"Madeleine! What are you doing?!" Rose was shocked and terrified by the scene in front of her. She ran towards the cliff in a panic, with Elliot following closely behind her, equally tense and serious.
Madeleine saw Rose's silhouette through the rear-view mirror and, closely followed by Elliot, her expression turned fierce. She shouted, "Stop! Don't come any closer! Otherwise, I'll release the brakes, and these kids will die with me!"
Rose hesitated, unable to move forward. Her tightly clenched fists dug into her palms, and the sharp pain sent her mind reeling in confusion.
"Rose," Elliot saw Rose running frantically in that direction and couldn't help but chase after her, grabbing her and half-hugging her in his arms. He soothed her by holding onto the hand she had clenched into a fist and said, "Calm down. The child is still in the car. Let's take it slow and make sure not to anger her and harm the child."
Rose nodded and stood silently in place, her gaze fixed on the black business car several steps away.
From her perspective, Madeleine in the driver's seat and Shawn lying next to her on the passenger seat can be seen.
The black glass blocked the view inside and Rose was unsure if the three children were in the car. She was about to speak when someone knocked on the back window from inside, followed by Leah's crying voice. "Mommy! Mommy, save me and my brothers! We're here!"
Rose felt a suffocating sensation in her chest and almost couldn't catch her breath when she heard her daughter's voice.
"Shut up! If you make any more noise, I'll kill you all." Madeleine's voice was chilling, her face twisted with rage. She glared at the three children in the back seat, and upon seeing their striking resemblance to Elliot, her resentment grew even deeper.
Rose held her breath and trembled slightly. "Madeleine, don't hurt the child. If you have any grudges, come after me. The child is innocent!"
"Innocent? Hahaha, that's laughable! Just because these three little bastards are the children of you and him, they are anything but innocent!"
Rose's face turned cold. It seemed that Madeleine had found out about the children's identities, but how did she know?
Elliot thought of this, his gloomy gaze fixed on her. "How do you know?"
"What, are you trying to keep this from me? Elliot, it's you who first betrayed me!" Madeleine yelled, startling both Rose and the child inside the car. Shawn, who was in the passenger seat, slowly opened his eyes, feeling groggy and disoriented.
"You abandoned me and Shawn for this woman! Rose has been dead for so many years, why are you still with her? She left you first!"
She is in pain and doesn't want either of these people to have it easy.
The two children who were taken with Rose had been planned for many days! When she overheard the conversation between old Mr. Harper and Elliot outside of the hospital room, she couldn't control her emotions. She had planned to take advantage of going to find Shawn and also take these two little bastards with her, but she didn't expect them to be so cautious that they never even showed their faces! Finally, after waiting for this opportunity today and unexpectedly finding Khalil along the way, she absolutely wouldn't let it slip by!
"Madeleine, please calm down first." Elliot pursed his lips and removed the fierce expression on his face. "You can tell us anything you want to say. If you have any requests, we will try our best to fulfill them. Also, please don't do anything illegal."
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