The point of the knife pierced into Bob's chest, and blood splashed. Elsa's hands trembled and she almost lost control of her emotions. She pulled out the dagger, and the blood splashed her in the face. A bitter smile appeared at the corners of Bob's mouth. When his hand was about to touch her cheek, she let go of the the knife hilt and took a few steps back. She stared at Bob in despair and said angrily in a trembling voice, "Let me go home!"
Shaking his body, Bob took a step forward, staring at her with dispirited eyes. When he saw the despair in her eyes get deeper, he sighed and said weakly, "It's not going along the white birch trees. I've made marks on the trees. You think you can get out of here by following the marks, but in fact, it will only make you be trapped in the fog area, or you will go back to where you are."
Elsa cried, "Then tell me, how to leave this place? You have done so many evil things and you have already been punished, but you still don't regret it!"
With a helpless smile on his pale face, Bob said, "Change it. It's not going along the white birch trees, but the white poplar trees. You can get out of here this time..."
Bob said in a reluctant tone. His heart ached. He didn't want her to leave, but he was not able to persuade her to stay, so he had no choice. In the past, he could only use this extreme way to keep her by his side. In the end, he had to let her go home.
Elsa widened her eyes and looked at him doubtfully. Apparently, she didn't believe what he said, because he had lied to her more than once, and he had told her to go home more than once. But in the end, she could only turn back to where she was.
On the verge of collapsing, Bob looked at Elsa and gradually felt a little tired. He looked at her seriously and said, "It's true this time. Go along the white poplar trees!"
Elsa looked at him suspiciously, but her action did not last long, because now, no matter what Bob said, she must believe it. This was her only choice. Whether what he said was true or not, she must have a try.
Elsa glared at Bob with angry eyes and said angrily, "You'd better not lie to me!"
"Will a dying man lie to you?" Bob frowned.
At last, Elsa glared at Bob and turned around to run away without hesitation. Her back faded away in his sight. At the moment when her back was about to disappear, he suddenly called her name with all his strength, "Elsa..."
The words were forceful, but they made her heart broken. Elsa was shocked and stopped. She shook her head hard and told herself that it was an illusion, but when Bob's voice rang out in the silent room again, Elsa could no longer deceive herself.
"Elsa, come here..." He struggled to stand there, and a large pool of blood gathered around him.
Elsa came to herself in a daze, but a hint of coldness flashed through her eyes. She made up her mind without hesitation. Elsa turned a deaf ear to the words of Bob and walked away without looking back.
Seeing that, the look on Bob's face changed. He threatened coldly, "Don't you want to go home?"
This time, Elsa turned around, glared at him fiercely and said coldly, "If you have the ability, just come and pull me back. You can't even move now, can you? You have already told me the right way to get out of here. Why should I be at your disposal now?"
Bob tried his best to turn around and sneered at her. "Do you know why Brody didn't choose you? Four years ago, when Tracy was there, he would not be with you even if he hated Tracy. Four years later, when Tracy died, he still would not think about you and care about your safety. Actually you have been missing for four years. Did he ever look for you? That was the first time you meet each other four years later, right? He shot at you because he wanted to know the whereabouts of Tracy!"
Elsa's face turned paler and paler. She shook her head and sobbed, "Don't say that... Don't compare me with her. I know I am no match for her!"
In fact, what made her most distressed was not Tracy, but Brody. What Bob said was right. She had been disappeared for four years, but he didn't care about her at all. What about Tracy? For the sake of Tracy... He lived like a dead man walking for four years.
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