Chapter 779
“Marilla’s gone?”
The news hit Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy like a cold blast of winter air.
“She’s gone! I’ve looked everywhere, she’s just not there!” Lily’s voice trembled on the verge of tears.
Evadne tried to keep her composure, softening her tone to soothe Lily’s distress,
“Lily, you only told us where Marilla might have been taken in the heat of the moment without any details. Now, take a deep breath and tell mè everything that happened. Who informed you that Marilla had been taken to the old Wye factory?”
“Aaron and I were close on the kidnapper’s heels when that hitman, the same one who took Marilla before, blocked our path!”
“Him again!” A sharp pang clenched Evadne’s heart.
The face that haunted her thoughts was the one Marilla had sketched,
eerily resembling Hubery.
“I couldn’t overpower him, so Aaron decided to hold him off while I
went to rescue Marilla!”
Lily bit her lip hard, “But that scoundrel brought backup, a woman! She traded a few blows with me, then deliberately knocked into my knife, wounding me severely. Then, she whispered to me where Marilla was being held and urged me to go save her. I thought I’d found an ally, but it was a ploy–a diversion, a ruse! She sent me away to make it easier to deal with Aaron! Ms. Evadne, I’ve been such a fool! I deserve to
die!”
en route with backup. Don’t worry, and
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was deep and calm, patiently comforting
her, and she asked urgently, “What
eyes, I’ll never forget
conviction, “Because they looked so much
“I understand now.”
can’t tell you who, for her own safety. But I believe the information
that, Thaddeus also had a hunch about the woman’s
hoarse, “If it’s true, then why can’t I find Marilla?”
of information. But one thing is certain, she wouldn’t be far
factory is desolate, no residential zones, not much in the way of
“Yes!”
exchanged a glance that conveyed volumes and simultaneously
“Avery!”
or the last, the mastermind behind the shadows had
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always been Avery!
how Gary had found such formidable support; the hitman was one of Snakey Avery’s
destroy Jareth and
the Ashbourne family since his youth,
still chose to exploit him in his scheme to harm her
intent was
was brought back to the present as Thaddeus‘ eyes darkened with the brewing storm, “He’s crossed a line, attacking my sister and my brother.
tip
to his shoulder, her brows knitted, “If it comes to him,
widened slightly,
helped Elvis escape from The Velvet Haven and passed on crucial information that helped us take down Matthew. Now, she’s risked her life to reveal Marilla’s location, clearly switching sides to our ally! If we confront Avery now, it’s like putting Elsie on the chopping block. With Avery’s ruthlessness, he’d kill Elsie in a heartbeat
chest, filled with a heavy
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foreboding.
pulling her close, his husky voice whispered
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