Chapter 0879
Paul asked, “How do we get to the village?”
“I’ve already arranged for a pickup truck,” Sam said. “Only trucks can navigate the village roads.”
“How long do we have to wait?”
Sam looked at his watch. “About… half an hour.
“Alright.”
After sending her messages, Miranda put her phone away. She turned and met Joli’s urgent gaze. “Let’s go. I’ve already arranged for a ride. He’s waiting for us at the entrance of the village.”
As it happened, Micah had initially been reluctant to agree last night, but he suddenly changed his mind at dawn this morning. He said someone had offered him a large sum to pick up two people from town, and he had to leave immediately to get that as soon as possible.
Rather than make the trip empty, he figured he might as well bring Miranda and the others along so that he could make money on both trips.
Joli urged, “We don’t have time. Hurry…”
However, Miranda and Madison stood rooted to the spot with their hands in their pockets. They showed no intention of moving.
Joli was puzzled.
Miranda said, “We’re not leaving.”
Madison chimed in, “That’s right.”
Joli panicked and said, “Didn’t we agree last night?”
Madison blinked innocently. “Who agreed with you? It was you and your dad talking the whole time. We never said yes.”
Joli fell silent for a minute before saying, “Listen to me, you guys can’t stay here! It’s too dangerous! Kenny and Shawn are both mad dogs! They’ll bite anyone when they go crazy. You guys-”
Miranda interrupted him, “Joli.”
“What?”
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“Are we not friends?”
He stayed silent. Miranda pressed, “Are we or aren’t we?”
“It’s because we’re friends that I can’t let my family’s problems drag you down or put you in danger!”
Joli was truly terrified with the bloody example of Theodore fresh in his mind!
The sight of the pool of blood and Theodore’s parents begging the Sneider brothers still made his heart race with dread whenever he recalled it. In the dead of night, the overwhelming guilt would even bring him to the point of tears.
Joli didn’t want to see his friends get hurt, while he could only stand aside like a helpless loser. He insisted, “Please, I’m begging you. You have to leave! Head to town and take the first bus to the county’s train station. You’ll be in Jandersville by noon.”
Miranda said, “I understand how you’re feeling, and I know you’re doing this out of concern for us. But have you considered how we feel? Now that we know about your family’s troubles, you want us to just leave? We even confronted those two thugs yesterday.
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