Chapter69


    Themanwidenedhiseyesinshock.“I…Ialreadytoldyoureverything.Whydoyoustillwanttocutoffmyhand?”


    Brianrepliedcoldly,“Isaidwe’dletyouyouleaveintact.Doit!”


    ,butIdidn’tsaywe’dlet


    Inthecar,Avelineanxiouslylookedaround.SheonlyrxedwhenshesawLucas‘tall,imposingfigureemergingfromtheabandoned.warehouse.


    AsLucasgotintothecar,sheimmediatelyasked,“Didyoufindoutanything?”Content ? provided by N?velDrama.Org.


    Lucasresponded,“Yes.”


    Avelineleanedincloser.“Whotamperedwithyourcar?”


    Therehadbeensomedistancebetweenthem,butasshe movedcloser,thespacevanished,andthefaintscentofherperfumefilledtheair.Lucasloweredhisgaze,hiseyesfallingonherface,rememberinghowshehadcrieduntilshechoked,hereyes.extremelyred,lookingutterlyheartbroken.


    “Notscaredanymore?”heasked.


    Avelinereplied,“Ofcourse<b>I’m</b>scared,butIwanttoknowwhoisbehindthis.Thatway,Icanbementallyprepared.”


    Lucasasked,“Mentallypreparedforwhat?”


    Avelinesatbackandsaidwithaflickerinhereyes,“Naturally,tobereadytorunatanymoment.Idon’twanttobedraggeddownbyyou.


    TheinterestinLucas‘eyesdisappearedinstantly.


    “Tote,”hesaid,closinghiseyes.


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    Avelinewasspeechless.


    So,washerlifeindangernow?Whatshouldshedo?Shehadn’tevenmovedintoher500–square–meterapartmentyet,hadn’tspenthersixmilliondors,andhadn’tstartedenjoyinghergreatlife.


    Sigh…


    Shesighedheavily.


    Lucasgaveheracoldnce.“You’renotdeadyet.Whyareyousighing?”


    Avelinereplied,“Isn’tmysituationprettyclosetodying?”


    Lucaswasspeechless.


    Briansooncameout,acigarettedanglingfromhismouth.Whenhereachedthecar,hetookalongdrag,thendroppedthecigarettebuttandstompeditoutbeforegettingin.


    “Mr.Tudor,it’salltakencareof,”Briansaid.


    “Good,”Lucasreplied,closinghiseyesagaintorest.


    Avelineasked,“Didthatperson…die?”


    Lucasreplied,“Idon’tdoillegalthings.”


    Avelinewasspeechlessbutwondered,“Isn’tusingextrajudicial


    measure.


    AttheThompsonfamilyestate.


    AservantknockedonJudy’sroomdoor,speakingrespectfully,”MissThompson,youhaveapackage.”


    Judywaspuzzled.“Ididn’torderanything.”


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    Theservantsaid,“Butithasyournameonit.”


    Judytookthepackage,examineditcarefully,andthenopenedit.Assoonasshesawwhatwasinside,shescreamed!“Ah!”


    Theservantalsosawwhatwasinsideandcopsedtothegroundinfear!


    “Whathappened?”


    Judy’sparentsrushedoutandsawtheseveredhandthathadfallenfromthebox.Itwasstillbleeding,lookingextremelyterrifying!


    Judythrewherselfintohermother’sarms.“Mom,someonewantstohurtme.I’msoscared…”


    Judy’smother,MichelleWalker,wasalsofrightened,thenturnedtoJudy’sfather,HankThompson.“What…whatisthisabout?”


    Hank’sfacewasgrimashelookedatJudy.“DidyoudosomethingtoMr.Lucas?”


    “No…”


    Judytriedtodenyit.


    Herfatherknewbyherexpression.“Tellthetruth!”


    Judywasstartledandquicklysaid,“I…Ijustwanted<b>to</b>scarehimabit.Whoaskedhimtodisregardourfamily?”


    ThebutleroftheThompsonfamilywasnotsomeoneLucascoulddismissashewished!


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