“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

with their tools. “Is anyone inside?” one of them asked from the

answered. “Please

pounding and prying open the

group worked together to crack open the

they did, a small ray of light finally illuminated the dark elevator. Lucas looked down to see Ashlyn, who had already fainted in his

sight. He had never been this

gaze to the staff outside. “Hurry! Please

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

can you hear me?” His voice trembled as a result of extreme worries

moment, they

the unconscious Ashlyn and

were all soaked in their own sweat from being inside

of medical staff waiting outside the elevator. They surrounded Lucas when they saw the unconscious woman in his arms. “Carry her

back and forth. “Oxygenate

hospital bed. Her face was still as pale as a

heart was a mess as he gloomily stared at

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