Borrowed Time

The sound of approaching footsteps grew louder, each one sending another wave of tension through Gary’s battered body.

His grip tightened around the phone.

Every muscle in his body screamed at him to move, to get up, to do something, but fear rooted him to the chair.

Vance’s warning echoed in his mind. The beating. The threats. The cold certainty in the man’s eyes when he spoke abou