Facade of Love

Chapter 439 Escape

Kenneth looked at me, squinted his eyes, and a smile appeared on his rough and scarred face. "Little girl, I regarded you as a guest and wanted to treat you kindly. How come you don't know how to show gratitude and instead hold my people hostage, hmm?"

I pressed the gun against Lucas' body a bit more and said, "Don't play those dumb tricks with me. I'll say it again: let us go, or I'll kill him."

Kenneth's face darkened, and there was a twitch on the corners of his cruel mouth. He stopped smiling and replied, "Alright, go ahead. Kill him. Let's see if his life is worth more than all of yours."

"Dad, no!" Yara panicked, clutching Kenneth's arm tightly. She looked nervously at Lucas, who had maintained his cold and silent expression. She pleaded with Kenneth, "Charlie can't die."

Kenneth seemed to have a deep affection for his daughter. Seeing her tears, he showed a hint of helplessness on his previously fierce face. He patted her hand to comfort her.

He looked at me and said, "Little girl, why escalate this situation? You came as guests. If you don't want to be guests in my mountains anymore, then just leave. But please, don't harm my people."

I glanced at Idris, who had remained silent. I knew he was armed, and at this point, there was no point in talking nonsense. I said, "We're taking Mr. Kobe's body and leaving."

Gregory's men acted quickly, carrying Kobe on their backs, and we left the electric fence.

The others followed us out of the electric fence, but Idris remained by my side, seemingly not intending to leave. Seeing this, I grew anxious and looked at him. "Hurry, go."

He walked over to me, grasping my hand that was holding the gun. His voice was low and restrained. "You go first."

I was taken aback, yet understood his intention. After hesitating for a few seconds, I handed him the gun.

Once we were out of the electric fence, Lucas was also brought out. Seeing this, Yara became frantic and shouted, "Where are you taking Charlie? Leave him." NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.

As she shouted, she followed us out, and Kenneth followed suit.

The forest was dense with trees and rocks, making it easier to hide once we were out of the electric fence.

If Kenneth's people continued pursuing us, it would be challenging to escape. Thinking about this, I had intended to threaten Lucas to make his people stop chasing us.

However, just as I was about to speak, I suddenly heard a gunshot. That was when I saw Lucas and Idris grappling with each other, and the dark gun fell to the side.

Seeing this, I instinctively wanted to run to pick it up. However, I saw Yara, who had followed us, pointing a gun at Idris. He was still wrestling with Lucas.

I quickly picked up the gun and shot at Yara. I had no experience with guns, and the only instruction I had ever received was from Lucas, who had taught me how to use a toy gun at a night market. So when I fired the shot, I did not hit anyone, but my hand was left sore from the recoil.

Fortunately, I scared Yara, and she no longer aimed at Idris.

As Kenneth and his men were about to catch up, I called out to Idris, "Idris, stop fighting, and run!"

Lucas was injured, so he was naturally no match for Idris. Taking advantage of an opportunity, Idris kicked Lucas in the abdomen and pushed him away, then pulled me aside and ran downhill.

Behind us, there were countless gunshots as Kenneth's men chased us.

"Don't shoot!" I heard Lucas's voice shouting from behind.

Fortunately, there were many trees, and we were not hit. Even so, after running a few steps, I realized something was wrong.

Idris had let go of my hand.

I turned to look at him and saw his pale face. It suddenly dawned on me that he had been shot. I gasped and quickly noticed a large, spreading patch of dark red blood on his right leg beneath his black pants. It was already pooling on the ground.

"You got hurt?" I asked, my voice trembling.

His face was ashen, and he had broken out in a cold sweat on his forehead. After taking a shallow breath, he heard the sounds of pursuit from behind and did not say much. He pushed me and said, "Go quickly. Once you're off the mountain, you'll be safe."

I shook my head, unable to think straight. My only thought was that we had to go together. Without any hesitation, I wrapped his arm around my shoulders, letting him lean on me. I then started to practically drag him forward.

"Yvette..." I knew he wanted me to go first. His leg was injured, and even a miracle could not make him run fast. Running with him would slow me down.

Nonetheless… At a time like this, how could I leave him behind?

I kept moving forward desperately, shouting, "Shut up!"

At this moment, conserving energy was crucial.