When fate plays its hand

“It seems those two women are in there!” Kenny exclaimed. He grabbed Ollie by the shoulders and shoved him aside forcefully before kicking open the door. However…

The room was empty. No one was there.

Why did Ollie try to block him?

Kenny felt a sinking feeling in his chest. Something wasn’t right. With that thought, he turned and grabbed Ollie’s collar. “Tell me, what are you people playing at?”

At that moment, a blood–curdling scream came from outside. “Kenny! Help me!”

Kenny’s face changed. He let go of Ollie and rushed outside.

The next second, he saw Shawn sitting on the concrete yard outside the house. His right leg was impaled by a curved sickle. The blade embedded halfway through, nearly going through his thigh completely.

“Shawn!” Kenny rushed to his side. He wanted to reach out and remove the sickle, but he hesitated when his gaze landed on the gruesome wound.

Soon, a pool of blood soaked through Shawn’s fleece–lined jeans. The blue fabric was darkened to black by the blood.

“Shawn, how are you holding up? I’ll call for a car to take you to the hospital right now!”

“There’s no need-” Shawn held Kenny’s arm and looked up at him. His face was twitching with pain as he shot a look of burning hatred toward Sebastian, who was standing nearby. Then, his gaze shifted to the three people hiding behind the house, Miranda, Madison, and Julie.

Shawn shouted, “I can still hold on. Before we go to the hospital, you have to make them pay for injuring me. As for those two women, I saw them filming with their phones earlier. You can’t let them upload and share the video!”

Hearing this, Kenny paused for a moment. “Fine. First, check your wound and stop the bleeding.”

Then, he took out his phone and dialed a number. “Mr. Black, my brother is hurt. I need to borrow a few of your men…

Sebastian realized the situation was escalating. He immediately took action to take Miranda and Madison to safety. Joli also called out for his parents to help. © NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.

However, Kenny wasn’t about to let them go so easily. He cracked his neck and flexed his fingers, making his knuckles pop. “You stabbed my brother and think you can just walk away? Do you think this world is going to be that kind to you?”

Sebastian retorted, “He ran into it himself. Who’s to blame for that?”

“You’ve got guts, punk!”

“Thanks for the compliment.”

Kenny let out a humorless laugh. He didn’t know whether to compliment Sebastian on his foolish boldness or mock his audacity. “At first, I wanted to handle this peacefully with everyone. We’d be done once we signed the contract.

“However, people like you who don’t know your place appeared, and you even stabbed my brother. Since that’s how it is, none of you are leaving today!”

“Whether we leave or not isn’t up to you. Step aside!” Sebastian said firmly, standing at the front of the group.

Stunned, Madison stared at him in awe and admiration. It was the first time she noticed that Sebastian was not only handsome, but he was also incredibly manly!

Joli handed his mother over to Ollie and picked up a hoe lying nearby. He stepped forward to stand beside Sebastian. “We can’t stall any longer. You guys must leave! Kenny’s called for backup.”

Sebastian nodded in agreement.

Although Kenny was aggressive, Shawn was injured and unable to even stand. It was impossible for him to join the fight. Alone, Kenny had no chance of stopping Sebastian and Joli.

Just as they shoved Kenny into a corner and prepared to lead everyone to safety, a group of young men dressed like thugs appeared and surrounded the Clifford residence. There were at least five or six of them!

Joli’s face turned pale. “They’re here!”

It was less than five minutes from when Kenny called for reinforcements. Given how quickly they had arrived, these men were clearly from the village.

Kenny scrambled to his feet and ordered in a rage, “Take away whatever they’re holding and grab them!”