With that, he raised his bottle to Diablo and asked, “How did they catch her anyway? Do you know the full story? We heard that the others had been searching the entire city for her and even almost caught her one time, but she slipped away at the last minute.”
Diablo snickered. “Well, this is a story you’d like.
“I’m not sure if any of you know this, but this woman has a best friend who’s married to that Brettley Morrison fellow from Banyan City. Apparently, he used to be close to Luke.
“Anyway, this morning, Boss suddenly noticed that Brettley and his wife had arrived in Sea City. There are only three people they know from Sea City: one is Luke, and the other happens to be Gwen Larson and her father.
“We’re fairly certain that Brettley Morrison knows about Andy Larson’s arrest, so there are only two reasons he’d come to
Sea City; to find Gwen, or to rescue Andy.
“Therefore, Boss deliberately caused congestion to stall them while he analyzed their route, and realized that they were headed toward a house that Gwen used to own in Sea City.
“Fortunately for all of us, Boss visited this house previously when he was trying to track Gwen down, so he was familiar with the location. He sent a team of men over immediately, and caught her right then and there!”
Stefan’s heart sank when he heard this.
He had been trying to make small talk with Diablo in hopes that he would reveal more information that could tell them whether or not they had truly caught Gwen.
It turned out…Diablo was telling the truth.
There was no doubt about it; they had Gwen.
“By the way, do you guys know what she was doing when they caught her?”
Kurt shook his head with a frown. “What?”
“She was in bed with her ex-husband!”
Both Kurt and Stefan froze when they heard this.
They exchanged glances, both unable to believe their ears.
After a brief pause, Stefan was the first to regain his composure. He smirked and asked, “How interesting. I didn’t know that woman had an ex-husband.”
“That’s not the worst part!”
Diablo was eager to share more.”
That woman is a slut! At one point, she was raped by multiple people at once…”
With that, Diablo leered and added, “That’s the reason her husband divorced her; he thought she was too impure for him after that incident.
“I don’t even know what’s gotten into Luke’s head. I can’t believe how stupid he was to fall for a slut like her and even sacrificed himself for her sake… What a pity.
“You know, I wouldn’t feel so bad for him if that woman decided to turn over a new leaf after his death, but this morning, when Boss sent his men over, she was in the middle of doing unspeakable things with her ex-husband in their old home…”
As he said this, Diablo sighed. “I can’t believe Luke died for that woman. What a pity. She’s not even that pretty, yet she’s acting like a total slut…”
With that, he glanced at Stefan and Kurt. “Take this as a lesson, boys. We’ll never sacrifice everything for a woman. Women can’t be trusted. One moment you’ve practically died for her, and the next moment she’s fucking her ex- husband!”
Kurt furrowed his brows when he heard this. He turned to glance at Stefan, whose expression was dark.
“Let’s drink.”
After a moment’s pause, Stefan cracked open another bottle of beer for Diablo. “When is she arriving?”
“Soon, I think.”
Diablo sneered. “Even if she arrives in Sharnwick City tonight, they’ll only send her over tomorrow. Boss wants the other guys to have some fun with her first.”
Stefan’s grip around the bottle tightened.
Even in the dim light, Kurt could make out the prominent veins on the back of his hand.
He quickly stepped forward to take the bottle from Stefan and whispered, “You shouldn’t be drinking anymore.”
With that, he took the bottle out of Stefan’s hand.
Stefan narrowed his eyes and stared at Diablo. “Where is she now? Has she arrived in Sharnwick City already?”
Diablo could not help frowning at this. “Why are you so eager to know everything about her?”
“No particular reason,”
Kurt piped up, trying to salvage the situation. “My friend just wants to…um…”
“He wants to have a piece of the cake too, eh?”
Diablo scoffed, tossed the bottle onto the ground, and glared at
Stefan. “Who the hell do you think you are, you punk?”
“Who do I think I am?”
Stefan sneered, circled past the table, and grabbed hold of Diablo before any of them could even figure out what was happening.
Diablo always thought he was a strong person, but for some reason, he could not even fend for himself when Stefan grabbed him, even though he was much smaller than him.
The items on the table fell onto the ground in a clatter.
The next moment, he had Diablo’s back slammed up against the wall behind him with his hand around his neck.
His dark, penetrating stare was fixated on Diablo’s face as he held a knife against his neck. “Tell me where Gwen is. Now.”
Diablo was so unhinged by this that he did not even dare to pant.
He knew Stefan meant business; the tip of the cold blade against his neck proved it. Stefan could easily slit his throat with one wrong word!
At the thought of this, Diablo bit his lip and met Stefan’s gaze. “Hey, pal, let’s talk this over like civilized men…”
“Where’s Gwen?”
Stefan asked coldly, narrowing his eyes.
“I…I don’t know!”
At this point, Diablo was so scared that he felt he could burst into tears. “All I know is that she’s being brought to Sharnwick City today… Judging from the time, I’m guessing they must be arriving now… As for the rest…! have no idea what’s going to happen to her. Boss told me that they’d contact me tomorrow…”
“Is that true?”
Suspicions, Stefan raised his eyebrows.
Diablo felt that he was going to pee himself soon. “I’m telling the truth, bro! You can stab me all you want, but I swear I’m telling the truth!”
Seeing that he was adamant, Stefan furrowed his brow and moved his knife away. However, the next moment, he raised the knife above him and sank the blade right into Diablo’s thigh!
“Ah-!”
Diablo’s blood-curdling scream rang through the alleyway.
“You’ll be fine.”
Stefan glanced at him. “This is to teach you a lesson about insulting other people behind their backs.”
With that, he turned to look at Kurt.
Kurt quickly grabbed a coil of rope and proceeded to tie Diablo. After that, he jumped into the canal and tried to find their phones, which Diablo had chucked into the water shortly after their arrival. However, despite scouring the area, he could not find their phones.
He waded back to shore and, as he dried himself off, turned to whisper to Stefan. “Boss, if you wanted to teach Diablo a lesson, why didn’t you do it earlier? If you had beaten him up sooner, we wouldn’t have lost our phones.”
Stefan glanced at him. “I hadn’t intended to use violence.”
If Diablo had not brought up Gwen and mentioned the gang members’ intentions…he and Kurt would still be undercover.
However, even Superman was vulnerable to Kryptonite, and Gwen was his Kryptonite. He could never remain calm if anyone tried to lay a finger on her.
With that, Stefan turned to glance at Diablo-who was wailing in agony-and managed to find his phone. He dialed Gwen’s number.
Her phone was switched off.
Stefan furrowed his brow and kicked Diablo harshly. “Which of these is the one who called you about Gwen’s arrival?”
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