Cecilia's expression stiffened. Even though she was a virgin, she knew exactly what Blake was insinuating.
The moment she entered that car, she would be at his mercy.
"No. Never." Cecilia shook her head.
"Since you refuse, I'll let you watch as your mother gets beaten to death!" Blake snapped.
The last of his patience was gone. Even though Cecilia refused to give in to his demand, he was going to drag her into the car and rape her anyway. That only made him feel even more exhilarated.
"You'll be arrested by the authorities!" Cecilia threatened.
"The authorities! They won't have the balls to come after me!" Blake declared haughtily.
The whole time, the other two men continued to thrash Sherry within an inch of her life.
Cecilia wanted to stop them, but she was powerless. She had no choice but to grab Blake's leg and plead, "Please, I'm begging you! Please stop! She'll die!"
Furious, Blake kicked her aside.
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When Tom and Miranda approached the area, they heard shouts in the distance.
"Tom, I think something's happening over there. Look! I think someone's getting beaten up!" Miranda said while pointing ahead.
She couldn't see who the victim was.
"It looks like Madam Lynch and Cecilia!" Tom exclaimed. As a martial arts expert, he had keener senses.
Thus, he spotted Sherry and Cecilia, who were both injured.
Infuriated, Tom rushed over to them.
Robbed of all their money, Tom and Miranda had been staying with Sherry ever since they arrived in Churron. She had saved them.
Now that she was in danger, Tom would not stand by and do nothing!
"Hold it right there!" Tom roared as he charged at the men.
Blake and his buddies were startled by the sudden shout.
At the very next second, Tom slammed his fist into Blake's face.
Blake howled as he flew backward while the other two watched on in disbelief.
"Tom? What are you doing here?" Cecilia exclaimed when she saw him.
"It was raining, so we wanted to bring you guys an umbrella. What happened?" Tom asked.
"Those three men are all drunk, and they hit us with their car, but they tried to twist things around.
"They demanded 500 thousand dollars from us, but we don't have that kind of money, so they started hitting us!" Cecilia sobbed as she told him the gist of the situation.
"Those bastards! How dare they beat you guys up when they're the ones who crashed into you?" Tom was furious.
Terrified of Tom, Blake's friends didn't dare to attack him. They ran over to Blake instead.
"Are you okay, Blake?" They checked anxiously.
"Fucking hell! Help me up! I'm going to kill that fucker!" Blake bellowed. His face was all banged up.
Upon seeing that he could still curse at the top of his lungs, his friends felt less worried.
Meanwhile, Tom saw the heavily injured Sherry and quickly helped her up.
"Are you alright, Madam Lynch?" he asked.
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