“Honey? Honey?”

Ashlyn’s hands shook even more violently. She was already too lost in her own world.

Her lips were getting paler and her throat was getting drier by the second. She felt like she could see her mother.

“Mom, please take me with you. Dad hit me again today. I miss you, mom.”

“Mom.” She extended a hand to take her mom’s before throwing herself at her.

Don’t be afraid, Lyn. She heard her mother’s voice and saw the gentle smile on her face.

“Mom,” she sobbed as tears streamed down when she felt her mother’s tight hug around her.

Her mind was getting blurrier as time went by.

“Honey? Honey, are you still with me?” Lucas asked when he felt the tight clutches on his hands loosening slowly.

He quickly embraced her cold body. “Honey, can you hear me?” His tensed voice was filled with a trace of worry he didn’t even notice.

the elevator was silent as soon as his voice fell.

a group of maintenance staff arrived with their tools. “Is anyone inside?” one of them asked from

he hurriedly answered. “Please hurry open the doors!

staff immediately started pounding and prying open

worked together to crack open the

elevator. Lucas looked down

lost all its color at the sight. He had never been

anxiously turned his gaze to the staff outside. “Hurry!

seemed to be stuck in place, though. It was difficult for them to

result of extreme worries and fear. He tightened his arms around her as

at this moment, they had successfully opened the

carried the unconscious Ashlyn and

were all soaked in their own sweat

medical staff waiting outside the elevator. They surrounded Lucas when they saw the unconscious woman in

and forth. “Oxygenate her first,” uttered one

on the hospital bed. Her face was still as pale

gloomily

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