Chapter 1407
Hector felt someone had pushed him as he fell to the ground.
It was Sean. He pushed him out of the way just as the car arrived in front of them.
For a moment, the air was filled with the brakes‘ screech and the collision‘s sound. Hector‘s pupils constricted as Sean disappeared from his vision, leaving only a shoe on the ground.
It was only when the screams of the people around them and after the car had escaped that Hector came to his senses and looked in a daze at the man who had fallen in a pool of blood.
At the police station…
Maisie and Nolan rushed to the police
station when they received the call. As soon as she stepped into the police station, she saw Hector sitting on the chair with his head held low in dejection.
The police officer put down the cup of water and rose to his feet. “Mr. Goldmann?‘
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Nolan walked up to the police officer and asked him about the situation. The police officer walked aside with him and told him all about what had happened.
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Maisie looked at Hector and approached him. She stopped beside him and asked,” Are you alright, Hector?”
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Hector clasped his palms together so tightly that veins were bulging on the back of his hands. His cheeks puffed up, and he seemed to be holding something back.
Maisie placed her hand on his shoulder and said, “I‘m sorry about what happened. “I’m the one who they wanted to kill,” Hector said through gritted teeth, his heart awash with guilt.
“But why was it him who died?“.
Why did he push him away?
Maisie looked at him silently.
She knew this was a hard time for him.
After all, Sean had died right in front of his eyes.
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