Carrie's voice tugged at Ralph's heartstrings.

"Save me, Ralph."

Scared stiff, Carrie wailed silently. Her teardrops broke Ralph's heart.

He wanted to comfort her, but the assurance to the hostage would trigger the perpetrator, putting the hostage in further danger.

Ralph took one long, hard look at Carrie before shifting his gaze to the man with bloodshot eyes.

"Easy there, Brian. The girl is innocent. She doesn't know about you. She doesn't know the five students. She's just an innocent bystander.

"Take me as your hostage. I'll take her place. Just let her go."

Carrie watched tearfully as Ralph inched closer to the perpetrator cautiously. Guilt washed over her.

She blamed her foolishness.

in the classroom and waited for Yasmin. If she were not so clumsy, she could have escaped. But it was

replace the hostage and take me down. You're a cop, so I can't overpower you. I already killed two kids, and it's too late for me now.

coming from. I don't have a daughter, but if my sister is a victim of abuse, I won't put up with

hand trembled, drawing a deeper cut into

here. The five students assaulted your daughter. They

teary eyes widened as her painful past

you in school? Do you understand the words coming out of my

be in school like the rest of

her. She's a psycho.

haunts Carrie to

closed her eyes in agony, and her trembling legs gave

you. You've taken two lives, but you can stop yourself from making more mistakes. Your daughter is still in the emergency room. You should be with her right now. She needs

up and learns that her father became a murderer because of her, she wouldn't just be haunted by the abuse, but she would also be shouldering heavy guilt. Don't do that on her. She's been hurt enough. She has

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