“Zara, you’ve gone mad!” Henry bellowed, “Put down the gun right now!”
“I knew it.” Zara gave Henry a painful look. “At the crucial moment, you would still choose to side with your grandson.”
“He’s right. I shouldn’t have helped you,” Henry fumed with a trembling voice. “Put down the gun and follow Zachary to the police station.”
“No, I won’t!” Zara screamed. “I refuse to go to prison. How can I, the pride of the family, end up there? Didn’t you promise to save me by sending me away? Why did you change your mind just because of a few words from him? I’m a Nacht too. In fact, I’m your daughter! How can you bear to do this?”
Just as Zara unleashed her tirade, tears streaked down the sides of her face. She realized that her last sliver of hope was slipping away.
She didn’t understand how her father could be so cruel to her.
She too was a Nacht. In fact, she was even closer to him by blood than Zachary was.
Why is he doing this to me?
“Do you hear me?” Leaning on the car door, Henry exclaimed, “The Lindbergs are almost here. There’s no escape for you. Your only choice is to turn yourself in at the police station with Zachary. That’s your last chance of survival!”
Henry had used up all his might to accentuate the last sentence. He was so desperate that he almost fell out of the car. Fortunately, Bruce was there to support him.
“How did Charlotte know about your movements? Who else but Zachary must have told her?” Zara refused to trust him. “He might tell you that he’s taking me to the police, but he might actually be conspiring with Charlotte to bring me to her. It’s just a ploy of theirs!”
“You…”
“There’s no more time.” Zachary ran out of patience and pointed his gun at Zara. “On the count of three, if you don’t let Mr. Spencer go, I won’t show you any mercy!”
“Come on then. We’ll all just die together.” Zara cocked the gun and pressed it against Spencer’s head. “You b*stards, all of you were raised by this old man. Do you want to see him die? God will judge you for that.”
Her words struck a nerve. Ben, Bruce, and all the other subordinates began to hesitate.
They were all adopted from the orphanage by Spencer who single-handedly raised them. Now that his life was on the line, none of them could bear to take the risk.
“Zara, stop this madness! Release Spencer at once!”
Henry was filled with desperation. Unable to stand, all he could do was lean by the car door and yell anxiously.
“All of you, back off!” Zara barked fiercely.
“Release him or I’ll shoot.”
Zachary cocked his gun. Given his combat prowess and decisiveness, he knew whoever backed down would lose the initiative.
“Is that so?” Zara aimed at Spencer’s leg and fired.
“Argh!”
Spencer cried out in agony before falling toward the ground.
“Mr. Spencer!” Everyone exclaimed in shock.
“You…” Zachary used the opportunity to fire at Zara.
However, at the crucial moment, Henry pushed his car door to knock Zachary off his aim, causing his bullet to miss its target.
As for everyone else, no one dared to make a move due to Spencer being held hostage.
In the midst of the chaos, Zara pulled Spencer along with her into Henry’s car. She barked at the driver, “Drive!”
When the driver saw that Zara was holding Henry and Spencer as hostages, he had no choice but to drive forward as fast as he could.
“Stop them!” Zachary ordered.
However, no one dared to do so with Henry and Spencer in the car.
Zara’s car quickly broke through the encirclement and sped toward the airport.
“Hunt them down!” Zachary jumped into his car and led everyone else in pursuit. Meanwhile, Charlotte and her team arrived…
