Chapter 4
I hurriedly arrived at Karaoke Room 303, and as soon as I pushed open the door, I saw Layton being held down and forced to drink by a group of people.
I pulled Layton behind me, and
doing here? Can someone like youstically said to me, “So it’s you, the pauper. What are you
to a place like this?”
I ignored her and held Layton’s hand, ready to leave.
But Fiona’s words left me frozen in place.
“Sister, do you know who came up with the idea of getting Layton drunk and then turning it into a done deal? It was our parents.”
His word “sister” left everyone stunned in their tracks.
I dressed shabbily and Fiona, on the other hand, was dressed in luxurious branded clothes. From
our appearance to our demeanor, we were completely mismatched and it was hard to imagine us
together.
But at this moment, I only had immense anger and disappointment in my heart.
My biological parents, they did such a thing.
Fiona walked up to me and looked at me with a playful gaze.
“You ugly freak, even your parents despise you. Why don’t you go die?”
“I was high up, and you were just a mud loach in the ground. Dare to bet, if we both got into trouble. at the same time, who would our parents care more about?”
I thought she was just talking, but I didn’t expect that the next moment, a group of people in black
rushed in.
Fiona paused for a moment.
“Who are you? Get out of here immediately!”
The man in black slapped.
“Fiona, I was not a dog that you could call and command!”
The black–clad men made someone put hoods over my and Fiona’s heads, then pushed us into a van
and sent Layton back to deliver a message to our parents.
After taking off the mask, I saw Fiona’s face turn pale with fear.
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Both of us had our hands and feet tied to a chair at the same time. I looked around and saw that we
were in an abandoned construction site.
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The robber, wearing a mask, sneered, “Fiona, you, this arrogant woman, always love showing off your wealth. We have been watching you for a long time.”
Afterward, he aimed his phone at us and took a video, then he dialed his parents‘ phone number.
“Sir Logan, Madam Logan, both of your daughters are in our hands. Be sensible and transfer the
ransom.”
“Don’t call the police, or else I will tear up the ticket!”
After seeing the video, Mom and Dad stopped pretending and tremblingly said, “Don’t hurt them! How much ransom? I’ll give it!”
Without waiting for the robber to speak, Fiona burst into loud sobs.
“Dad! Mom! Save me quickly! I’m scared!”
I shouted hard, but my voice was eventually drowned out by Fiona’s crying.
The robber mentioned a number.
“Five million for one person. You have half an hour. No waiting beyond the deadline. By then, all
you will see are two corpses!”
My parents, upon hearing this, were so scared that they couldn’t speak coherently.
“Don’t tear the ticket, we… I… we’ll give it!”
“But how can we find so much money all at once? Can’t we make some arrangements and release
both of them, with five million?”
The robber sneered and glanced at me and Fiona.
“I secretly observed both of your daughters. One is spoiled and extravagant, spending money like water every day. The other has a pale complexion and works hard, taking on two jobs to make ends meet. You two are biased, aren’t you?”
“In this way, five million, you could only choose one.”
Dad was immediately very troubled.
Not long after, I heard my mom mumbling something.
“Child’s father, the group’s cash flow is not much either, at most we can only come up with five
million. I suggest we save one first, believing they won’t dare to tear up the ticket.”
This sentence may be light, but Fiona and I heard it at the same time.
A glimmer of hope surged in my heart.
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Fiona immediately pleaded in fear.
Dad, Mom! Save me! Save me first! You love me so much; you must save me first.”
The robber did not give my parents much time to consider and started counting down.
“Three!”
“Two!”
As he counted down, my inner anticipation grew stronger, and suddenly I wanted to hear the choice spoken by them.
I fantasized that, as their biological daughter, they would not abandon me.
Time came to the last second, and my parents said in unison, “We chose Fiona!”
The moment I heard the answer, my mind went blank as if I had been struck by lightning.
The robber smirked meaningfully.
“Okay, hurry up and raise funds. You have half an hour.”
Mom and Dad agreed repeatedly and finally made a request.
“Can I have a private conversation with Regina?”
The robbers, thinking about the two daughters of the parents in their hands, dared not play tricks,
so they agreed.
I held the phone to my ear, wanting to shout “Mom and Dad,” but my throat felt stuck, and I
couldn’t shout it out no matter how hard I tried.
Dad’s voice came through the microphone.
“Regina, don’t be afraid. They wouldn’t dare to harm you. Once they receive the money, they will return you and your sister, and you can safely go back home.”
Mom also added a sentence, “Your dad is right, daughter. You have to be brave, and your parent
will save you.‘
. I heard their comforting words, and my heart bled.
In their hearts‘ balance, Fiona was the most important one.
In this gambling game, I ultimately lost to Fiona.
Parents, fearing for Fiona’s life, gave her the ransom without hesitation, but they gambled with my life that the kidnappers wouldn’t tear the ticket.
I choked back tears as I responded to them, “Mom, Dad, the gratitude for raising me in this lifetime
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has already been fulfilled.”
Mom and Dad, upon hearing this, completely panicked.
“Daughter! What are you talking about? You wouldn’t have any trouble…”
Before he finished speaking, I gestured for the robber to take the phone away.
He glanced at me. His eyes filled with sympathy.
Half an hour had passed, and the robber confirmed that the ransom had been received. He ordered
someone to blindfold Fiona and push her into the van to be taken back, while I was left behind.
Mom and Dad confirmed that Fiona was safe and were about to ask the robber if I could also be
released.
However, what they heard through the microphone was a deafening sound of gunshots…
