Maisie Lynch lifted her heavy eyelids and glanced weakly at Leopold Lowell, not saying a word.
She was exhausted and hopeless. Her legs and feet were so frozen they were numb, and she felt it would be better to just die.
Seeing Maisie Lynch’s uncooperative look, the anger in Leopold Lowell’s heart flared. He prepared to go forward and beat her again.
But just then, he thought he heard the sound of the front door opening.
Leopold Lowell assud his older brother and third brother had returned. He resentfully withdrew the foot he was about to kick Maisie Lynch with and said coldly, "You little bitch, just you wait. I’ll co back to deal with you later!"
With that, he turned, opened the door of the secondary bedroom, and snorted coldly as he walked out, "...My big brother and the others are back. They’re not as gentle as . You’re in for it now..."
Hearing his words, Maisie Lynch’s heart leaped into her throat.
The mory of being beaten by three burly n surged back into her mind. In an instant, Maisie Lynch’s whole body was trembling like a leaf.
It was as if she could see those three ferocious, twisted faces again. Their fists and feet fell on her like rain as she could only curl up on the floor, powerless to resist.
Just as Maisie Lynch was sinking into despair, she suddenly heard a dull THUD.
She looked up toward the sound, only to be shocked to see Leopold Lowell, who had just opened the door, fall straight to the ground.
Maisie Lynch was stunned. Her gaze slowly traveled upward, and she saw an unexpected figure standing in the doorway—
Maisie Lynch’s eyes widened, and she blurted out, "It’s you?"
lody Sumrs looked at Maisie Lynch expressionlessly. She hadn’t expected these kidnappers to have snatched Maisie as well.
’It seems these kidnappers robbed 1602 first, then did the sa to 1601.’
’Last night, Grace Sutton said she heard a "woman’s cry." That must have been Maisie.’
Thinking of this, lody Sumrs broke out in a cold sweat. ’Good thing I dealt with these kidnappers tonight. Otherwise... after they were done with 1602 and 1601, they probably would have co for my apartnt next...’
As lody Sumrs mulled this over, she quietly put away the "Enchanting Secret dicine" in her hand, feeling a slight pang of regret.
’This dicine cost a lot of money, and it’s a real sha to have wasted so much on the three Lowell brothers.’
’If firing a gun wasn’t so loud, and if I had a good explanation for making people vanish into my space, I really wouldn’t have wanted to waste this powder...’
Seeing lody Sumrs walk past the paralyzed Leopold Lowell on the floor, Maisie Lynch struggled to sit up and exclaid, "You, what are you doing here?!... Don’t tell you were captured by them too?!"
lody Sumrs didn’t answer Maisie Lynch’s question. She put a finger to her lips in a "shush" gesture, signaling for Maisie not to shout, then asked in a low voice, "When were you captured? How many kidnappers are there in total? Is there anyone else in this apartnt?"
Hearing this, Maisie Lynch pressed her lips together and answered in a hushed voice, "I was captured last night... I think there are three of them... Anyway, I’ve only seen three in the past two days..."
Hearing Maisie Lynch’s words, lody Sumrs let out a temporary sigh of relief.
’Three in total. She and Joyce Lawson killed two, and now with the one she just knocked out, 1603 should be safe for now.’
Maisie Lynch saw that lody Sumrs wasn’t speaking and asked nervously, "...So why are you really here? What about the other kidnappers? Where did they go?"
lody Sumrs glanced at Maisie Lynch, paused for a mont, and replied, "Don’t worry. They’re all dead."
Hearing this, Maisie Lynch’s eyes flew wide open in utter astonishnt. "What?!" she exclaid.
’Those two kidnappers are both dead?’
’Who killed them?’
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Maisie Lynch’s mind—’Could lody Sumrs have killed them?’
She suddenly rembered sothing—’lody Sumrs has a gun!’
At this thought, Maisie Lynch couldn’t help but shudder as a chill ran up her spine. She watched lody Sumrs nervously, her body instinctively curling up slightly.
In that mont, Maisie Lynch suddenly felt a deep sense of regret for ever having provoked lody Sumrs before...
lody Sumrs was unaware of Maisie Lynch’s inner terror. Seeing Maisie Lynch’s black-and-blue and swollen face, she frowned slightly.
Under Maisie Lynch’s sowhat terrified gaze, lody Sumrs walked over to her, took a knife from her pocket, and cut the ropes binding her.
Then she looked up and said to Maisie Lynch, "There... you can go ho on your own."
After speaking, lody Sumrs stood up, planning to check the other rooms. She thought Joyce’s mother and brother must be locked in the room next door.
Seeing lody Sumrs about to leave, Maisie Lynch seed to suddenly snap out of her daze.
She sat up straight, grabbed lody Sumrs’s leg, and blurted out, "Don’t! Don’t go!"
lody Sumrs turned to look at Maisie Lynch, puzzled, and asked with a frown, "What’s wrong?"
’She’d already cut Maisie Lynch’s ropes, so why wasn’t she leaving? Could her leg be broken?’
Under lody Sumrs’s questioning gaze, Maisie Lynch bit her lower lip tightly. Her eyes were slightly red, her expression filled with terror and unease.
She looked up at lody Sumrs and said in a tearful voice, "I... I’m scared... Can you please not go yet?"
Maisie Lynch had just escaped the brink of death, and her mind was slowly beginning to function again. Now, thinking back on the beatings and humiliation she suffered at the hands of the three Lowell brothers, she was filled with lingering fear.
If lody Sumrs hadn’t saved her, only two fates would have awaited her—she would have either been beaten to death by the three brothers, or they would have taken turns violating her, then killed her when they got bored!
lody Sumrs: "..."
lody Sumrs sighed quietly, looked down at Maisie Lynch, and said, "What are you afraid of? The other two kidnappers are dead, and I’ll take care of the one in this room. You don’t have to worry. Just go straight ho."
Looking at Maisie Lynch’s pale face, lody Sumrs thought for a mont, then added, "When you get back, rember to lock your door well. Don’t just open it for anyone. You don’t need to go out for a while anyway. At night, you can use a cabinet to barricade the door. That’ll make it harder for robbers to break in."
Maisie Lynch just stared blankly at lody Sumrs. After listening to her instructions, she nodded lightly and grunted, "Mm."
Even so, Maisie Lynch kept her tight grip on lody Sumrs’s leg, refusing to let go no matter what.
Seeing this, lody Sumrs said with a hint of exasperation, "Co on, let go of ! Didn’t I just tell you? You can just go straight ho now."
After speaking, lody Sumrs glanced again at Maisie Lynch’s face, which was covered in black and blue bruises, and thought: ’Maisie’s clearly been beaten severely. Could Titus Lowell and his brothers have actually broken her leg?’
Thinking of this, lody Sumrs asked tentatively, "Can you not walk right now? Should I go to 1602 and get Ivan Warren? Have him carry you back?"
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the na "Ivan Warren," Maisie Lynch trembled from head to toe!
As if she had lost her soul, her eyes beca hollow and vacant. She mumbled, "...He... he’s dead..."
lody Sumrs froze. "What did you say?" she asked instinctively. "Who’s dead?"
Maisie Lynch looked at lody Sumrs blankly and said softly, "Ivan Warren... He’s dead..."
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