The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 246

Stella gently patted Marvin's head, whispering, "It's okay, I've already called the police."

As she spoke, the call connected.

Stella maintained a calm demeanor, though her voice was filled with urgency as she recounted the danger they were in.

"There's a crazy man outside trying to break down our door, threatening to kill us... It's terrifying. We've got a five-year-old kid and a seventy-something-year-old man here... We're no match for him."

She put the phone on speaker.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The pounding on the door was deafening.

The voice on the other end of the line grew more serious. "Try to find a safe place

to hide and grab anything you can use to defend yourselves. We're on our way."

After hanging up, Marvin still looked worried.

the police will get

"Don't worry,

turned to Mr. Burton. "Mr. Burton, do you have anything here that might cause an

caught on to Stella's plan. With a wry grin, he said, "He picked the wrong old man to

grabbing various

BANG!

the assault and crashed to the

handful of powder into Jasper's face and shouted to Stella and Marvin, "Cover your mouths and

They quickly complied.

verge of barging in, was met with a face full of

concoction, it set Jasper's eyes

Jasper doubled over, clutching his face and rolling on the ground

sprang up all over

bloody marks across his face

It

yelling for help. "Rachel, help me!" Rachel took a

Jasper finally stopped thrashing, he was utterly

seemed an eternity, the police

the scene, they quickly called for an