When I saw Emma, my lips curved. “Foolish and ignorant. You didn’t even check that this woman is my enemy. Truly, thank you, father.”
I raised the gun again and aimed at his forehead. “Perfect. Let me kill two birds with one stone.”
Seeing that I was truly fearless, my stepfather panicked, and his face twisted with disbelief. “If you dare kill me, this woman will surely die before me!”
I raised an eyebrow. “Then go ahead and try.”
As I was about to pull the trigger, I felt cold pressure at my waist crawl across my back.
A gun barrel was pressed against me from behind.
Then a voice I knew rang out, “Let your people release Emma, and I will let you go.”
In disbelief, I turned my head and saw the cold, ruthless Easton. When his eyes met mine, he quickly looked away. In a voice just for us, he whispered, “I’m sorry.”
Betrayal hit me like falling into a cold pond, struggling blindly, and then drowning in hopelessness.
Seeing me held by one of my own, my stepfather laughed up at the sky.
“Didn’t expect it, Tisha, you’d have a day like this too!” He nodded at Easton with satisfaction. “Very good.”