Albert’s impatient voice echoed from the room. “You can’t even pick up a cereal bowl, you damned girl! Get in now!”

“The case is heavy, dad!” Desiree complained.

Desiree struggled to hold onto the case, but it relentlessly pressed on her arms.

Meanwhile, Lena chuckled. Her petite figure remained hidden behind the case, and she wore a cap obscuring half of her face.

Clad in the hotel’s uniform, Desiree wouldn’t have recognized her, especially in her panicked state.

Lena firmly pressed down on the case.

Overwhelmed by the weight of both the case and the person, Desiree couldn’t bear the load. “Come here, dad! I—”

Before Desiree could finish her sentence, Lena heard Albert’s hurried footsteps approaching. She realized that her opportunity had come.

She exerted force and pushed the case forcefully, catching Desiree off guard. Desiree stumbled and was pushed right into Albert, who was approaching.

“Ahh!”

Albert leaped back, reacting quickly to the unexpected collision.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Lena used the case as a platform to launch herself into the room. She and Albert pointed their guns at each other in just a few strides.

However, he was too slow. Lena shielded Janine, showing no fear on her young face.

Albert dared not make any sudden moves. At that tense moment, he noticed a mocking smirk on Lena’s face.

“You…”

Lena raised her pistol high, aiming at his head, “Mr. Harper, care to make a bet with me?”

Albert scoffed. “Hah! Do you think you can leave here unharmed, you dumb blonde?”

to herself, “I’ll bet

Albert didn’t take her seriously, her words angered

sound of him loading the gun echoing in the tense atmosphere.

loud crash of glass shattered the

frozen like he had seen a

a thud, he collapsed to the

screamed at the top

then advanced and

then, the police arrived. They untied Janine and

“Grandma!”

“Mom!”

Cordelia sprinted over, followed by Zuko and Toph, all

fright, trying to maintain composure. She

wrong?” Lena felt uneasy. “Am

to find the words to

on edge during the ordeal, suppressing their fear and trying to stay calm. They released all their pent-up terror and unease only now that it

hugged Lena, patting her back. “Don’t worry.

but struggled to find

“Thanks, Lena…”

“Okay, go do what you should. Just

He nodded.

around, holding onto Lina, he suddenly noticed something peculiar about Lena—she always wore a serious expression when around

realization, he couldn’t help but

lifesaver. Chris wouldn’t have had the

felt indebted to her and wanted to

voice interrupted his train

strides, his sniper gun resting on his back. He didn’t seem like someone who had

that he and Lena were wearing identical

Lena, who

one who worked with you.” Zuko chimed in with

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