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Alexander Cole was forty thousand feet above the Atlantic when the security alert appeared on his tablet.<\/p>\n
At first, he almost dismissed it.<\/p>\n
The Cole mansion generated dozens of routine notifications every day. A delivery at the gate. A door opening after midnight. A motion sensor triggered by one of the groundskeepers.<\/p>\n
But this alert came from the interior camera above the kitchen.<\/p>\n
Priority movement detected.<\/p>\n
Alexander tapped the feed.<\/p>\n
The private jet cabin disappeared from his attention.<\/p>\n
On the screen, his six-year-old son stood beside the kitchen island wearing the navy T-shirt and gray pajama pants Alexander had seen him in that morning.<\/p>\n
Rebecca Stone stood in front of him.<\/p>\n
She held a small plastic medicine cup.<\/p>\n
Alexander leaned closer.<\/p>\n
Henry turned his face away.<\/p>\n
Rebecca slapped him.<\/p>\n
Alexander stopped breathing.<\/p>\n
His son stumbled backward and immediately pressed one hand against his cheek.<\/p>\n
Rebecca stepped toward him again.<\/p>\n
The microphone picked up Henry\u2019s frightened voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad said I don\u2019t have to take anything I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexander\u2019s fingers tightened around the tablet.<\/p>\n
Rebecca grabbed Henry\u2019s jaw.<\/p>\n
His son struggled.<\/p>\n
Then she forced the liquid into his mouth.<\/p>\n
Some of it spilled across his chin and shirt.<\/p>\n
Alexander stood so quickly his seat belt snapped against the armrest.<\/p>\n
Flight Attendant Claire turned from the galley.<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Cole?\u201d<\/p>\n
Alexander stared at the screen.<\/p>\n
Rebecca wiped the medicine cup with a napkin.<\/p>\n
Henry coughed.<\/p>\n
Then Rebecca leaned toward him and whispered something the microphone barely captured.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou make this difficult every time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Every time.<\/p>\n
Alexander felt something inside him go cold.<\/p>\n
This had happened before.<\/p>\n
\u201cTurn the plane around.\u201d<\/p>\n
Claire froze.<\/p>\n
\u201cSir, we\u2019re more than\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTurn the plane around.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice was quiet now.<\/p>\n
That frightened her more.<\/p>\n
She disappeared toward the cockpit.<\/p>\n
Alexander immediately called the mansion.<\/p>\n
No answer.<\/p>\n
He called the house manager.<\/p>\n
Voicemail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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