"That's impossible!"
The news hit Alena like a physical blow. Her head roared as she screamed in disbelief, "You've got it wrong! There's no way!"
"We've gone through every inch of the factory's surveillance," the officer replied. "He never left the building. There's no record of him getting out."
Alena couldn't hear a single word after that. Her hand lost its strength, and her phone slumped uselessly to her side.
A moment later, she snapped back to reality. She threw the car into gear and floored it, racing toward the abandoned factory.
By the time she arrived, the fire had been extinguished, leaving behind nothing but a skeletal, blackened ruin. The air was thick with the acrid stench of charred debris as firefighters and police officers combed through the scene.
The moment Alena s
