Coolest Girl in Town (Elise and Alexander) novel Chapter 1028

"Don't worry. Matthew is coming after me, so he will never harm Danny," Alexander comforted her.

A somber mood enveloped the people in the sick room at the mention of Matthew.

"The deadline is tomorrow. If we can't find Danny, do we have a solution other than doing what Matthew said, which is live streaming the massacre?"

Matthew was asking for one hundred innocent people's lives.

What kind of term is that? He's a psycho! We are no different from him if we comply.

However, he won't release Danny if we disobey him. Choosing one among the two options will always lead to another party's end. Narissa was upset with the limited options.

Upon hearing the question, Elise lowered her gaze and sighed. Their dilemma was a replica of the trolley problem, which was a famous series of thought experiments in psychology.

A train without functioning brakes was speeding down its track and would eventually kill the five people who were tied up on the current track if it continued on its path. On the other side, it could also be diverted onto another track, where only one tied-up person was waiting, by pulling the lever. Now, you were an onlooker and were given the option to pull the lever. Would you rather do nothing or interfere?

Every man's life had to be taken seriously. However, no matter what your choice was, another party was bound to be killed.

Having death on your conscience would bother you for the rest of your life. At least for Elise, it was a problem with no solution.

However, now they had to choose between one person and one hundred people.

"If things are bound to go that far, I'll do it." Tucking Elise in bed, Alexander began with a casual tone, "I can't watch him take my younger brother's life without doing anything."

The three women in the room fell into silence at his determined words.

It wasn't that they never gave it a thought. However, their morality and conscience were bothering them, so they forced the thoughts into the back of their minds and refrained from giving in.

On the contrary, Alexander just announced his inhumane decision with a casual tone, and it shocked them.

Narissa and Ariel exchanged looks. The looks on their faces mirrored each other's thoughts as they both believed that he meant what he said.

"Now that Alexander is here, I'll be going. We have a day to find Danny, so I'll try my luck with other places." Planning to flee the scene, Ariel changed the topic.

"I'm coming with you." Narissa thought, I'm not gonna stay to be the third wheel. Ariel searching for Danny on her own worries me too. Thus, the pair left together.

When they were out of sight, Elise finally withdrew her gaze and asked Alexander, "Are you really going to do as Matthew tells you?"

Knowing Alexander, she was confident that he wasn't a person with little regard for human life.

However, he made it sound like an easy job a moment ago, so she dared say he had a plan in mind. She was wondering how he could get away with it as he couldn't edit a live stream.

"Rest assured. I won't put our future at stake just because Matthew threatened me." he comforted her with a gentle tone. "Right now, your priority is to look after yourself and our daughter. You don't have to worry about Danny's safety. I'll deal with it."

Elise didn't press him further when he made the promise. At this point, all she could do was obey his arrangement.

However, Alexander was somewhat making a fuss. Even though she was the one staying in the hospital, he asked his men to prepare another bed next to hers. On the second day, he even summoned Raymond and Clement back to his side and put them in charge of her safety.

After he got all things done, he finally left her sick room to deal with his business with reluctance.

At 10.00AM, the doctor in charge of Elise came to check on her when he was making rounds. After getting his permission to leave the hospital, she urged Clement to check her out of the hospital.

Meanwhile, Heather had been throwing up for two days. At last, she visited the hospital without telling anyone.

Aware that someone might track her down, she avoided the hospitals in the city. Instead, she chose to visit the one with an average reputation that was situated on the outskirts.

After a body check, her guess was proven right.

She was pregnant.

The same feeling had lasted since last week, but she couldn't quite pin it down.