He took a closer look and found that this young man was actually the police officer who was in charge of arresting him before.
He was wearing his casual clothes, and his face was pale. Other than that, he had several cuts on his body that were still bleeding.
Kendrick probed his carotid artery with his fingers and found that it was still beating weakly.
He was not dead yet.
…
It was late at night, and Niamh was sleeping alone in the bedroom. She was not sleepy, and the rain outside was heavy. Since she was worried about Kendrick, it was even more difficult for her to fall asleep now.
Niamh got up. She wanted to drink a glass of water to soothe her nerves. Suddenly, she heard movement outside the room.
She opened the door cautiously and saw Ryan walking downstairs in a hurry while wearing his outside clothes.
There must be something wrong if he was going out so late at night and so anxiously too.
She did not have the mood to drink water anymore, so she followed behind him closely.
Ryan had already driven away, so Niamh could only drive her car to keep up with him.
It was raining and late at night, so she could not call a cab.
Niamh followed behind Ryan at a distance of about 100 to 200 yards. Ten minutes later, Ryan’s car stopped in the open space that was waiting to be developed in the North District.
The rain was much lighter now, so Niamh got out of the car and quickly ran forward.
Next to a patch of grass in the distance, Kendrick held an umbrella beside the injured man while he waited for the arrival of the ambulance.
However, before the ambulance arrived, Kendrick heard footsteps behind him.
He turned his head to see Ryan with one hand in his pocket and the other holding a gun. He was slowly walking toward Kendrick with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Kendrick put the umbrella beside the injured man and stood up.
“I knew it was you.” Kendrick was not surprised at all.
Ryan nodded and fiddled with his gun slowly before smirking. “If you don’t get the death penalty for killing Lana, what do you think about the addition of jailbreak and the murder of an officer?”
The desperate desire for victory in his eyes was on the brink of bursting.
“If even all these are still enough to kill you, then I’ll personally send you off right now. I’ll just say that you resisted too much in the process of the capture and I had no choice but to execute you on the spot,” Ryan said as his smile grew wider.
“Do you think Interpol and the police will believe me if I say that?”
“Ryan, you’re even sneakier and more schemeful than I thought.” Kendrick looked at Ryan calmly. The raindrops drenched his pale face, but the sharpness in his eyes was unable to be washed away.
“You killed Lana.” Kendrick exposed Ryan in an affirmative tone.
“Yes, I killed Lana,” Ryan admitted with a cold and nonchalant smile. “I shot her three times. One on her calf, one on her shoulder, and finally, one directly in her heart.
“Then, I wiped the fingerprints away from the gun and printed your fingerprints from the coffee cup onto the gun. After everything was executed properly, I called you to the hotel room as my scapegoat.”
Ryan retold the process of Lana’s murder in detail. The smile on his face showed that he was quite satisfied with his masterpiece.
“You… I-It’s you…”
The police officer who had not died started making noises all of a sudden.
He raised his trembling hands and pointed at Ryan. He said angrily, “It turns out that you’re the real murderer who killed Lana! M-Mr. Waldburg was framed by you…”
Ryan did not expect that the police officer was not dead yet, but he was not bothered at all.
Instead, he smiled wider. “Yes, it’s me. I killed that woman named Lana, then blamed Kendrick Waldburg for it. So what? Did any of you find out the truth?”
“You…” The police officer widened his eyes angrily and pointed at Ryan’s nonchalant face. He stretched out his hand as if he wanted to take out his mobile phone to inform his colleagues.
When Ryan saw this, he pointed the gun at the police officer’s heart without hesitation and pulled the trigger…
Bang! Niamh suddenly heard the sound of a gunshot while looking for Ryan’s location. She stopped abruptly in her tracks as her heart started to beat erratically.
“Kendrick, Kendrick…” she started calling out Kendrick’s name unconsciously.
Then, she ran in the direction of the gunshot.
Niamh saw a figure lying on the grass through the rain. Immediately, her mind went blank and it was as if she went into a trance.
“Kendrick!”
Niamh rushed over, but after seeing clearly that the man who had fallen on the ground with blood pouring out from his heart was another person, she was stunned.
‘Isn’t this the police officer who concluded that Kendrick is the one who murdered Lana on the rooftop that day?
‘Is he dead?’
At this moment, Niamh heard Ryan’s cold voice coming from the other side.
“Kendrick, there’s no turning back for you now. The Waldburgs have occupied the number one spot on Glendale’s list of wealthy families for so many years and it seems that this history will end with you. The young master of Glendale’s number one wealthy family will soon be replaced!”
Bang!
Niamh heard another gunshot after Ryan said that.
She stood up after supporting herself and ran to the source of the sound.
She saw Ryan pointing the gun forward and in front of Ryan was Kendrick.
Although the moonlight was weak and it was still drizzling, Niamh could clearly see the blood on Kendrick’s left arm.
His clothes were wrapped around his thin body after being soaked by the rain. His overly pale skin made him look sickly and haggardly.
Kendrick looked over, and when their gazes met, Niamh felt as if there was an invisible hand clenching her heart tight.
Seeing that Ryan was about to fire again, Niamh did not have time to say anything to Kendrick. She ran in front of Ryan and grabbed his hand that was holding the gun. Then, she pressed the muzzle of the gun to her heart.
“Nia!” Kendrick’s heart leaped to his throat and hurried over.
Niamh met Ryan’s eyes fearlessly. “If you want to fire, then do it!”
Ryan was surprised when Niamh suddenly appeared. “Why are you here?”
“I followed you,” Niamh answered frankly, “Ryan, if you have to kill Kendrick, I’ll die with him!”
Ryan frowned as his fingers on the trigger froze.
At this moment, the sound of police sirens and an ambulance sounded from not far away.
“If you don’t want him to die, you should leave right now,” Ryan ordered Niamh.
Niamh was reluctant to leave Kendrick to face Ryan alone, but she did not expect Kendrick to tell her to go as well. “Nia, I don’t want to involve you in the war between us men anymore. You have to leave immediately.”
Niamh shook her head. “I’m not leaving.”
“You have to go.” Kendrick raised his eyebrows, his eyes looking extremely cold. “You’ll only be a burden for me if you stay here. I don’t want to keep getting defeated by this man because of you, do you understand?”
Niamh was stunned after hearing what Kendrick said.
While looking into his eyes that were as deep as night and as cold as water, for a while, she could not tell whether he was speaking the truth or deliberately infuriating her so that she would leave.
“Go now,” Kendrick looked at Niamh who was stuck in a daze and emphasized again.
“Kendrick?”
“Ryan made a lot of heinous mistakes, but he was right about one thing.”
Kendrick took a deep breath and endured the burning pain in his arm. Then, he laughed at himself and said, “The biggest mistake I’ve ever made is caring too much about you. Eveline, I love you, but if the entire Waldburg family were to collapse because of my love for you, then it would be too great a price to pay.”
Niamh could not believe what she was hearing at this moment. She even felt her consciousness starting to drift.
“Eveline, I’m feeling tired as well.” He said such a weary sentence all of a sudden. “I can no longer lose myself and the entire Waldburg family because of you.”
After he said that, Niamh did not know whether it was the rain or her own tears that blurred her vision.
She looked at the haggard face in front of her with confusion. “Kendrick.”
“You should go. You don’t need to risk your life for me anymore.” Kendrick looked away and stopped looking at Niamh.
Niamh bit her lip tightly as her heart ached fiercely.
She could not endure this any longer. She could not bear the pain of having to be driven away by him, so she finally turned and left.
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.