Love Coming from the Least Expected

“What are you doing?” Out of the blue, the man standing in front of us turned around, shouted at us, and started to approach us. My heart raced. There was only one thought in my mind. Oh no! We are busted.

Fortunately, the man stopped at the woman in front of me and kicked her instead.

“Don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me!” The woman in front was together with a baby. She hugged the little one in her arms and pleaded, “My daughter is unwell and has high fever. Can you please let me out? I need to take her to the hospital. She’s only six months old. I can’t delay any longer.”

move. Otherwise, I’ll pull the trigger.”

cold sweat drenched my

in the bank. Every second that passed by felt awfully long to me. Furthermore, I did not know if

no good. At that moment, a familiar ringtone suddenly sounded. It was the customized ringtone I had set for incoming calls from Christopher.

he call me at this time? If he called earlier or

woman earlier looked over. When he saw the phone in Julia’s hand, he yelled angrily,

I was at a loss for what to do. The man would really pull the

that Julia was Christopher’s mother. If something happened

a gunshot sounded in my ears. At the same time, there was a sharp pain in my chest. Blood splattered on my face and hands. I lowered my head and stared at the blood that was gushing

my name in shock. Barely opening my eyes, I saw the anxious expression on her face and the panic in her eyes. I could not help but smile. Julia was worried about me. As expected, she had already

her, but I could not say anything else anymore. After I squeezed those words out of my mouth, I could not open