Crossroads

Chapter 32

The sky was turbulent with dark clouds, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

On this stormy and rainy night, a few people walked on the rugged mountain road and finally arrived at a wooden cabin with great difficulty.

“Our village received a notice to evacuate due to heavy rain some time ago. There’s no one living downstream anymore. The river has surged up, and it’s dangerous to go back on the mountain road. You should stay here for the night.”

Thanks to Ryan Bennett’s assistance, they followed him to a simple yet spacious wooden cabin.

“Is it safe here?” Vincent asked, feeling somewhat uneasy as he looked at the howling wind and rain outside.

“This mountain is filled with walnut trees which are very sturdy. Our wooden cabin is very solid,” Ryan reassured them.

Hearing this, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. In such terrible weather today, one small misstep could lead to being engulfed by mudflows.

“Let’s start more fires and dry our clothes.” Ryan went to the kitchen and brought back a bundle of firewood.

Vincent and the others didn’t hesitate, immediately starting to arrange the firewood piles and taking off their soggy clothes. Seeing. these men collectively undressing, Stephanie immediately felt embarrassed and turned away awkwardly.

“Don’t take off your pants!” Dominick, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

His words made Vincent remember that Stephanie was here and felt somewhat embarrassed.

They took off their jackets and shirts, revealing their chests, but kept their trousers on. They sat close to the fire, letting the heat dry their pants. They felt extremely uncomfortable with mud all over their bodies.

“No cellphone signal here. We can’t contact anyone else.”

As they busied themselves to start a fire, they discussed, “Kevin and the others should find shelter from the rain…”

Stephanie looked shocked upon hearing Kevin’s name.

Dominick’s gaze had been fixed on her all along and the surprise on her face seemed to carry another meaning in it. He tightly pressed his lips, the look in his eyes complicated.

“Call me Kelly. I have some clean clothes. Come with me and get changed,” a simply–dressed woman, Kelly Turner, came out of a small room. She was Ryan’s wife, and she smiled kindly at Stephanie.

Stephanie nodded at her. “Thank you.”

Stephanie, who was five feet six inches tall and slightly taller, wore Kelly’s dark blue cotton clothes. The sleeves and pant legs were much shorter, but she didn’t mind at the moment. She thanked Kelly and walked out.

However, as Kelly followed her out, she noticed the scars on Stephanie’s wrists and ankles and shock registered on her face. “How

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did you get so injured? Oh my, they’re infected with pus from being soaked in water.”

As Kelly spoke, Dominick almost instinctively took a step forward.

Stephanie happened to look up at him, instinctively stepping back as if afraid of him.

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When Dominick noticed her reaction, the look in his eyes turned complex for a moment. He turned his head away to stare in another direction as if he hadn’t been looking at her before.

apply it… Kelly ran back to the room to fetch the iodine tincture and applied it on Stephanie’s wounds when she came

a purplish–blue color, and the iodine tincture stung a bit. She frowned slightly, enduring the

around 7 o’clock in the evening, yet thunder rumbled and rain poured down outside, enveloping

night was

the main

go ahead and

them. He felt uneasy eating

thinking for a moment, he looked at Stephanie. “Stephanie,

e pregnant.”

bowl for her, and Stephanie, feeling somewhat embarrassed under everyone’s gaze, looked at the oatmeal with a troubled

didn’t like eating

“Pregnant?”

with your

hurried back into the kitchen, murmuring to herself, “I have

was at a loss. She also didn’t like eggs

at Reed Villa as a child. She subsequently tried

kitchen. “Kelly, I’ll have the oatmeal or maybe some

those…”

few people to get a flashlight and

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door and walked out.

the rain is heavy, it might ease up by tomorrow morning. There’s no need to

Stephanie came out and found that a few people had

“They said they’re going to get some

heavy rain? Why didn’t you try to stop

helpless. “I couldn’t persuade them.” He felt

looked grimly towards the door, the expression on her face

can stop him when he sets his mind on something. Don’t worry about

asked curiously, “Miss, you’re probably all from the city. I heard they came

was puzzled. “Did they really

“No way.” How could Dominick

oil lamp hung high in the center of the dimly lit main hall. In the flickering

could they run out so suddenly in such heavy rain?‘

“These

stand it any longer, so he put on his coat and hat and

and whispered, “There’s such heavy rain and thunder outside, and you don’t have a flashlight. If you slip and fall down the

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looked at this loving couple and couldn’t help but

in the stormy weather and making her

area. Nothing’s going to happen,” Ryan reassured his wife, patting her shoulder before pushing

door opened, Dominick and the

soaked from head to toe, looking disheveled, but they were carrying a large net filled with about 25

fishing in the river in this stormy weather?” Kelly breathed a sigh of relief at their

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handle it ourselves.” Dominick glanced at Kelly as he spoke in a deep

stunned by his handsome and refined appearance,

the kitchen, and though Kelly was worried, she had no choice but

Stephanie felt her

acting as if they

amazing! I