At the sound of my voice, he grunted but did not do much else.

Worried that the servants would walk in on us, I reiterated my request. “Mr. Danny, would you…”

 

Suddenly, he flung his head up violently and stared at me.

My heart skipped a beat. “Mr. Danny…” I stammered.

“Don’t provoke Mr. Abe. He’s more frightening than you could imagine.” With that said, he turned and walked unsteadily away.

I stood rooted in surprise.

“I just wanted to visit them, are they alright?” I called to his departing back.

“They’re still alive.”

I sat down hopelessly on the floor. Is this how it will be?

What if I begged Abe to?

At this thought, I stood up and obtained a knife from the kitchen to slit my wrists.

I was very familiar with the process having done it countless times when I was mourning my dear child.

I passed out in the living room. My last memory was of the panicked servants rushing over to my limp body. With that in mind, I sighed in relief before losing consciousness.

I awoke in the hospital; being hardly surprised. As expected, Abe was by my bed.

he asked

want to kill yourself?”

glance at Danny in the corner; his expression was cold. I looked back at Abe and Dante, putting

Abe that

hoarse voice. “Mr. Abe, I am willing to exchange

for what?”

“For their lives!”

laughed coldly. “One life

curious about my relationship with the Murphys?” I asked. My throat still

have anything to do

I…

matter where I am. Since you already

spat. “Does this woman have rust in her brain or something? Talking

him and looked straight at

is

goes deeper than you can imagine,” I said deliberately. I knew that they feared the Murphys. The closer they think I am to the Murphys, the more leverage I

smiled. “The favor goes both ways,” he said after a

want?”

replenish my medication. Abe’s gaze followed the doctor and landed on

her wound to heal?”

suspicion. Dante conversed with

doctor spoke a few sentences

you in three days. Get

he would hurt Nora and the rest within this timeframe. “What

With

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