30 Days Until He Loses Me by Aaren Collins novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Abigail’s cries still lingered, and as soon as the door opened, her wailing grew even louder.

Felicia, who had been hesitating and waiting for the police, clenched her fist and entered the house.

Felicia quickly found the room where Abigail was, but strangely, the man who had confronted her at the window just moments ago was nowhere to be seen.

The shotgun was gone as well.

It was impossible that he had been scared off by just a few words while holding a gun.

But there was no time to think about that. She rushed to the bedside and scooped Abigail into her

arms.

Perhaps sensing her presence, Abigail quickly stopped crying and looked up at her with wide, innocent eyes.

In that instant, Felicia’s heart ached with sorrow.

“You really dared to come in, you bitch.”

The man appeared suddenly and silently at the doorway, blocking the only exit with his shotgun.

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“If you want to take the little brat, why don’t you both go meet God together!”

The dark muzzle of the gun was once again aimed at Felicia.

She shielded Abigail in her arms, deliberately trying to buy time: “If Madame Morel comes and can’t find me, she will definitely call the police.”

“So what? You trespassed on private property, the surveillance cameras caught everything. If I shoot you, I’m innocent!”

The man clicked the safety on the shotgun.

The sound of reloading seemed to echo a thousand times louder in Felicia’s ears, and she even held her breath.

Felicia watched the man’s movements closely, and as he pulled the trigger, she quickly crouched down with Abigail in her arms and squeezed her eyes shut.

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Life or death…

It all came down to this single moment.

“Bang!”

A gunshot rang out.

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Felicia seemed to feel the pain of a bullet piercing her body and shuddered violently, but the pain vanished.

“Hands up!”

“Put the gun down!!”

At the very moment the shot was fired, uniformed police officers kicked the door open with force and, in the blink of an eye, pinned the man to the ground.

Felicia stared at a black hole in the ceiling, filled with lingering fear.

She held Abigail tightly in her arms, who had been frightened by the gunshot and started crying uncontrollably again.

Salomé also rushed in, her voice urgent and panicked: “Luckily there were police nearby when you called me, and I kept the call connected all the way here. You were so reckless, going into the room alone–were you trying to get yourself killed?”

As a doctor, she knew better than anyone how fragile and precious life was, and she cherished her own life dearly.

But she could not just leave Abigail to her fate.

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With a madman like that, who knew what he might do in the next second.

Seeing the man pinned down, Salomé was filled with regret as well: “All his paperwork was in order, but I never imagined he was this kind of person! Thank goodness for you, Felicia. Otherwise, Abby would have fallen into the hands of a criminal.”

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Once everything had settled, Abigail was taken to the hospital for examination.

Aside from a bruise on her forehead, her body was also covered in red and purple marks from being pinched.

It looked truly shocking.

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Later, through Salomé, Felicia also learned that the police had discovered the great fire in the man’s family years ago was not an accident, but arson.

The man had abused his own daughter for years. When the mother found out and failed to stop him, the evil continued for several more years, until the mother could no longer endure it and set the house on fire, killing herself and her daughters inside.

It was also confirmed that the man was a pedophile.

Fortunately, the examination found no evidence that Abigail had been harmed in that way.

The man’s confession confirmed this as well. He had planned to wait until Abigail was older before acting, but her constant crying drove him into a frenzy. He only had time to abuse her, and before he could do worse, Felicia arrived and stopped him.

The man was sentenced to fifty years in prison, and after Abigail recovered in the hospital, she was sent back to the orphanage.

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