sharply,
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her words a carefully constructed
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deflection.
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I've been planning the neighborhood
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barbecue for next month. Derek Walsh
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stopped by earlier. He's offering to
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help with the setup. Derek Walsh, their
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neighbor three houses down, a divorce
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attorney who'd moved in 6 months prior.
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Charming, successful, and recently
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divorced.
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Yet something about the man had always
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graded on Blake's nerves an indefinable
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wrongness.
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That's nice of him, Blake offered, his
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tone deliberately neutral. What kind of
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help? Oh, you know, tables, chairs,
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coordination. He knows a lot of vendors,
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Candace said, her voice possessing an
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artificial lightness that Blake's
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training had honed into an instinct for
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deceit. As they prepared for dinner,
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Blake watched his wife move about their
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bedroom. Three years of marriage, and
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lately it felt as though he shared his
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life with a phantom. The passionate
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woman who once greeted him with
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unbridled enthusiasm had been replaced
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by a hollow echo, merely going through
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the motions.
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At Romano's, Candace remained tethered
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to her phone, claiming urgent work calls
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for the barbecue planning. Blake,
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however, observed the micro expressions
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that betrayed her, the faint smile as
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she texted, the subtle angle of the
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phone away from his view, the quickened
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breath when certain messages arrived.
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"Candice," he finally interjected, his
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wine glass meeting the table with a soft
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thud. "Are we okay?" Her head snapped
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up, eyes wide with a fleeting panic
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before she reassembled her composure.
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"Of course we are. Why would you ask
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that? You seem distant lately,
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distracted.
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I'm just stressed about the barbecue.
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It's a big responsibility, she said, her
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fingers closing over his in a practiced
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squeeze. I love you, Blake. Happy
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anniversary.
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But her hand was cold, her smile a
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brittle facade, and Blake's instincts,
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sharpened by years of combat and
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clandestine operations, screamed that
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something was terribly, fundamentally a
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miss.
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The piercing ring of Blake's phone tore
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through the 2 a.m. silence, jolting him
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upright. Combat reflexes honed to a
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razor's edge, obliterated the last
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vestigages of sleep. Beside him, Candice
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stirred, but the tranquilizer she'd
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taken for stress induced insomnia, held
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her fast in its grip.
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Blake, it's me.
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Blake. Tyler's voice, strained and
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thick, was barely recognizable.
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Tyler, what's wrong? I'm I'm in the ER
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at Mercy General. They broke my jaw,
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Blake. I need you. Blake was out of bed
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pulling on clothes before Tyler had even
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finished speaking. I'm on my way. What
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happened? I'll explain when you get
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here. It's It's about Candace. The line
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went dead. Blake snatched his keys,
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scribbled a hurried note for Candace
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about a family emergency, and tore
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through the deserted streets, his mind
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reeling through a mastrom of horrific
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possibilities.
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Tyler wasn't a fighter. He was a
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pacifist who hadn't thrown a punch since
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elementary school. Mercy General's ER
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was a fluorescent lit hell of antiseptic
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smells and muffled suffering.
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Blake found Tyler in room 7. His face a
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grotesque tapestry of bruises and
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medical tape. His jaw wired shut. "Jesus
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Christ," Blake whispered, pulling up a
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chair. "Who did this to you?" Tyler
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struggled to speak. The words slurred
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but imbued with desperate urgency. "I
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went to your house tonight. Wanted to
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surprise you with those fishing lures,
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your anniversary gift." Blake leaned
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closer. "Take your time." I used my
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spare key. Thought you were asleep,
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heard voices in your study. Tyler's good
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eye, burning with desperate intensity,
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fixed on Blake. Candace was there with
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Derek Walsh. They weren't alone. Blake's
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blood turned to ice. What do you mean
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not alone?
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Two other guys, big guys, militaryl
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looking. Tyler struggled to continue. I
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hid behind the bookshelf.
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They were talking about about an
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accident plan for you, Blake. Candace
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was crying, saying she couldn't go
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through with it anymore, but Dererick
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kept pushing her. The room seemed to
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tilt. Blake gripped the bed rail, his
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knuckles white.
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An accident plan? Derek said they had
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already arranged everything. Make it
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look like a training accident during one
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of your security demonstrations.
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the insurance money in the house. They'd
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split it all. Tyler's voice cracked. I
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tried to record it on my phone, but they
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saw me. Derek's guys, they beat me
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unconscious, left me in the alley behind
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Murphy's bar.
