Chapter 78: Impending danger
"Hello? Hello?" Aubrey barks into the phone, her voice desperate as she tries calling back, only to find the number unavailable.
"This can't be happening," she grunts, fear, panic, and confusion swirling like a maelstrom in her mind.
Aubrey's mind, a whirlpool of horror and disbelief, replayed the moment she had pulled the trigger, the vision of Lucky's body crumpling to the floor, his life's blood spilling onto the ground, a gruesome scene she had thought was the end of their twisted story.
But now, like a ghastly mirage in the desert, he had reappeared, his threats as cruel and unfeeling as ever.
"Cripple Enzo. Tomorrow," she repeated Lucky last words, her voice a whisper that was carried away by the wind. "This is bad.
The consequences of inaction, a gnawing fear that gnashed at the corners of her mind, tore away at Aubrey's resolve.
