“MD, I really know that I did it!” Tanner quenched his dissatisfaction.
He glanced at the barrels of gasoline at the gates, gritted his teeth, and shook his head.
Kendrick found the tool to unlock the door and was about to act when Niamh suddenly caught a strange smell with her keen senses. “It smells of gasoline.”
Kendrick turned around. “Gasoline?”
“It’s getting more and more intense.” Niamh nodded and suddenly saw a red glow in the surroundings. “Someone has set a fire.”
The moment Niamh’s voice fell, the tongue of the flames followed the path of the gasoline, and in an instant, it spread around the entire abandoned factory!
They did not expect to encounter such a situation again.
Kendrick calmly picked up the tool and slammed the door lock. “Nia, don’t be afraid. I’ll definitely rescue you from here.”
He promised, smashing the door lock harder.
Niamh looked at the look of worry tinting the corners of his eyebrows and was dazed for a bit. It took a while for her to return to her senses. “Kendrick, you can leave me.”
“What stupid thing are you talking about? How could I leave you?!” Kendrick’s tone was aggravated. After he said this, he realized that he had lost control of himself a little. He then quickly said softly, “Nia, I can’t close my eyes and watch you get hurt again. If something were to happen to one of us, let it be me.”
His tone was determined, and there was no pretense of affection.
However, the fire was spreading quickly and the suffocating smoke rolled over. Niamh’s throat began feeling uncomfortable.
She coughed twice, and Kendrick noticed Niamh’s discomfort. He clenched his fists and slammed the chisel against the door lock.
With a clang, the door lock fell and the door in front of him opened.
“Nia, the door is open!” Kendrick turned to hug Niamh but saw a heavy box falling from the upper left side.
His heartstrings tightened as he strode forward to hug Niamh. “Nia, be careful!”
However, as if it was a prank from the heavens, a wooden box more than three feet high fell before the newly opened door and blocked their way.
“Cough, cough.” Niamh became more uncomfortable and breathless. The fire was so strong that she could no longer open her eyes because of the smoke.
Seeing that the raging fire was about to devour them, Kendrick did not hesitate to hold up Niamh and push her on top of the big box.
“Nia, jump off the box. As long as you jump to the door, you’ll be safe.”
Niamh reluctantly opened her eyes. There was a sea of flames on one side and a safe zone on the other.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the smoke rolling down on Kendrick. She stretched out her hand to him, her heartbeat showing just how anxious she was. “Kendrick, I said I didn’t want to owe you anything. If we leave, we leave together. Come on!”
Kendrick saw Niamh’s outstretched hand but could not ignore his calf that had just been hit by the wooden box. It was obvious that he had injured a bone. He could hardly move his left leg now.
“Kendrick, what are you spacing out for? Grab my hand!” Niamh urged him anxiously, her voice trembling.
The box was more than three feet high, and there was no other help. With his injured and immobile leg, Kendrick did not want to waste any more time.
He saw Niamh’s hand stretched out among the smoke with his blurry vision. Smiling, he gently held her hand and lowered his head before kissing it gently.
Niamh was surprised by Kendrick’s actions and suddenly heard him say, “Nia, do you know what the two luckiest things that have happened to me in my life are? One is that I met you when you returned once again. Another was a long, long time ago when I met you by the sea.”
Hearing this, Niamh did not know if it was because of the smoke that her eyes were acrid, but her tears fell all at once.
In a daze, Kendrick let go of her hand and pushed her out hard.
“Nia, we’ll meet again if there really is another life.”
The moment Kendrick let go, Niamh’s hands were cold and her heart seemed to have fallen into an icy abyss.
She called Kendrick’s name but received no response.
As Kendrick pushed her to safety, she heard a dull crash.
She did not know what it was but faintly felt that Kendrick was injured.
Niamh rolled from the wooden box to the ground. She coughed in discomfort. Ignoring her sprained ankle, she immediately stood up and ran to the door that was blocked by the wooden box.