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Blake stood abruptly, pacing to the
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window.
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His reflection stared back at him, a man
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who had survived insurgent attacks,
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hostage rescues, and classified
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operations that would never see the
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light of day.
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Yet he had never imagined the enemy
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would be sleeping in his own bed.
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There's more, Tyler whispered. Before
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they knocked me out, I heard Derek
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talking about a timeline. Something
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about your hunting trip next weekend,
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Blake. They're planning to kill you. The
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hunting trip. Blake's annual solo
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expedition to his cabin in the Colorado
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Mountains. 3 days of isolation, a
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perfect stage for a manufactured
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accident. He had mentioned it to Candace
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weeks ago, and she'd enthusiastically
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encouraged him to go, citing his need
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for relaxation.
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Blake returned to Tyler's bedside, his
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expression hardening into something his
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former teammates would instantly
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recognize. The cold, calculating mask of
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the Phantom.
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Did you get any of it recorded? Tyler
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nodded weakly. Phones in my jacket.
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Battery died before they found me, but I
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got about 2 minutes. Blake retrieved the
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phone and scrolled to the voice memo.
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Despite the poor audio quality,
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Candace's voice was unmistakable.
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I don't know if I can watch him die,
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Derek. What if something goes wrong?
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And then Derek's chilling response.
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It'll look clean. My contacts know what
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they're doing. By Sunday night, you'll
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be a grieving widow with a very
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comfortable future.
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The recording continued, revealing more
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damning details. the $2 million
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insurance policy Blake had increased at
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Candace's suggestion, the fake suicide
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note they'd prepared, and most damning
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of all, Dererick's casual mention of his
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two previous wives and their unfortunate
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accidents.
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Blake saved the recording to multiple
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backups, his mind already shifting into
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operational mode. 12 years of special
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operations had ingrained the immutable
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truth. Successful missions demanded
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patience, meticulous planning, and
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precise execution. His enemies had
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revealed their hand too early, granting
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him the decisive advantage. "Tyler, I
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need you to listen carefully," Blake
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said, his voice dropping to the deadly,
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quiet tone his former squad had learned
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to fear.
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"Tomorrow, you're going to tell the
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police you were mugged by random
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strangers. You never saw their faces
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clearly. You don't mention Candace or
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Derek."
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But Blake, they think you're neutralized
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as a threat.
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Let them keep thinking that while I
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handle this.
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Blake's eyes had taken on a cold gleam.
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They forgot something important about
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me, little brother. In a firefight, they
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called me the Phantom because my enemies
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never saw me coming until it was too
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late. What are you going to do? Tyler
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grabbed Blake's uninjured hand. Blake
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smiled, but there was nothing warm about
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it.
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I'm going to give them exactly what they
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planned for me. But first, I'm going
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home to play the loving husband while I
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plan their destruction. At 4:30 a.m.,
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Blake slipped back into his house,
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moving with a spectral silence that had
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cemented his legend.
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Candace lay sprawled across their bed,
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her breathing deep and regular, a
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testament to the tranquilizer's hold.
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Blake studied her face in the moonlight
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filtering through the windows. 3 years
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of marriage and he realized he'd never
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truly known the woman beside him. Had
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any of it been real? He changed clothes
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silently and glided into his study, the
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very room where Tyler had stumbled upon
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the chilling conspiracy.
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He powered on his computer, commencing
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the intricate dance of intelligence
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gathering, a skill he'd mastered in the
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shadows. Derek Walsh's background check
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yielded disturbing patterns. Born Derek
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Patterson, he had legally changed his
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name after his first wife's accidental
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drowning during their Bahamas honeymoon.
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His second wife had met her end in a
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hiking accident in Utah.
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The man was a predator, a maestro of
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murdering wealthy women while
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meticulously maintaining plausible
11:54
deniability.
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Blake pulled up his secure contact
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database.
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12 years of special operations had woven
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a complex web of connections. Soldiers,
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intelligence officers, contractors who
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thrived in the murky space between legal
12:08
and necessary men and women who
12:11
understood that some problems demanded
12:13
unconventional solutions. His first call
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went to Marcus Tank Rodriguez, his
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former squadmate, now at the helm of a
12:19
private security firm in Denver. Blake,
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Jesus, it's 5:08 a.m. This better be
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life or death. It is. I need a favor
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tank. A big one, Blake outlined the
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situation carefully, omitting specific
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names or locations.
