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.

stayed in the classroom and waited for Yasmin. If she were not

to replace the hostage and

look, but his heart was jumping out of his chest. "I understand where you are coming from. I don't have a daughter, but if my sister is a victim of abuse, I

hand trembled, drawing a deeper cut into Carrie's

here. The five students assaulted your daughter. They

as her

school? Do you understand the words

in school like the rest of us. She should be in a mental

a psycho.

taunting haunts

closed her eyes in agony, and

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 you more than ever. This drastic revenge is pushing

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 tried to take

the back looked at Ralph with

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