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Chapter 253

Author: Cozy Season
The breaking news of Debra's kidnapping instantly dominated the trending charts.

Erica, lounging at home with the news playing in the background, was jolted upright by the headline that flashed across the screen.

She wondered aloud, 'Debra was kidnapped? Who did it?'

Her phone rang, and she snatched it up to see Randy's call.

"Hello? Randy, listen to me..." she started anxiously.

"Debra was kidnapped?" What answered her was not Randy, but Marion's deep and steady voice.

"I just saw the news," Erica replied. "I don't know if it's true. When are you coming back?"

Debra had been staying with the Nichols family, and Erica wasn't privy to the details of the arrangement with Juan. They had kept their distance to maintain Debra's secret identity as the McKinney Group's president. And now such a thing had happened.

"Marion? Marion, are you there?" Erica pressed the phone to her ear, but only silence echoed back.

She was at a loss, having not faced such a situation before. After a whil
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