After been locked up here for two days, she knew that this room was planned as the storage room, so there was no window at all. There was only an air vent on the roof. She moved the benches to the wall and put them one above the other. She carefully steppe on them and crawled out from the air vent. Since the height of the air vent was almost the same as the wall, she reached to the wall and escaped from the room without noticing anyone.
Then she slid down from the wall. There was still a distance between her feet and the wall. Since the wall was too high, she couldn’t step on the ground at all, so she had to release her hand and hop down. Fortunately, it was wet mud under the wall. Her clothes were stained but she didn’t hurt. Meanwhile, she heard the uproar from the yard. It seemed that her escape was found.
She couldn’t think twice but there was only one idea in her mind — to escape from her as soon as possible. Barefoot, she was running on the mountain without any roads, afraid that she would be taken back again. If that happened, she wouldn’t have a second chance to escape at all.
She decided to try her best to run away. The pricking thorns pulled out blood marks on her lower legs.
Something also stabbed into her foot. She hissed but still keep on running without any stop.
Inside the temple, Boyce met his subordinate who was tracking John. They got to know that John had been to the storage room behind the temple. When they went to the backyard, they saw two men sitting at the door. Now they were sure that Theresa must be locked up here. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be anyone watching the storage room.
Boyce and his two subordinates who tracked John successfully knocked down the two watchers.
Armand rushed into the room first. However, there was only a table in the room. In this messy and stinky room, there was no one. He frowned in disappointment.
Boyce and Cormac followed him in. Seeing that scene, they understood that someone used to stay in there. Soon, they were attracted by the inner room. Armand rushed over and reached out to push it open but failed. When John walked in earlier, he locked the door from the inside.
In silence, Armand raised his leg and kicked on the door. With a big bang, the two doors shook. However, the door wasn’t opened. The two doors were locked from the inside with the iron lock, which wasn’t like a single door that was so easy to be opened. Boyce walked over. They kicked the door together to open it.
What they had seen made them agape. John was lying on the ground naked, soaking in his blood. There were no big wounds on him. The blood flew out all the small stab wounds caused by the candlestick. However, Theresa had used all her strength, so the wounds were quite deep. While John was in a coma, the blood flew everywhere. Seemingly he was badly injured. The most serious wounds were the two on his neck.
Boyce didn’t care if John was alive or dead. The key point was that he was naked. Obviously, he had come over to find Theresa for doing something…
Boyce turned to look at Armand, only to find the latter was trembling all over. The blue veins on his side face, as well as his neck, popped out as if his anger would explode at any time.
When he was about to calm Armand down, Armand picked up a bench next to the wooden table, rushed to John, and smashed it on him violently. They didn’t hear any loud bang but the cracking sound of his bones.
Boyce walked up to stop him. He didn’t pity John. Even if they would kill John, they shouldn’t kill him in this way, which was way too easy for him. Besides, the most important to do right now was to find Theresa.
Despite whether John had succeeded or if she wanted to die, they must find her first. “Calm down, Armand. Theresa isn’t here, so she must have escaped. Look. There are benches next to the wall. She must have escaped from the air vent. Now the most important is to find her.”
Armand’s eyes became reddened. Without speaking, he turned around and rushed out.
Cormac took a glance into the room and withdrew his gaze, looking quite annoyed. He said to Boyce, “Call the police.”
He also called Abbott, asking him to send a few media reporters to Nanshan Temple.
Boyce asked his two subordinates to call the police. Then they went to the back of the mountain, looking for Theresa.
The trees in the back mountain were tall and dense with a lot of wild grasses. There was no road at all. In summer, a lot of rattans grew to wrap around. It was quite hard to make a move.
Armand had been walking for a long distance. While walking, he was yelling and pulling away from the rattans that blocked his way.
The further he went into the wood, the darker it was. The thick leaves had completely blocked the sunlight.
“Theresa!” Armand yelled hoarsely. Wiping his face, he wiped off the tears on the corner of his eyes.
