“No one’s allowed to stop the ride without my order,” she added. “Let her ride to her heart’s content. Maybe next time she’ll think twice before competing for attention.”
Then Regina walked off, arm in arm with her ex, leaving behind an empty park. She’d dismissed every employee on site.
By the time I shattered the control room glass and got to my daughter, blood from the ride had already soaked through the pavement.
I cradled her broken body and collapsed to my knees just as Gloria arrived, breathless.
“Regina killed my daughter,” I choked out. “She needs to pay. I’ll make her pay—”
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“There’s still a chance!” a doctor who served the Seco family shouted after checking for a pulse. “We can still save her. We need to get her to a hospital — now!”
When we got to the emergency entrance, Regina’s assistant blocked our way again.
I fell to my knees, begging, forehead hitting the ground over and over.
“If Regina wants revenge, let her take it out on me! Just please, please let my daughter get help!”
Even Gloria, Regina's mother, pushed the assistant with all her might. “If you cost my granddaughter her life, I swear I’ll bury you with her!”