Chapter 539 Couldn’t Leave

She followed the sound of the voice with urgency, and she saw a woman in the corner of the basement. “Laura!” Josie shouted as she sped towards her.

Josie knelt down to see how she was doing.

Hopelessness etched on her face as if the world had crumbled upon her.

As soon as she saw Josie, her eyes lit up with a glimmer of hope. “Josie,” she whimpered.

Josie could feel her tears welling up as she looked at Laura’s back. Laura’s clothes were torn, and her bare skin was covered in red marks.

The crisscross of bloody marks was a testament to the brutal beatings she had suffered.

Josie was frozen in place, and her eyes brimmed with tears. “Laura…

Arnold’s forehead wrinkled in disgust at the ghastly sight. “Zach must be crazy!”

As he looked around, he saw an array of weapons used to abuse her. Arnold felt a shiver run down his spine as he saw some of them stained with blood.

Josie tried to lift Laura up. “Let’s go. I’ll take you out of here. We’ll go see a doctor. You’ll get better, Laura,”

Laura said breathlessly, “I can’t leave now.”

“Why not?”

today. Zach wouldn’t let you get away with taking

filled with worry:

out now,” he responded, taking

shivering. She couldn’t warm

Andy to get a doctor in here. They’ll be coming in disguise. They

you mean Laura can’t leave this

cracking.

time. We can’t take her

nodded in assent to Arnold’s suggestion. “He’s

only one that seemed feasible at the

He had the doctor disguise themselves as an employee of the Carter Group

it was difficult to ignore Arnold’s atypical

to something,” Larry said, his eyes tracking Arnold’s secretary, Andy,

looked at him and ordered, “Have someone keep an eye on

“What about us?”

“We’ll stay put.”

medical supplies from his bag and said, “Ms. Brandel, I can’t administer anesthesia under these conditions. I’ll need you to bear with the

pain when he placed the gauze pad soaked in antiseptic on

bear watching her in pain. She turned around and quickly wiped away

sigh. He lifted his hands but paused midway. Eventually, he

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