Hearing Sharon’s weak voice, Leo’s face immediately changed and asked hurriedly, “Sharon, where are you?”
“I’m at the river bank of the Sky-Eye Building...”
Sharon breathed heavily and answered.
Leo immediately responded, “I’ll be right there! Don’t hang up.”
But it seemed like that Leo can only hear the faint breathing and the blowing of wind.
He stepped on the gas pedal and raced to the the Sky-Eye Building which was a landmark of Hopkins and was known for its building shape which was just like an eye that was looking into the sky.
It was surrounded by river and there would be strong winds at night.
Before he came to Hopkins, he actually had some disputes with Sharon.
She found out that Dominic wasn’t dead and wanted Leo to find him with her.
But Leo suspected that Dominic wouldn’t be the friend that they were close to before.
They then had divergence and Sharon went to Hopkins to locate Dominic herself.
It seemed like that she was attacked by someone.
Leo was murmuring inside, “Sharon, you got to be safe!”
Twenty minutes later, Leo arrived at the river bank and noticed a streak of blood.
There were clear knife cuts on the rocks and willows and it was obvious that someone had a big fight here.
Leo squatted down and wiped the blood with his finger and got serious.
The blood was dull red.
The human blood would turn to dull blood after a long time of drying and solidifying.
Leo suddenly saw another blood trails which was extending forward and the blood was bright red.
He immediately followed the trail and soon found Sharon who was resting against the trunk.
She was in her old black leather jacket which was covered with blood.
She looked ghastly pale and faintly opened her eyes when she heard the footsteps.
Seeing that it was Leo, she let out a reassuring smile and closed her eyes.
“Sharon!”
Leo immediately approached and carried her.
When she stood up, Leo noticed that there was a 10 inches long cut in her back which looked horrible.
Apart from the cut, she also got a bullet in her belly.
The bullet hole was pretty deep and blood was oozing out the wound.
“What happened? Why would you get attacked?”
Leo’s face darkened and asked.
Sharon took a deep breath and answered slowly, “Dominic was here before.”
“What happened then?”
“I was following him and then lost him. Someone just attacked me when I turned around.”
“Did you see clearly who attacked you?”
Leo inquired.
Sharon shook her head, “They were dressed in black suit and were all masked. They should be from Phantom.”
“There were two of them. One of them was using the knife and the other one shot me in a dark corner. I was then got shot and injured.”
Leo remained silent and was fixating on the dull red blood trail.
He wondered why didn’t they kill her and just wound her?
He didn’t ask Sharon. Instead, he carried Sharon and said, “Let’s go to my place.”
After returning to the hotel, he put Sharon down on the bed.
The white sheet was instantly soaked in blood.
“Don’t move. I’ll grab the gauze and alcohol.”
Leo soon got the alcohol, gauze, tweezer and a white towel and then lifted Sharon’s shirt.
The belly that was shot was bleeding badly.
Leo glanced at her and said, “Hold still. I don’t get anesthetic here. It would be pretty painful.”
Sharon took the towel and bit it in her mouth, “Let’s do it.”
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