As soon as we entered, one of the men led us up a staircase without any railings. Looking up, I saw a middle-aged man with a fierce face, sitting with his leg crossed on a chair, and next to him, Ramona, still

unconscious and tied up!

“Ramona!” I hurried towards her.

Her frail body couldn’t withstand such rough handling!

But before I could get close, a gun was pressed against my temple as a warning.

“Jack!”

The middle-aged man, who previously seemed uninterested, now looked somewhat apprehensive. He slowly uncrossed his legs and smiled, “What are you doing? Ms. Webster is just worried about her grandma. No need to draw guns.”

“Understood.”

The gun was withdrawn from my head.

down my spine. Despite his smile, his gaze

Webster, are you afraid

came because you asked me

got straight to the point, “How

seemed genuinely

Click-

as he finished speaking, I heard the distinct sound of a gun being cocked. Mark aimed his handgun squarely at Kane, his expression determined and stern, “Then you’ll have to ask my gun if it agrees!

but then he changed his tone, flicked the ash off his cigar, and looked at me. “Ms. Webster, no need to be on edge. I’m not here to rob or kill today, just

Mark’s gun-bearing hand, asking, “What is

“The will of Ramona.”

relation with

inquire about the will to get their hands on the Myers

off the bat, if

clapping his hands as he walked towards

answer mine, and we’re

instinctively stepped back, “I don’t know the contents of Ramona’s

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