Crossroads

Chapter 31

As dusk fell, Stephanie continued running relentlessly. Her face was pale as if she had been frightened.

The mountain road was rugged and uneven. Stephanie tripped and lost a shoe, but she couldn’t care less about that. She gasped for breath as she hurried westward, as if someone was chasing her relentlessly.

Stephanie remembered that there was a village nearby. She needed to find someone and to call for help.

Just then, the atmosphere around her shifted, and the thick clouds rolled violently in the sky. Soon after, it began to drizzle, soaking her thoroughly.

Suddenly, Stephanie’s eyes lit up when she saw a shabby tile house ahead. She then ran toward it excitedly.

“Is anyone there?” she shouted while cautiously looking back over her shoulder.

As Stephanie reached out to knock on the door, she realized it wasn’t closed. She pushed the door open and looked inside. Because it was already dark and the sky was filled with dark clouds, Stephanie couldn’t see clearly inside the house.

“Hello, I’ve been abducted here. Please help me…” She said in a panic as she stepped inside carefully.

Stephanie had been forcefully abducted by several men from the hospital to this secluded rural area.

Just moments ago, she seized the opportunity to grind the rusty hoe against the rough rope binding her hands to the wall. Immediately, she untied the rope from her feet and fled in a panic.

Now, Stephanie’s wrists bore numerous bloody gashes from the hoe, and blood was trickling down her wound. Yet, she ignored her injuries and just kept running, fearing they would capture her again.

The rain fell and stung her wounds, causing her face to scrunch up in agony.

However, the moment Stephanie stepped into the silent tile house, her body froze.

She found that there was no one there, not a trace of life, just utter silence.

Stephanie looked around, her face pale as she stared blankly at the shabby, dirty tile house and the item’s scattered all around.

Just then, a terrifying lightning bolt slashed across the sky, followed immediately by a thunderclap that made her tremble in fear. The rain outside poured down furiously as if the sky were collapsing, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Stephanie kept shrinking back as she looked around fearfully.

She then felt discomfort in her abdomen and instinctively rested her right hand on it as she lowered her head, her complexion instantly turning pale.

At that moment, Stephanie recalled the harsh words Dominick had previously hurled at her, his voice cold and ruthless.

“There are plenty of women who could bear my children. And you, Stephanie, don’t have the right. Remove the child from her

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womb…”

ordered that the child to be removed. You’d better cooperate, or don’t

with a

eyes reddened, her right hand still tightly clutching her still–flat abdomen. Meanwhile, her

and intimidated by those ruthless thugs, and now have to flee in panic. I’m all alone and helpless in this

down fiercely outside. The rolling torrents

the mountains.

shouted in alarm, “Come out! Hurry up and

in the middle of the house

and shook continuously. She saw many large boulders crashing down outside the door due to the mountain torrent, causing the house

tensing with urgency. She desperately wanted to move her feet, but her body wouldn’t obey. She felt as if

moment, a thunderous roar suddenly filled the

and looked around with a

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many other sounds. Someone speculated. “It might be

he watched the weather worsen. “We mustn’t go near the houses at the foot of the mountain. Stay safe, or we might easily get

we’ve already sent people to look around.

to start looking. It’s really dangerous to

destroyed Stephanie’s tracks, making it even more

to

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he looked startled and ran toward the left

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getting drenched in the rain, the person behind him immediately grew anxious and caught up. Dominick was already

glared fiercely at the shoe buried in the mud and realized

heart raced. He looked up and dashed forward in the direction the shoe tip

he hadn’t run far when he suddenly

when he saw the house before him, which was now buried under mud and

be what we just heard collapsing. I wonder

rushed over, looking at the ruins in shock. “Regardless, we should leave this place as soon as

caution. He hurled himself towards the ruins, forcefully lifting the broken door plank, and shouted at

voice mingled with the thunder made everyone’s hearts

action and hurriedly joined in

her shoe just now. He wondered, “Is Stephanie in this house? If she really came here, with the

privileged image and immediately joined in to help move some large objects, an anxious look on his face. At

crouched down. He was overwhelmed with too many

ruins.

that under such conditions, rescuers wouldn’t be able to arrive in time, and those buried beneath were likely

He despised himself for being unable to do something, which rarely happened. He couldn’t let this happen,

shocked to see

didn’t expect the usually cold and indifferent Dominick to care so much

pour, and the thunder didn’t cease.

who followed them were frightened, each

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