Chapter 251 Is It an Illusion or Reality?
Jimmy Flores pulled a stunt that got the media and cops buzzing, and they showed up at the scene in no time.
Outside, someone was yelling through a megaphone, trying to talk Jimmy into letting Nora and Ashley go, but Jimmy wasn't having it. He kept them locked up in a tiny, dark break room inside the café.
The air in there was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Ashley and Nora were tied up with some rough hemp rope, and Nora's neck was bleeding, making the whole situation even more unbearable.
Ashley could hear the cops outside, "Hey, listen up! Let the hostages go and keep them safe, and we'll work this out."
Jimmy shouted back, "Bring Ethan here! I wanna talk to him! If not, everyone inside dies!"
Ethan? Ashley's heart skipped a beat. She thought she was just being paranoid, but nope, Jimmy was really gunning for the Yates Group!
Ashley knew she had to do something. She wriggled her hands, and soon enough, the rope around her wrists came loose.
"Ms. Wilson," Nora whispered.
Ashley put a finger to her lips, signaling for silence, and then untied Nora's ropes and gag.
"I'm gonna help you. Stay quiet, or we're toast if he finds out."
Nora nodded, eyes wide with fear, "Okay."
Ashley turned on her phone's flashlight, ripped a strip from her clothes, and rummaged around the break room. She found some disinfectant and sprayed it on Nora's wound.
The moment the disinfectant hit, Nora felt like her neck was on fire. She couldn't help but cry out.
Realizing her mistake, she quickly covered her mouth, "Ms. Wilson, I'm sorry..."
"Shh! Don't talk!"
Ashley's heart pounded. She quickly finished bandaging the wound. Just then, she heard footsteps coming closer, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead, but she stayed calm.
Jimmy heard Nora's scream and came to check it out.
Ashley hurriedly finished treating Nora's wound, then tied herself back up, making it look like nothing had changed. Nora kept her head down to hide the bandaged wound.
The door swung open, and Jimmy flicked on the light to see what was up.
"Why are you screaming? Don't try anything funny, or you're dead!" Jimmy barked.
Ashley quickly shook her head and glanced to the side. Jimmy followed her gaze and saw a cockroach crawling on the cabinet.
"Stay in line!" Jimmy turned off the light, shut the door, and locked it.
Ashley let out a huge sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground like a deflated balloon.
"That was terrifying!"
Nora whispered, "Ms. Wilson, what do we do? The door's locked!"
Ashley flicked on her phone's flashlight and scanned the room, spotting an air vent on the ceiling. Her eyes lit up, "I've got an idea."
Just then, her phone gave a low battery warning. Before she could do anything, it died.
In an instant, the room was pitch black.
"Ms. Wilson, it's so dark, I'm scared!" Nora was on the verge of tears.
Ashley hugged her tight. "Don't worry, I'm here. I'll protect you!"
The darkness was suffocating, and Ashley felt a wave of dizziness. She rubbed her temples as strange yet familiar images flashed through her mind.
In a dark cave, two kids were tied up. The candlelight was dim, making it hard to see, but she could tell they were children.
Someone approached and whispered disgusting things into the girl's ear, doing terrible things to her. The boy next to her fought desperately with the man, who accidentally passed out. She saw a small knife on the man and quickly cut through her restraints.
"My name is Hayes. Let's get out of here!" She tore the tape off his mouth and used the knife to cut the rope on his hands. But then, footsteps echoed from outside the cave.
The two were terrified.
The little girl handed the knife to the boy, "I'll distract them. You cut the rope and escape!"
She ran off, and the boy shouted after her, "Hayes, what's your full name?!"
"How can I repay you?" he asked.
"You have such a nice voice, you must be good-looking too. How about you marry me when you grow up?" The girl laughed like a tinkling bell.
"You escape that way, and I'll distract the bad guys!" she said.
"Be careful. I'll get adults to help us!"
Just then, another scene flashed through Ashley's mind. At the critical moment, Nora said, "Ms. Wilson, why aren't you talking?"
Ashley snapped back to reality, the sudden memories feeling like a strange dream.
Rubbing her temples, she said, "It's nothing. I just felt a bit dizzy. Maybe the room is too stuffy, and I had a hallucination!"
"Let's go. I'll help you crawl out through the vent!" she said.
"Okay."
Ashley climbed onto the cabinet, pried open the vent cover, and started crawling inside with Nora.
Meanwhile,
Ethan had just woken up from a nap and noticed Ashley wasn't beside him. When he asked the maid, he learned that Ashley had taken Nora out shopping.
Suddenly, his phone rang. It was Diannel, "Mr. Yates, something terrible has happened. Mrs. Yates has been taken hostage!"
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