Chapter 977

The coldness in Debra's eyes deepened.

Cathryn laughed mockingly, "Debra, this is all you've got? All you ever do is talk big with nothing to back it up."

"If I do that," Debra said, "you'd let Liza go, right?"

"Of course. If you die, I'll let her walk free," Cathryn said, glancing at Liza. "We're friends. I don't want to hurt her. I just want you dead."

Liza's heart sank. She didn't believe for a second that Debra would do that for her.

Debra turned to Frederic and extended her hand. "Give me the knife."

Frederic didn't move, and she frowned. "I said, give it to me."

When Frederic still didn't respond, she added, "I'm doing this to save your lady. If something happens to Liza, how will you explain it to Fermin?"

But Frederic still refused to comply. Debra leaned in closer and lowered her voice. "Trust me. Just give me the knife."

in Debra's right hand. Something clicked in his mind, and

"So, if I stab myself in the heart and

"Absolutely," Cathryn said.

knife against her chest,

do this. We're not even that close, and

"Miss Eaton, I thought you disliked me. If I die, shouldn't you

it's not like

a gift. You can

be ridiculous!"

the knife high, feigning another dramatic move

could make contact, a voice suddenly echoed from behind Cathryn. "Put the

tone steady and unyielding

her body stiffening

press against her back. The knife slipped

she stammered, but Marion didn't

and delivered a sharp

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