“Kendrick, can you hear me? Kendrick? Answer me quickly!” She called out to Kendrick in a panic, but she could not get any response except for the sound of burning fire.
Niamh’s vision suddenly became blurred. She tried to push the wooden box, but it was to no avail.
The black smoke in front of her had blinded her sight and it seemed to swallow her breath and heartbeat as well. Seeing the tongue of the fire rushing out in front of her, Niamh dazedly opened her large eyes that were filled with tears. Her eyes flickered through similar scenes.
It was also a large fire with thick smoke.
There was a plump woman with a hideous smile pointing at her and cursing like a mad person, “Niamh, you b*tch! Let’s see if you still won’t die this time!”
The woman was still splashing gasoline everywhere frantically, and there was a wimpy-looking man lying on the side.
As the fire spread, Kendrick had carried her and Jackson who was bound out of the window.
The crazy woman took advantage of this moment and used a fruit knife to stab Kendrick’s arm fiercely.
Blood was flowing, but Kendrick did not let go of his hand that was holding Jackson. The firmness and worry in his eyes at that time were so real.
Niamh suddenly withdrew her thoughts and felt the scorching temperature spreading around her, but she also felt a chill all over.
“Kendrick…”
She uttered his name blankly as tears fell silently from her eyes.
Niamh bit her lip and rushed to the door that was separated by the wooden box. As she shed tears, she shouted to the space in front that was about to be swallowed by the smoke, “Kendrick, there is no next life. We only have this life! If you really want to atone your sins toward me, then use this life to atone them! Kendrick, do you hear me?”
However, only the increasingly arrogant cries of the fire answered her.
Niamh dropped her hands, her eyes gradually dimming. The colors in front of her seemed to be fading slowly, turning to black…
Not long after, the firefighters and an ambulance arrived. They sent Kendrick, who was unconscious, to the hospital for emergency rescue.
However, after a while, the doctor regretfully informed Kendrick that he was seriously injured after inhaling a lot of dense smoke.
Niamh was listening on the side, her stifling pain knocking her out again.
“Mommy, Mommy.”
In a daze, Niamh opened her acrid eyes.
Coming into her vision was Jackson’s cute little face that looked like Kendrick’s.
Niamh’s consciousness abruptly awoke, but the intense pain was still hovering clearly on the apex of her heart.
She remembered what happened before falling asleep. The doctor had said that Kendrick died of severe injuries.
“Mommy, you’re finally up.” Jackson smiled happily.
“Jack.” Niamh looked at his face in a daze. She suddenly lifted the quilt and got out of the bed. She hurried out of the ward, ignoring her sprained ankle.
“Mommy, where are you going?” Jackson followed her worriedly, but his legs were not as long as Niamh’s. “Mommy.” The little guy followed closely behind.
Eloise, who was coming back from the doctor’s office, saw Niamh running out with a pale face while still in her medical gown. She hurried over to stop Niamh.
“Eveline, you’re awake? Why did you run out? Go back and rest, you’re still very weak.” Eloise persuaded worriedly.
Niamh held Eloise’s hand, her eyes looking panicked. “Where’s Kendrick? Is he really… Is he really dead?”
Eloise was stunned for a moment when she saw that Niamh’s face filled with panic and her eyes full of tears.
“Eveline, did you have a nightmare?” Eloise soothed, saying, “Kendrick is hurt quite badly, but it’s not life-threatening.”
After receiving Eloise’s answer, Niamh suddenly found her heartbeat again.
“He’s not dead?”
“No,” Eloise replied in the affirmative, “But his legs and hands are injured. Just like you, he also inhaled a lot of smoke, so he hasn’t woken up yet.”
It turned out it was just a nightmare.
It turned out that his life was not in danger.
Niamh suddenly felt that her heartstrings were no longer a jumbled mess and the pain that was suffocating her heart was instantly gone.
Eloise was observing the changes in Niamh’s expression, silently understanding.
It turned out that Eveline cared about Kendrick so much.
After calming down, Niamh asked lightly, “Mom, which ward is Kendrick in?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.