True Love Waits

Chapter 411 Are You Okay

Debbie was practically backed into a corner. Her dagger flashed, high, low, overhand. She slashed these men with the dagger again and again. Left, right, forward and backward, she sprang and slid, hacking and slicing. Bodies clashing. The sound was quite appalling.

Aldrich walked over to Kasie and pulled the rope, lowering Kasie to ground level.

Tied, unable to move, she could only watch Debbie fight against a group of ferocious men. Her face stung from the warm tears.

But the man wasn't interested in watching them fight. He really just needed this over. Suddenly, Aldrich held the knife to her throat and shouted, "Debbie Nian! One wrong move and she gets it!"

'Damn it!' Debbie cursed. She leaned backwards to dodge a bodyguard's attack. His meaty fist swung in front of her, narrowly missing her face. The bodyguards stopped attacking and watched their leader breathlessly.

Panting, she glared at Aldrich and bellowed, "Come at me! Let her go!"

Aldrich snorted, "I can't. Not until you divorce Ivan!"

"Okay! But you have to promise you won't harm Kasie," Debbie compromised.

Just then, a commotion was heard at the entrance. Soon, Ivan walked in with a black eye and a swollen face.

He didn't know martial arts and had taken a beating as he tried to get in. "Who's responsible for this?" Aldrich yelled at his bodyguards when he saw Ivan's features marred by bruises.

But since he didn't look masculine at all, he wasn't menacing even in his rage.

Pointing at Debbie and Kasie, Ivan demanded, "This is between you and me. Let them go."

"No way! Only after you divorce her,"

Aldrich said, his eyes fixed on Ivan's face. Though bloody, bruised and smudged, that face was still as attractive as ever to him.

Yet his hands shook uncontrollably as Ivan walked towards him. Debbie's heart was in her mouth. He still held the knife, and Kasie was still in danger. Quietly, she reached for the lipstick weapon in her pocket and aimed it carefully. She pressed the button and fired the dart. It sped toward Aldrich's hand.

The dart buried itself in Aldrich's phalanges. The man screamed and dropped the knife. Debbie rushed over, stepped on the weapon and swept his feet

howled in misery. His men surrounded Debbie when they

the danger, she carried Kasie over

his arms and started to untie her wrists

Aldrich laughed hysterically. "Ivan, don't move. I don't want

with Kasie, Aldrich managed to unholster his gun. He pointed it at Kasie. Debbie's

felt he never really knew Aldrich. 'When did he get that gun? And why does

want you. But Debbie stole

"I'm sorry. I was wrong, but Kasie's innocent. Point your gun

taped. She elbowed Ivan to remind him to

and began to remove

senses. His hands trembled.

saw him. But

shot, everything went

someone hold her tightly when the gun went off. Then everything else

saw

was thick with the smell of blood. She realized that Ivan took a bullet meant

fluttered. The heart she thought had died with

mind was shattered. His grip on reality was rapidly slipping. Realizing he shot Ivan, he cried out in anguish. Then

looked at the

wonderful, but a gun is the great equalizer. She didn't have anything

She had to run.

the trigger again, she spun around quickly, looking

and she was able to avoid it. It zinged off one

and third. But the fourth shot was

cover, Debbie didn't stop running or turn back. Nor did

was heard,