Chapter 0043

While I waited there, I fumbled with my phone, the shocker firmly in my grasp as I dialed the emergency number.

"What's your location, ma'am?" They asked after I'd breathlessly explain my predicament to them.

"I-I- I don't know," I was struggling to make my words sound coherent. "I don't know where I am."

"Alright ma'am. Please, calm down. Ensure your location remains on, we'll tap it and find you."

"Thank you," I bent over, my hands on my knees, "Please, be fast." My voice was a breathless whisper as the car ended.

I closed my eyes and took a deep calming breath. If Luigi hadn't appeared, there was no way I'd have been able to take them on myself.

I wonder what Bran's intention was. He was probably sent because he had no reason to have any grudge against me. He must be acting on someone's order. But who? Mark?

I shook my head and straightened up, resting my head on the way. Mark wasn't a coward that would send men to her. He wasn't afraid to face her. So who couldn't be?

I sprang away from the wall, my features immediately tensing in alert as the sound of the halting footsteps drifted into my thoughts.

still tiptoeing. I waited, my breath held, for him to get closer. When he did, I

"Sydney..."

to the figure. "Luigi!" I

but his gait was

"I am."

they?" I looked behind him,

took his time. "I took care

frowned, "Well, I called the police, they'll soon be here. We'll just wait here. They'll locate

slumped against the wall. My heart skipped a beat,

answer. I brought out my phone and flashed the torchlight at him. His face was

I saw the blood trickling down his fingers. "Oh my God,

out of here," was all he managed out. "My car is somewhere

immediately put his arm around my shoulders and took us to his car, following the directions he

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long for us to find his car. I took his keys from his pocket and helped him into the front

the driver's seat and drove us away from this godforsaken place. Finding my way back was easy since my eyes were on the road as

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