Lena felt like her body was being torn apart, the pain similar to roasting over a fire. Maybe this was how hell felt…

A bit of consciousness remained. She knew she leaned on a strong chest, feeling safe. A steady heartbeat echoed, too.

In her daze, she smiled faintly. She wanted to rest, yet a voice kept echoing.

“Lena, don’t sleep! Don’t you dare sleep!”

“Mom…” she mumbled.

“Lena!”

Suddenly, a sense of warmth spread through her heart.

She had not experienced much warmth throughout her life, let alone someone being so concerned about her.

When Lina argued with the shop owner and forced him to give her money, she had felt contented.

Now… where was this voice coming from?

there!” Chris placed her in the car’s back seat, speeding all the way. “We’re almost at the

on anymore…”

exhausted. All she yearned for

commit such evil acts.

tear trickled from the corner of Lena’s eye. She couldn’t hold

paced outside the operating room, consumed by

calling.

deeply but couldn’t respond, as if his voice

pause, he managed to utter, “I found

you find her by heading west?”

“Yes.”

lingered on

to continue heading west. They had previously encouraged him to persist and not

how

tone urgent. “I’ll provide more details when you return. When do you

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