Gunfire began

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“It must be William, Mom, but I don't really figure out how he managed to organize such a significant sum in this brief period or do you believe he is here with an alternate strategy to save this bitch!"

Diana asked her mother, then shot a quick peek at Ella, who was looking down, indicating that she had lost consciousness once more and did not hear that William arrived.

“He is no fool. Knowing his wife's life is in our hands, he will not attempt to be a hero tonight. And the money we demand from him is a tiny portion of what he possesses, so I assume he did not need to travel to the bank to arrange this quantity; as a consequence, he arrived sooner than your anticipation, which I expected,"

Diana's mother concluded after considerable deliberation in front of her daughter, since she, too, was taken aback by William's rapidity in arranging the money. Though it was a large sum for them, William acted as if it were only a few dollars from his pocket.

“Alright, Mom! Things are r