The cold wind howled as the snow fell incessantly.
Clad in thin clothes, Francesca marched forward, barefoot.
All she wanted to do was to leave this place as if it was the lair of the beast, and she would be eaten alive if she stayed.
Anthony followed behind, anxiously making calls to have somebody pick them up.
We may lose our lives if we march in this icy land with the cold wind billowing for much longer.
“Ms. Felch!” Sean hurried after them in a panic and hastened to explain, “Mr. Lindberg was forced to do it! The present situation is—”
Francesca could not comprehend. “Forced to do it? So many people have died because of him. Instead of avenging them, he has so easily reconciled with the president. Was he being forced into it?”
“Uh—”
“I couldn't blame him for the things that had happened in his absence back then, but now that he's back, his priority was not to rescue Mr. Lincoln but to reconcile with the president instead. Even though the president had brutally killed Mr. Lincoln before my eyes, he still chose to reconcile.”
Francesca became incensed the more she spoke. “In his eyes, his prestige is more important than anything, including all of our lives.”
“It's not like this, Ms. Felch—”
“I wanted to kill the president and avenge Mr. Lincoln last night. Why did he stop me?” Francesca yelled in a rage. “Is it because he would have no one to reconcile with if I killed that b*stard?”
“No, Ms. Felch,” Sean asserted at once. “You could not have killed the president in that situation because there were guns and infrared lasers all pointed at you. If you were to fire, you would have been the first one to fall. Mr. Lindberg only did that to protect you.”
Francesca was livid. “I don't need his protection. Ms. Layla and Mr. Lincoln are dead. What good am I alive for? I only live to avenge them!”
“But—”
Francesca had had enough. “Not another word. Tell him that he and I are done from now on. It's best that he never shows his face again, or I may not be able to stop myself from killing him.”
“Ms. Felch...”
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