Chapter 193


    Someone’s calling. It’s Julia!


    Amelie nced in that direction only to see Julia tottering over in a rush with her twisted arm.


    “No! No! Stop it! B-Bria is at the other end!” Tears wet her paled face as she shook her head vigorously.


    She was on the brink of losing her mind.


    Everyone’s expression changed at that instant. Julia’s reaction made Amelie’s heart sink to the pit of


    her stomach. “What happened? Where’s Bria?”


    “Why did you let the kid in? Can’t you keep an eye on a kid?” Someone from the crows reproached.


    Frantic and remorse filled Julia to the brim as she bit her lower lip. “I… People were jostling around and


    she ran in. I-I’m terribly sorry!”


    She then sprinted in another direction with wobbly legs, shouting Bria’s name again and again.


    Meanwhile, Amelie broke into a cold sweat. It was as if someone had taken away a part of her; the


    hollow was painful.


    “What happened?” asked Leo, who was undoing the safety gears.


    Samuel approached him with a somber face. Instead of words, he merely shot a look at Leo.


    Leo took the hint as he whispered to Amelie, “I’ll take a look.”


    When the men were about to leave, Amelie suddenly piped up determinedly, “Samuel, just spill it.”


    He hesitated, but she added in a quivering voice, “Bria is my daughter. I have the right to know what


    happened.”


    Nothing hurt her more than knowing Bria was in danger.


    Despite the reluctance, Samuel recounted seriously, “Julia’s arm is dislocated because of the jostling


    crowd, and Bria seized the chance to look for you…”


    His expression darkened at that point. “When they lifted the pir, it shifted and fell onto her. ”


    “It fell on her?!” Amelie recalled Bria’s scream. Was that because of the fallen pir?


    The sudden plight spurred vehement emotions in her veins; her lungs shrank and squeezed out a


    cough of blood.


    Uff!


    “Elie!” he shrieked.


    Leo’s brows knitted tightly. The second Amelie coughed up blood, his heart squeezed and even his


    body shuddered. He reached out in an attempt to support her, but he could not touch her because she


    was stuck!


    “I’ll check on the situation.” As Bria’s father, no one was in more pain than Leo to hear her getting hurt.


    “I’ll be back.” He nced at Amelie while rising to his feet before leaving.


    On the other side, there was a throng of people surrounding with the same grim expression. Julia was


    not in the state of mind to treat her dislocated arm. She was kneeling and wailing Bria’s name.


    The crowd made way for Leo upon noticing his arrival. His gaze firstnded upon Bria’s figure, which


    wasying underneath a huge pir in a pool of fragments.


    It was a few timesrger than her body, burying her lower half. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her


    arms drooped listlessly.


    The doctor, who was checking on her situation, removed the stethoscope after Leo arrived. “She’s


    breathing, but seriously injured. If we don’t get her out right away, she might be in danger.”


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    “This pir is huge, and its position is tricky. We can only l it up from one side with the machines in our


    hands. Naturally, the other end will have to bear the extra weight and die.” Themander of the


    rescue team approached them with a solemn expression. It was heart-wrenching for him to tell the


    cruel truth. Lives were at stake.


    However, time was of the essence. Once the racks were broken, Amelie would be dead. As for Bria…


    If they could not make the call within ten minutes by choosing either one, both of them would die! Leo


    had never been in such a quandary.


    One was his daughter, and the other was Amelie.


    The circumstances shocked Julia to the core. As her mind went nk, she kept repeating the same


    thing. “What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?”


    “We must make a decision right now or we won’t be able to save either one!” urged themander


    because every second counted.


    At this moment, Samuel came up to them with a serious announcement. “Elie told us to save Bria first.”


    Amelie’s decision made Leo frown, yet he disyed no sort of expression.


    Meanwhile, the deranged Julia ran over and toss herself before Amelie. “No, no! You can’t do that.


    There must be a way, Elie. There has to be a way!”


    Amelie watched Julia as she wanted to wipe off those tears for her, but she couldn’t. She shut her eyes


    and her eyshes fluttered.


    No one could wee his death with open arms; she was not a heroine and the fear bore the same


    weight on her. Still, Bria was her biological daughter, so as the mother, how could Amelie bear to let


    Bria die?


    “Don’t fret, Julia. Luck’s on my side. Heaven won’t ept me.” She masked the intense fear to assure


    Julia.


    Julia shook her head vigorously, for no one would gamble when it was a matter of life and death.


    Speaking of which, she was the very person to me because she failed to look after Bria.


    “I’m with you, Elie. If we don’t survive this, we still have each other’spany.” She wiped off her tears


    before crawling underneath the pir.


    After that, Leo came. He looked at Julia indifferently before gazing at Amelie. “Don’t worry, I will keep


    both you and Bria safe.”


    Amelie raised her gaze onto his eyes which exuded determination and certainty. Strangely enough, it


    gave her a sense of security. In spite of theck of exnation, she had the hunch that he would fulfill


    his promise.


    “Okay.” She nodded without saying much.


    Leo stared at Amelie deeply before leaving. Not long after, a machinery voice prated the air as the


    commander gave his orders.


    The pir slowly yet miraculously levitated in the air upon the string ofmands. Noticing the shifting


    object, the surrounding people hurriedly pulled Amelie out and Julia crawled out herself.


    Both of them then dashed in Bria’s direction simultaneously. On the other side, the medical team


    carried the little girl away from the pir and ran outside in full pelt with an IV drip.


    Amelie wanted to catch up with them, but her frail body did not allow that; she flopped onto the ground


    after barely running a few steps.


    Julia, who noticed Samuel, helped Amelie up and then rushed to him. The anxious Amelie almost


    tossed herself at him. “How’s Bria? Is she okay?”


    Another arm pulled her into an embrace before she touched Samuel. The warmth wrapped around her


    tightly as though she was a long-lost treasure.


    “Bria’s safe. She didn’t suffer any secondary injuries from the rescue.” The familiar voice pulled her


    back to her senses, and she finally realized who was hugging her.