Exposing the Charade of Deep Affection (PDF)

Chapter 434

Chapter 434 We Could Have Left Right Away, Couldn’t We?

Her face unnaturally twitched, as if she wanted to laugh, but couldn’t. In pain, she awkwardly raised her

hand to cover the bruise on her face, and said with her head down, “I just fell while walking, it’s

nothing.”

I was thinking about Michael and didn’t press further. I said, “You should go home and apply some

medicine. You’ve hurt your face, you need to take care of it.”

She hummed in response, glanced towards the direction of the dark room and said, “Ms. Conner, are

you trying to dismiss the two gentlemen guarding the door?”

I nodded. She had been following me these past few days, and had probably guessed what I was

planning to do. I didn’t guard against her too much, initially thinking that she was simple-minded and

wouldn’t say much even if she knew something.

Seeing me nod, she said, “I’ll go then!”

After speaking, she was about to step forward, but I held her back, pursed my lips and said seriously,

“Marguerite, today I don’t just want to go in and see Michael, I want to take him away, to help him leave

this place.”

She paused slightly, not overly surprised, just nodded and said, “Yes, I understand, Ms. Conner.”

She didn’t ask anything, which surprised me a bit. I couldn’t help but say, “Aren’t you worried that you’ll

be held accountable by Ezra for helping me?”

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She seemed to think for a moment, then said, “Would you run away with him?”

I hesitated for a moment, paused and said, “I won’t be leaving for now.” I wanted to stay, to find an

opportunity to avenge Captain Lucas.

Hearing this, she said, “Then it’s fine, the gentleman cares about you, you will plead for me, so, I will be

alright.”

After speaking, she headed straight towards the direction of the dark room. It was unknown what she

had said to the two gatekeepers, but they indeed left one after the other.

Seeing the person leave, she waved at me and hurriedly entered the dark room.

Michael was still locked in the cage as before, but this time he was lying on the ground, shivering all

over, his lips trembling and pale. Seeing this, I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what had

happened. I called him a few times by his side, but there was no

response.

Marguerite looked at me and said, “Ms. Conner, take him away now, or you won’t be able to leave.”

I nodded, it was too late for anything else, I could only take him away first. Marguerite and I helped

Michael out of the dark room. The people in the mountains had all gone to deliver goods, so there

weren’t. many people around, and the journey was relatively smooth.

Having only walked halfway, Michael suddenly coughed up blood, his breathing becoming weaker and

weaker. Seeing this, I was somewhat stunned, not knowing what was wrong with him. I couldn’t

understand why a perfectly fine person would suddenly become like this.

When I hesitated, my first thought was to find someone to check on him, but Marguerite pulled out a

few pills from her pocket and said to

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me, “Ms. Conner, he might have been overdosed with Venom Rose powder. Give him these pills, they

can alleviate the symptoms.”

I was confused, frowning, “Venom Rose Pink?”

She nodded, her face pale, “People brought here, when they’re no longer useful, are force-fed large

amounts of unprocessed Venom Rose powder, left to die slowly. His condition is almost identical to

what I’ve seen before, so it’s likely the same. There are no doctors here, we can only use this medicine

to stabilize him for now, but we must leave here as soon as possible and find a doctor for treatment,

otherwise, he will die.”

I didn’t have time to think too much. After feeding Michael the medicine, I prepared to help him on our

way. We finally arrived at the place agreed upon with Stanley, but Stanley was nowhere to be seen.

However, Michael’s condition was somewhat bad.

Afraid that Michael couldn’t hold on, I looked at Marguerite and said, “Marguerite, is there any other

way? If he continues like this, I’m afraid I can’t hold on.”

Marguerite was at a loss, not knowing what to do for a moment. She shook her head in panic, saying, “I

don’t know either.”

Thinking of the walkie-talkie Stanley had given me before, I had brought it with me when I came out. I

quickly took out the walkie- talkie to contact Stanley, but for some reason, I couldn’t get through.

“Child…” I wasn’t sure if it was Marguerite’s medicine that was working, but Michael seemed a bit

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Seeing him regain some consciousness, I quickly grabbed him and said, “Michael, hang in there, the

police will be here soon, you’ll be fine ”

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He looked at me, his face pale, and sighed slightly, “It’s too late, I can’t go back.”

I shook my head, the image of Captain Lucas lying in a pool of blood on that rainy night suddenly

flashed in my mind. Tears involuntarily fell from my eyes as I tightly gripped Michael’s hand, my voice

choked with emotion, “No, you’ll be fine. I promised I’d get you home, and I will. Just hang on, the

police will be here soon.”

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