Seeing Melody Summers remain unmoved, Silas Lancaster grew even more frantic.
He ignored his injured leg and struggled to crawl toward Melody Summers, trying to cling to her leg.
But before he could even touch Melody Summers, a broom swung at him and knocked him flat on the ground again.
Nina Summers gripped the broom in her hand, watching Silas Lancaster warily as she yelled, "Where did this psycho come from! Get lost! Don’t touch my sister!"
Silas Lancaster looked up at Nina Summers and snarled, "And who are you?! What did you just call her?... She’s my sister, not yours!"
Nina Summers brandished the broom at Silas Lancaster, her hands on her hips as she shot back, "Who I am is none of your business! You beggar, who are you calling your sister? Don’t go around claiming connections you don’t have!"
Melody Summers was getting a headache from their bickering when, just then, the sound of footsteps rang out in the distance—
"Quick! Quick! He’s over there!"
"Hurry! Don’t let that punk get away!"
Melody Summers looked toward the sound and saw two men running their way from the distance. They must have been drawn by Silas Lancaster’s pained howls from earlier.
Silas Lancaster realized his pursuers were here. He was so scared he forgot the pain in his leg. He pushed himself up with his hands and scrambled toward the Summers Villa, trying to hide inside.
But just as he neared the villa’s front door, Nina Summers forcefully shoved him away with the broom.
"Let me in!" Silas Lancaster screamed, on the verge of a breakdown. "Hurry, let me in! Or I’m going to die!"
But Nina Summers completely ignored him. Whenever Silas Lancaster got close to the villa, she would jab him away with the broom.
Watching from the sidelines, Melody Summers suddenly thought the pair looked like one of the aggressive monkeys from Mount Emeris and the park ranger trying to fend it off...
While the two were struggling, the two men arrived. They pounced on Silas Lancaster, twisted his arms behind his back, and pinned him to the ground!
"You little punk, where do you think you’re going! Our boss has been looking for you for a while! Come back with us!"
They pressed down on his broken thigh, and the pain made Silas Lancaster struggle and scream, "Aargh! Let me go!"
Seeing him struggle, the man holding Silas Lancaster down slapped him twice across the face and roared, "You son of a bitch, you signed the servitude contract and you still dare to run! I’ll teach you to run! I’ll teach you! I’ll beat you to death!"
As he spoke, the man grabbed Silas Lancaster’s hair and began slapping him furiously. After a few slaps, Silas Lancaster’s ears were ringing.
Watching the two men punch and kick Silas Lancaster, Melody Summers raised her eyebrows in surprise. "...Saul Archer? Jay Lowell?"
’How could it be these two?’
’Aren’t these the two who set up Cameron Summers to rack up all that debt?’
’I can’t believe Silas Lancaster got mixed up with them. Looks like he went gambling, too... What an idiot, digging his own grave!’
Hearing her voice, Saul Archer and Jay Lowell looked up. When they saw Melody Summers standing before them, they both froze—
"Miss Summers?!"
"What are you doing here?!"
Before Melody Summers could speak, Silas Lancaster, beaten to a pulp, struggled to say, "Sister! Save me! Please, save me!"
Hearing Silas Lancaster say that, Saul Archer and Jay Lowell were so frightened they immediately let go.
’Sister?!’
’Could it be...?’

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