The sound of a gunshot rang out.

Josie immediately opened her eyes and was startled to see a bullet striking Johnny’s knife, causing it to fall to the ground. Johnny looked incredulously at the person in the distance.

Dexter, dressed in a black shirt with unrolled sleeves, approached with smooth and confident strides. He firmly held a gun in his hand, smoke still wafting from the barrel.

He hurriedly approached, finding Josie sitting on the ground in a pitiful state. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks, and she was so aggrieved that she couldn’t utter a word.

She didn’t care why Dexter had come. She just felt terrified.

Johnny had lost his weapon. He retreated step by step, but he didn’t beg for mercy. Instead, he knelt straight down on the ground, understanding that his life was about to be ruined.

“Mr. Olsen!” Larry arrived later, so shocked by the scene before him that he was rendered speechless.

Upon seeing Dexter, Mark finally breathed a sigh of relief and slowly closed his eyes.

“Don’t fall asleep!” Josie exclaimed.

him to the hospital. Quickly!” Dexter spoke

bodyguards quickly took hold of the person from Josie’s hands. A people carried him and ran

follow, but Dexter raised his hand, pressing her back down and causing her to sit back in her original

at him blankly, momentarily unsure of how she

put the gun away and squatted down to meet her gaze. He grasped her frail wrist, which was worn and scarred beyond

from the situation here, he could tell how

Adam’s apple bobbed, and after a moment, he finally said, “You’ve been through

“All these years.”

blank expression

changed dramatically as he quickly stepped into the abandoned construction site.

Morgan’s worries and anxieties had

He had arrived late.

was still at the scene. How

it be that he had known

when they came to the rescue. Larry fetched a medical kit from the car and brought it over. Dexter carefully applied the

The two remained silent.

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