Even a vicious tiger would not eat its cubs. I could trust him.
I nodded. "Okay.”
Although I had asked the cab driver to call the cops for me, I was not sure if he would really do so.
I was too reckless this time. I should have told Tyler before coming here.
When Mason saw me staring at the dagger, he smiled and said, "I'm only asking you to disfigure yourself, not kill yourself. I'm being merciful enough."
I could not help but sneer. "Should I be thanking you, then?”
He suddenly recalled something and said with a smile, "Oh, I forgot to tell you. You may not entirely survive this either. I smeared something on the blade o f the dagger. If you're lucky enough, then you might not die, but if you're unlucky..."
He did not finish the rest of the sentence, but how could I not know?
Therefore, after this dagger struck my face, I would either get away with a disfigured face or die.
Mason raised his eyebrows. "I can help you if you’re
afraid." "No thanks," I said in a cold voice.
Looking at the dagger in my hand, I clenched my teeth.
Although I was not afraid of dying, this just felt so unfair.
Mason was afraid that long delays would cause complications, and he refused to let me delay things for a second longer. Seeing that I was still not moving, he quickly walked over. "I think I should do it for you."
I looked at his almost ferocious expression and instinctively took a step back. "Must you be so unsparing, Mason?"
Mason was stunned for a moment, then roared with laughter. “I thought you really weren't afraid."
I was a human being, not a single-cell being. How could I not be afraid when I was in such a lifethreatening situation?
When the man was done laughing, he continued to walk closer to me.
I vaguely sensed something and opened my eyes. A man's upright back came into my view.
This was Theo’s back. There was no mistake.
"Theo," I called out to him with shuddered breaths.
A few people rushed in to hold Mason down. Theo's body swayed a few times. Seeing as though he was about to fall, Tyler quickly supported him. "Quickly take him to the hospital."
I saw the dagger pierced into Theo's arm and fresh blood oozing out of the opening. My head started ringing, and for a moment, I had no idea if I was dead o r alive.
When I arrived at the hospital, I was already losing consciousness.
I told Carlson that Mason had smeared a sort of drug o n the dagger before passing out.
When I woke up, I saw doctors and nurses walking back and forth in front of me.
Seeing that I was awake, a nurse asked, "How are you feeling?”
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