There were four or five people, resembling local thugs. They wore ck masks, tied her arms, and
threw her into an
alleyway.
Grace looked at them and retreated in fear. “What do you want?”
“Hand over all your valuables!”
an with a
“I don’t have any money… Ah!” Before she could finish speaking, she was pped hard across the
face by a man scar on his forehead
Grace’s ears rang from the beating, and the taste of rust instantly enveloped her mouth.
‘Search her!”
The men came up and searched her all over. The ended up finding only a phone. At that moment, the
phone rang. The ment took a look and cut the call before proceeding to turn off the phone.
“Boss, this woman is a poor peasant. She doesn’t even have a piece of valuable jewelry.”
The scar–faced man seemed to be very angry and spat. “Damn it! Just our luck! Just beat the peasant
up!”
Grace screamed in horror, “No! If money is what you want, I’ll give it to you! Please don’t hit me!”
The few men who were about to beat her looked at the scar–faced man, “Boss, she said she has
money.”
ols! She’s stallin
The scar–faced man kicked her angrily, “You fools! She’s stalling for time to get help! Just beat her up!”
As soon as his words fell, the fists and kicks of the thugs rained down on her like raindrops.
Grace curled up on the ground while guarding her stomach. No matter how they kicked her, she did not
move at all.
It was not until they realized that someone was talking on the other side of the alley that t
alley that the sc
ced man gestured to
them
The thugs stopped their ministrations. The scar–faced man crumpled the ck bag into a ball and
stuffed it into Grace’s mouth before leaving with his men.
Grace felt as if her body was falling apart, in so much pain that she couldn’t straighten her waist, and
even moving her legs seemed to take all her strength.
She looked down at her abdomen, her eyes blurred with tears.
Baby, Mommy will always protect you!
With her hands tied up, Grace could not move or make a sound. All she could do was lean against the
wall while waiting for help to arrive.
In the hotel.
Nancy Patel looked at her phone screen, which indicated that the other party had turned off their
phone. Panicking, she
immediately called Brian Francis without a second thought
With a trembling voice, she recounted the entire incident to Brian. Brian, who was in a meeting on the
other end of the phone, stood up abruptly from his chair.
“Send me your location! I’ll be right there!”
Nancy Patel had never heard such a somber tone in Brian’s voice before. After sending her location to
him, she rushed out of the hotel to look for Grace
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She looked around but did not see Grace. She felt panicky and guilty for causing Grace’s
disappearance.
If anything happened to Grace, Mr. Francis might skin her alive!
As time ticked by minute by minute, Grace had been missing for an hour. Knowing that Grace was
pregnant made Nancy even more anxious. She went to the Police, but was told that they wouldn’t file a
case until 48 hours had passed since the
disappearance
Nancy had no choice but to run back to search the hotel’s vicinity to search for Grace by shouting her
name. Upon seeing a pack of sanitary pads lying on the ground, she raced over immediately
There were several roads nearby. Nancy searched them one by one. Finally, she found Grace in the
alleyway.
“Grace”
Seeing the bruises on her face, she couldn’t control her tears and started crying. She looked helplessly
at the injuries on her face feeling overwhelmed and full of self–reproach
Just then, her phone rang It was Brian
Nancy picked up the phone as she tried to untie Grace’s bounds with trembling hands.
Brian was here. Nancy immediately sent a location over