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    "I really haven''t seen anything. What are you talking about? My dad never told me about this!" I gritted my teeth, holding onto this secret, but it was clear they already knew about the existence of the survey maps.


    "If you want your children to live, you better tell me the truth. Otherwise, I won''t hesitate to show you no mercy. Let me tell you the truth, I didn''t n on leaving alive!" Kenzie''s admission was chilling.


    "Then if I die, bitch, I''ll take you down with me. Oh... no, scratch that. It''ll be you and your children. Haha... So, tell me!" She hit me with the back of the gun.


    "Kenzie, you know how As feels about me. He wouldn''t let me be harmed. Do you really think he''d tell me too much? About those maps you mentioned, not only do I not know, but I haven''t even seen them.


    "Even if they exist, my father would only tell him..." I appealed to As''s protective feelings toward me, a reasonable plea since most men would be protective of their loved ones, especially As.


    Just then, a loud buzzing sound from outside drowned out our conversationpletely.


    "A... ne!" the driver eximed in shock. With his panicked cry, the car veered in an S-shape, disrupting my speech and tossing me from side to side.


    Kenzie''s gun was aimed at my head again, her hysterical screamsmanding, "Drive... Keep going!"


    Kenzie''s grip on my hair tightened, pulling my head back sharply. "You think you''re clever, huh? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but neither of us is making it out alive today."


    "Oh... Kenzie... we have no grudge or quarrel. Why are you... holding onto me like this? You know..." I started to protest, but she silenced me with another harsh tug on my hair, causing a whirlwind of images to sh through my mind.


    "Ma''am, w-we can''t go any further!" the driver shouted. "The road ahead is blocked!"


    I tilted my head back, unable to see anything beyond the car''s ceiling, clueless about what was happening ahead.


    Kenzie''s grip tightened invisibly, and the noise outside grew louder, indicating a helicopter was closing in.


    "As..." I heard Kenzie''s furious roar.


    With a sudden brake, the driver brought the car to a stop, sending us lurching forward. The pressure on my head lessened slightly. Dazed, I saw that the road ahead was blocked.


    "Those inside, listen up! Release the hostage and get out of the car! You''re not getting out of here!" The voice from outside echoed in. Inside the car, I could feel the two demonic men beside me growing anxious. "Ms. Kenzie, we can''t get out! What do we do?"All text ? N?velD(r)a''ma.Org.


    Just then, I heard As''s voiceing from the outside through the speakers, "Kenzie, let Chloe go Look ahead, you wouldn''t want to miss him. If anything happens to Chloe, Ernest will have nowhere to hide." .


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    Ernest?


    I was shocked, realizing that Ernest was already in As''s hands.


    I felt my scalp loosen slightly. Kenzie hesitated.


    "Kenzie..." Suddenly, faintly, I heard Ernest''s helpless cry.


    Kenzie''s hand let gopletely. "Ernest!"


    Her voice trembled as she called out, then came her hysterical scream, "Damn it! Let him go!"


    I held my head, sitting up straight, looking ahead.


    In the center of the road, As stood steadily not far from the car, holding a gun to Ernest''s head, his stance unwavering. The whirlwind from the helicopter tousled his clothes and hair, but he stood there imposingly, with a storm brewing in his eyes.


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    He waved his hand upward, and the buzzing noise immediately rose, then disappeared.


    "Kenzie, release Chloe, or I''ll let you


    witness Ernest''s fate with your own eyes!" He enunciated each word sternly, unafraid, pushing Ernest toward us.


    My heart leaped into my throat.