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How clean you need this? Tank asked when
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Blake finished. Clean enough that they
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disappear completely, but not so clean
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that they don't suffer first. I want
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them to know exactly why this is
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happening to them. That's going to cost
12:50
extra.
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Money is not an issue. His second call
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was to Rebecca Santos, a former military
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intelligence analyst who now ran a
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private investigation firm specializing
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in corporate espionage and digital
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surveillance.
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Blake Morrison, she answered on the
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first ring. Haven't heard from you since
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the Blackwater contract in Syria. What
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kind of ghost are you hunting now? Blake
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sent her Derek's information and a
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concise summary of the unfolding
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nightmare.
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Within an hour, Rebecca had infiltrated
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Derek's digital life, exposing encrypted
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communications with a network of
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contractors who specialized in
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engineered accidental deaths.
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Blake, this guy's got a body count of at
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least eight women over the past 15
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years, she reported. He's got a team of
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three regulars who handle the wet work,
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plus local contractors, depending on the
13:43
location.
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Your wife isn't his first target in your
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area. He tested his operation on a widow
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named Patricia Hoffman 6 months ago.
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Blake remembered Patricia. She had been
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found dead at the bottom of her stairs,
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an apparent accident.
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Wealthy, recently widowed, living alone,
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the perfect test run for Derek's
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chilling plan. There's more, Rebecca
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continued. Your wife's not just a victim
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in this. She's an active participant.
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Her phone records show she's been in
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contact with Derek for 8 months since
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before he even moved to your
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neighborhood.
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She specifically sought him out through
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a dating app, even while married to you.
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Blake absorbed this information with a
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cold, simmering fury. Candace hadn't
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been seduced or manipulated as she had
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been a willing conspirator from the very
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beginning.
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His third call went to Dr. Elizabeth
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Hayes, a psychiatrist specializing in
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treating special forces veterans who
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occasionally consulted on psychological
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warfare tactics.
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Blake needed to dissect Derek's mindset
14:51
to exploit his weaknesses. "The profile
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you're describing suggests a
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narcissistic psychopath with severe
14:57
impulse control regarding financial
14:59
gain," Dr. Hayes explained after Blake
15:01
presented a hypothetical case study.
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These individuals typically have
15:06
elaborate backup plans, but also
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specific psychological triggers they
15:10
can't resist demonstrating their
15:11
superiority, especially when they
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believe they're in control. What kind of
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triggers? Humiliation, loss of control,
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having their intelligence questioned.
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They also tend to keep trophies,
15:24
evidence of their successful
15:26
manipulations.
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If you want to draw this person out,
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make them feel intellectually superior
15:32
while secretly documenting their
15:33
confessions. By noon, Blake had
15:36
meticulously crafted a comprehensive
15:37
battle plan. Phase one, allow Derek and
15:41
Candace to believe their original scheme
15:43
was proceeding smoothly while Blake
15:45
amassed additional evidence. Phase two,
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spring the trap, leveraging Derrick's
15:52
psychological vulnerabilities against
15:53
him. Phase three, the execution of
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justice, permanent and untraceable.
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Friday morning dawned, the windows
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dusted with the ethereal touch of
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October snow. Blake loaded his truck not
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just with hunting gear and camping
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equipment, but with an arsenal of
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militaryra surveillance tools, explosive
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countermeasures, and communication
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devices that would allow him to
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orchestrate his counterstrike with tanks
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team in real time. Candace, a picture of
16:22
flawless devotion. kissed him goodbye at
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the front door. "Be safe out there. Come
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back to me." "I will," Blake promised.
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The words imbued with a meaning she
16:34
couldn't possibly comprehend. As he
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drove toward the Colorado mountains,
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Blake's secure phone vibrated with a
16:40
final crucial update from Rebecca
16:42
Santos.
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Vincent Torres arrived at your cabin
16:45
location yesterday. Derek's flying to
16:48
Denver this morning to be close enough
16:50
to confirm the kill personally. They
16:52
want to be certain you're dead before
16:53
they celebrate.
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Blake's lips curved into a grim smile as
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he turned onto the winding mountain
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highway.
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Derek wanted to be close enough to
17:02
confirm the kill. Perfect. Blake would
17:06
ensure Derek had a front row seat to the
17:08
real show. The hunter was about to
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become the hunted. And Blake Morrison
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was exceptionally good at his