“It’s all Kendall’s fault! She made us miss the best chance for negotiation!”
“Now not only is my daughter beyond saving, but all thirty-six children in the kindergarten are doomed!”
Tears streaming, Cassidy collapsed weakly into Aidan’s arms.
He reached to hold her, murmuring comfort, while his eyes turned on me with raw disgust. His hand lashed across my face.
“Kendall, is this the result you wanted?”
“Delaying the negotiation, letting the rescue slip away!”
The force of the slap nearly sent me to the ground, but I forced myself to stay upright. Aidan’s gaze hardened with resolve.
“I will negotiate again. Please, give me a little more time. This time, I will use everything I know, every skill I have, to save these thirty-five children!”
After saying this, Aidan turned and prepared to re-enter.
Panic surged in my heart.
In my previous life, after Aidan’s first negotiation failed, he had immediately carried out a second.
It was in that second negotiation that he failed.
The madman detonated the explosives, killing my daughter and the other children.
“No!”
“I don’t agree to you going in!”
I grabbed Aidan’s hand tightly, shouting through clenched teeth.