Carrie's voice tugged at Ralph's heartstrings.

"Save me, Ralph."

Scared stiff, Carrie wailed silently. Her teardrops broke Ralph's heart.

He wanted to comfort her, but the assurance to the hostage would trigger the perpetrator, putting the hostage in further danger.

Ralph took one long, hard look at Carrie before shifting his gaze to the man with bloodshot eyes.

"Easy there, Brian. The girl is innocent. She doesn't know about you. She doesn't know the five students. She's just an innocent bystander.

"Take me as your hostage. I'll take her place. Just let her go."

Carrie watched tearfully as Ralph inched closer to the perpetrator cautiously. Guilt washed over her.

She blamed her foolishness.

not so clumsy, she could have escaped. But

shouted angrily, "Don't come any closer, or I'll cut her throat and jump off the building with her. I know what you're planning. You want to replace the hostage and take me down. You're a cop, so I can't overpower you. I already killed two kids,

his chest. "I understand where you are coming from. I don't have a daughter, but if my sister

hand trembled, drawing a deeper cut

The

her painful past flooded into

an idiot! Why are you in school? Do you understand the words coming out of my

the rest of us.

her. She's a psycho. Maybe her insanity is infectious.

taunting haunts Carrie to this

agony, and her trembling

the change in Carrie, Ralph felt for her, and his voice came out raspy. "I really hope to help you. You've taken two lives, but you can stop yourself from making more mistakes. Your daughter is still in the emergency room. You should be with her right now. She needs you

father became a murderer because of her, she wouldn't just be haunted by the abuse, but she

shouldering heavy guilt. Don't.net

take her life once. Are you trying

officers in the back looked at

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