CHAPTER 45

Alyssa was panicky when she saw Ace fall against her with the penknife plunged deep in his chest. His eyes slowly closed and Lydia screamed. “I didn't ask you to kill him or hit him,” she said and turned to her brother,”Get out of here before they get you.”

“Oh my God,” Alyssa whispered, her hands trembling as she slowly pulled out the knife from Ace's chest. She stared at Lydia in disbelief. So Lydia had asked someone over to treat her wrongly and had ended up getting Ace injured.

“Let go of him,” Lydia yelled and pulled Ace against herself. The guards stared at her in disgust and fear. “Help me take him to the car.”

“I'll come with you,” Alyssa persisted.

“No,” Lydia countered. “You'll sit your assistance down because this is all your fault. If only you had left, all of these wouldn't have happened.”

“Like I was the one who sent someone over to kill me,” she said. “If anything bad happens to him, I hope you remain the unhappy desperate bitch that you are.”

Lydia was stupefied but