Phantom Wolf might meet up with Katrina, and Carmen would fall into his hands by then. Since Quinton was far more cunning and cruel than Katrina, he might even make the matter worse.
At that instant, despair filled everyone’s heart.
It was late; the sun had set, and the wind was cold at night. Carmen was given a blanket to cover herself. She meekly curled herself up on the balcony while looking at Justin in a pitiful manner.
“Uncle Justin, why isn’t Daddy here yet?”
She nodded as she burrowed her little face under the blanket. She had been sitting on the same spot as she dared not move even an inch.
Outside the building, Sophia slumped onto the ground helplessly. Raising her head and looking at the tenth floor again, she saw the red flower pinned on Carmen’s hair swaying in the wind. Two rows of hot tears once again coursed down her icy, numb cheeks.
No, I must find Quinton; only he will have a way to solve this. I’m sure he doesn’t have it in him to just let Carmen die! I believe there is still a shred of kindness in him.
Sophia wiped away her tears and spoke to Linus again. “Phantom Wolf has an email address to accept all sorts of tasks. Uncle Linus, I’m sure that you know of it, right?”
Linus nodded, whereupon she uttered, “Send it to me.”
Linus immediately sent the email address to her before she returned to the SUV with the phone in her hand. With her lips pressed, she thought and contemplated for a long time but still could not figure out how to bring this up to Quinton. Looking through the window, she glanced at Carmen, and then at Nathan, who was crying in Michael’s arms. The sight of them caused her to feel a lump in her throat, and she failed to hold back her tears.
What should I do to convince Quinton to come over? She was well aware that if he were to come, he would be walking straight into the lion’s den. Also, even if he really managed to rescue Carmen, the Fletcher Family would detain him on the spot. Therefore, why should he come? I don’t have any bargaining chip! I don’t have anything that he wants!
However, Sophia did not have much time left. She had to give it a try no matter what.
She switched on her phone and opened the selfie video mode. As she looked at the lens, tears rolled down her cheeks like pearls falling from a broken necklace before any words could be formed. Nevertheless, she still tried to explain the situation in a strangled voice. “Hope, I’m Sophia. If you can see this video, I beg for you to save my child.”
She focused the lens on the tenth floor. Part of Carmen’s little head and the red flower pinned on her hair on the balcony of the tenth floor was caught on camera.
She turned the camera back at herself and murmured, “Hope…” However, she could not bear to finish her sentence. After hesitating for a long time, the words seemed to have stuck in her throat, and she still could not say them in the end; she could only cry soundlessly. “The address is East City Road No. 28.”
Finally, she stopped the recording and emailed the messy video to the email address.
After the email was successfully sent, she lay in the car and wept helplessly.
As time went by, Justin tried his best to keep the situation under control while Celine stayed vigilant of her surroundings. Meanwhile, Carmen curled herself up in the blanket on the balcony with her beady eyes wandering around. She dared not fall asleep as she was afraid that she might fall.
The people downstairs had prepared a rescue plan.
Celine’s threat level had greatly exceeded everyone’s expectation. According to Cooper’s plan, she would not be given any chances of survival because it would be impossible for Carmen to escape this alive without killing Celine.
The Fletcher Family had no choice but to reluctantly accept the plan and give up on Celine.
Michael went upstairs to take another look at Carmen, who was obediently curled up on the balcony with her eyes wide open. She tried to stay awake although she was at the verge of dozing off at any time.
Suppressing his tears, Michael tried to make himself sound relaxed as he consoled her. “Good baby, I’m here. We are going to shoot our night scenes soon. Carmen, be good—don’t move and don’t sleep!”
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