Lyle’s eyes widened in disbelief as it was the first time Crystal showed her true colors in front of him.
Meanwhile, Christopher refused to drink and said, “Eve, you need to save it for yourself!”
In an attempt to force him into submission, I had a mouthful of water and leaned over to force the water into his mouth. Afraid of wasting the liquid, the man had no choice but to swallow it when he felt it gushing down his chin. After a few mouthfuls, he announced, “You need to stop, Eve!”
“Shut up and preserve your energy as much as possible!” I got another dampened cloth to clean his wound. After much hesitation, I walked in Lyle’s direction and shared some of our limited water with him.
‘Y-Yvonne—” Lyle gulped down the mouthful of water, his eyes glued to me with an odd expression.
I must have lost my mind for showing others mercy in times of emergencies. However, I just couldn’t stand watching someone passing on in front of me. “This is the last time I’m doing you a favor. You’re on your own from now onwards.”
When I brought myself away, a chubby-looking woman rushed over to Christopher’s side and snatched the bottle of water away from him. I immediately dashed after the fleeing woman and yelled, “Hand it back to me!”
“It now belongs to me since I have gotten my hands on it! You’re the one who needs to stay away from me!” She knew I wasn’t a match for her in terms of strength after being dehydrated for such a long time. I couldn’t even withstand a push of hers and ended up falling.
Unwilling to set her free, I pounced on her and begged her to be merciful. “Please return the bottle of water to me! My husband needs it for his wound! Otherwise, he’s going to die due to infection!”
“Since he’s going to die, it’s time for him to the livings a favor! Get out of my way immediately!” The woman launched a kick in my direction. I was exhausted to the extent I could no longer shriek. Nonetheless, I refused to let go of the bottle of water and tried to snatch it back from her.
Her party had gone through an emotional breakdown when they found out they were out of water. They couldn’t even be bothered by the presence of the man on the beach.
I couldn’t afford to lose our only bottle of water as Christopher’s life would depend on it. In a final attempt to defend the water, I bit her with all my might. She shrieked in pain and slapped me in the face, accidentally sending the bottle of water flying the moment she unfastened her grip.
We ended up spilling the entire bottle of water on the beach. I tried to salvage whatever was left, but the only thing left in my hands was a handful of dampened sand.
On the other hand, the woman tried to finish the water left in the bottle, but there was merely a drop left. She ended up sitting on the beach and exclaimed, “We’re done! It’s only a matter of time before we all die from dehydration!”
As I sat next to her with a handful of sand, my mind was all over the place. I felt overwhelmed by a sense of despair.
Out of nowhere, the woman turned around and pinned me to the ground, starting another fight when she was the one at fault. “It’s all your fault! I’d get to live for another day had you stopped getting in my way!”
I made myself sit upright when I was about to pass out. In an attempt to defend myself, I started attacking the woman with a stone. The moment blood gushed out of her wound, she started wailing in pain.
Immediately after she stopped picking on me, I pushed her away and rushed back to Christopher’s side to defend him in fear of the woman picking on the frail man.
She buried her face in her hands and sprinted in the direction of the sea while yelling, “There’s no way I’m starving to death! I’d rather drown myself to set myself free from suffering!”
Immediately after she finished yelling, she dove into the sea with rigorous waves. No one bothered to rush over to her rescue. Soon, she was nowhere to be seen.
