Mariel's hair was disheveled, and she looked both embarrassed and frightened.

As soon as she woke up from the shock, Walter quickly brandished a knife and stepped out of the van.

When Anthony and several traffic cops saw this, they immediately stopped and got out of the car.

Walter, finally regaining some control, let out a cruel laugh and said through clenched teeth, "Don't come over here or I'll slit this woman's throat right now!"

When several traffic policemen saw how crazy he was, they quickly said, "Let's not resort to violence, sir. We can discuss your demands."

Walter's laughter became more sinister, his expression distorted with madness. "You retreat now, then we will negotiate!"

Anthony, standing with the police, hesitated for a moment, afraid that any sudden movement might endanger Mariel.

When Walter saw Anthony take a step forward, he pressed the knife against Mariel's neck, causing her to wince in pain. His voice trembled as he warned, "I said back off!"

Seeing Walter's growing agitation, Anthony slowly backed away, his eyes fixed on Mariel, who had gone from fierce to pale and vulnerable.

Anthony stood behind a traffic cop and calmly took out his cell phone to see if the police were coming soon.

took out his cell phone, he found that the battery was dead and

growing sense of unease and helplessness. At that time, a traffic policeman next to him whispered to him,

this, Anthony breathed a

resembled that of a malevolent ghost. He said in a hoarse voice, "Stand back and have a helicopter

saw that Mariel, who had always shown her teeth and clawed, looked pale and weak. She looked

cop tried to reassure Walter, "All right, we'll get you

At Ava's house...

that crucial information about the

groaned. It seemed like an insurmountable challenge to investigate

decision was to focus their efforts on the hospital. Mariel's claim that

movement from Mariel

but Mariel's

Ava turned to Reese and worried, "What are we going to do now? I can't

Reese, her voice shaking, "Try to call

to get in touch with Anthony, but his phone went

the composure of both Ava and Reese began to

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