He kept walking and yelling. Suddenly, he saw broken-off grasses. He squatted down, only to find fresh liquid on them. Obviously, the grasses were broken not long ago. He looked around carefully and found blood. He was certain that someone had passed through here.
After getting the clue, he followed the traces. After a long while, he didn’t feel tired at all. All he wanted was to find Theresa.
However, he still didn’t find her. He didn’t give up. Along the traces, he kept searching. As long as there were clues, there was hope.
He looked back, only to find that he had gone into the deep forest. The surroundings were all covered by dense trees and he couldn’t see the sunlight at all. He shouted, “Theresa!”
His voice was echoing in the mountain, but he didn’t hear any response.
No matter what, he wouldn’t give up. He wanted to find her as soon as possible. While he was walking, he felt the emptiness under his foot. Then he fell and slid down into a cave among rocks.
He let out a screen and soon his voice was covered.
The cave was way too deep.
The surface of the rocks was too slippery for him to grab something. He slid all the way to the bottom of the cave.
He felt pain all over his body. Dragging his body, he sat up, but he found that there seemed to be someone else.
Armand looked in and confirmed that there was truly a person. His nerve was subconsciously tensed. When seeing the face clearly, he almost pounced at her instantly and caught her. He roared hoarsely, “Theresa!”
Theresa forcibly pushed him away and growled, “Don’t touch me!”
It seemed that she hadn’t returned to her senses from the thrilling experience earlier, so she felt quite nervous whenever being touched. She even rejected him in a panic, although she knew that he was Armand.
Whenever she recalled John’s naked body, she felt so disgusted with men.
Armand was pushed away off-guard. He moved backward and sat on the ground. He could feel her panic and fear. Suddenly, he felt as if his heart was broken and hard to breathe. He was almost strangled. John was naked, and Theresa didn’t wear many clothes either. He kept clenching his fists. If he had a dagger in his hand, he must have stabbed John to death.
If Theresa hadn’t been raped, he didn’t think she would be so panicked.
Armand sat up and called her carefully, “Theresa, it’s me. I’m Armand.”
Theresa opened her eyes. She looked back and forth and then finally her gaze focused on his bloodshot eyes. “You… How come you…”
She was running away but fell into the cave by accident. She wondered why he showed up here.
“I came to find you.” Armand’s voice was quite hoarse, seemingly he was sobbing.
Theresa looked at him for a few seconds and said politely, “Thank you.”
She appreciated that he came to look for her.
“I don’t need your appreciation. For you, I can do anything.” What he said was from the bottom of his heart. Even she had been raped by John, he wouldn’t mind. He wanted to correct his mistake before and make up for her, and he also wanted to protect her harmed heart.
“Please give me a chance. If I can’t do it well, you can kick me away at any time.” He was almost begging.
Theresa hugged herself tightly. Her exposed skin was clinging to the wall, feeling extremely cold. She huddled up in the corner. “Let’s figure out how to climb up.”
She didn’t agree at all. After experiencing life and death last time, she wouldn’t want to fall in love again. She only wanted to lead a simple life.
Armand didn’t insist on asking her to agree immediately. He decided to behave well in the future. She was wrong. They must figure out how to get out of the cave now.
He looked around and found the cave didn’t have a dead end. There was a long narrow gap, which could fit an adult’s body. He poked out his head and looked out, only to find that it was a cliff outside. The hillside was quite smooth without any trees or rattans to support a human. It was an abyss that was thousands of feet below. Armand gaped in fear. If the impact force was a bit stronger when he slid down, would he have fallen from this gap already?
He felt frightened.
When he was sliding down, he could feel that the cave was quite slippery and it was broad flat. Without any help, a human couldn’t climb up at all. He tried several times but failed.
He thought about using the cell phone suddenly.
He wanted to call Boyce and Cormac. In a hurry, he fumbled it in his pocket. Fortunately, the phone wasn’t missing. He was overjoyed and comforted Theresa, “Don’t be afraid. I still have my cell phone. I’ll call someone to save us.”
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