Chapter 539 Couldn’t Leave

She followed the sound of the voice with urgency, and she saw a woman in the corner of the basement. “Laura!” Josie shouted as she sped towards her.

Josie knelt down to see how she was doing.

Hopelessness etched on her face as if the world had crumbled upon her.

As soon as she saw Josie, her eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope. “Josie,” she whimpered.

Josie could feel her tears welling up as she looked at Laura’s back. Laura’s clothes were torn, and her bare skin was covered in red marks.

The crisscross of bloody marks was a testament to the brutal beatings she had suffered.

Josie was frozen in place, and her eyes brimmed with tears. “Laura…

Arnold’s forehead wrinkled in disgust at the ghastly sight. “Zach must be crazy!”

As he looked around, he saw an array of weapons used to abuse her. Arnold felt a shiver run down his spine as he saw some of them stained with blood.

Josie tried to lift Laura up. “Let’s go. I’ll take you out of here. We’ll go see a doctor. You’ll get better, Laura,”

Laura said breathlessly, “I can’t leave now.”

“Why not?”

let you get away with taking me out of

looked at Arnold, her eyes filled with worry: “What do we

a lot of people outside, including reporters. She can’t go out

was still shivering. She couldn’t warm her

ten minutes, Arnold looked at them. “I called Andy to get a doctor in here. They’ll be coming in disguise.

surprised by his plans. “So you mean Laura can’t leave this place?” she blurted,

cracking.

time. We can’t take her

onto Josie’s sleeve as she nodded in assent to Arnold’s suggestion. “He’s right. I can’t leave

the only one that seemed

an employee of the

to ignore Arnold’s atypical

up to something,” Larry said, his eyes tracking Arnold’s secretary, Andy, as he rushed into the

and ordered, “Have someone keep an eye on

“What about us?”

“We’ll stay put.”

the doctor carefully took the medical supplies from his bag and said, “Ms. Brandel, I can’t administer anesthesia under these conditions. I’ll need you to bear with the

excruciating pain when he placed the gauze pad soaked in antiseptic on her

bear watching her in pain. She turned around and quickly wiped

letting out a big sigh. He lifted his hands but paused midway. Eventually, he patted her on the shoulders to comfort

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