18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 395

Stella held the walkie-talkie tight, her sharp, icy stare fixed on Julia and her daughter. "Yeah, we've got a situation here." Daniel was in a good mood. "Go on, I'm listening."

"Your precious Julia paid a homeless guy to kill me. Thought I wouldn't make it, didn't she? Well, surprise, I'm still here. I've got all the proof I need. You better get down here now, or I can't promise your wife and daughter will still be in one piece when you arrive." Daniel was stunned but quickly gathered himself. "Stella, if this is true, I'll make sure justice is done. Don't do anything crazy."

"I'm not interested in justice. I want payback."

Stella switched off the walkie-talkie and marched straight towards Julia.

Julia, realizing she was trapped, grabbed Lillian's hand to make a run for it, but a snarling dog blocked their way.

""Ah!" Julia screamed in terror.

She tripped and nearly fell, but Stella yanked her by the hair and slammed her face into the glass door!

This place used to be a glass factory, and the mall was stocked with valuable goods, so all the glass was shatterproof and bulletproof.

The glass was fine, but Julia's face wasn't. Blood poured from a gash on her head.

Two of her teeth were knocked out, and blood gushed from her nose.

Stella didn't let up, smashing Julia's head into the glass three more times, leaving her face bloodied and her body slumped on the ground like a broken doll, twitching helplessly, unable to even cry for help. Lillian screamed and lunged at Stella.

Stella didn't hold back, slapping her hard across the face.

The force sent Lillian crashing into the glass, seeing stars.

Holding her numb, throbbing cheek, Lillian looked at Stella in shock. "Stella, how could you hit me?"

back coldly. "You knew Julia was out to get me, and you did nothing, even encouraged her. For a shameless beast like you,

foolish, but Lillian was cunning and ruthless, willing to do anything to survive. Stella didn't believe for

their mercy, but by her

Lillian quivered with rage. "We don't even know you; why would we want you

laughed. "Yet you screamed my

was a slip in the heat of the moment that Stella wouldn't let go, but Lillian was quick to retort. "Do you realize

he's dishonoring his uniform by having an affair; if not, you're the

willing to bet it all, but Lillian was

trap laid by Stella, and Lillian

speak volumes, and besides, Daniel was a high-ranking officer.

point in a brawl with Stella - they could plan their

Cooper, the dog, wasn't having it, and he lunged at them

in the work center, but by the time they arrived, the scene was

the crowd and marched into the mall with guns

reeling from the beating, now

that her attempt at murder was exposed. Even if Stella had no

hired were useless in the face of an actual

discovered Stella was his biological daughter, Julia's fate would

frightened. She never should have impulsively sought out thugs to deal with her.

Daniel the chance to favor

had to die,

frenzy, Julia charged at the patrolling

over her face to

come out. Even if Daniel investigated later, it would

her daughter to be so reckless, but she knew the first to act has the advantage. Stella showed no mercy, so why