Leilani was frustrated. She wanted to leave the second. But she couldn’t leave her month alone. But since Molly sent someone to hurry Logan, he couldn’t stay long.
The horseshoes came from far away. Andrew and Leilani both looked at the direction.
“Jessica!” Leilani recognized her at once, “what’s she doing here? Do you ask her to come here?”
“Jessica!” Andrew already walked to her.
“Andrew?” Jessica got down from the horseback. She rode with Matilda. Jessica saw Andrew, forgot she was still on the horse, jumped down, and fell on the ground.
Jessica gasped. Even Andrew could feel the pain. He hurried to help her up.
“What are you doing, jumping?”
“I’m too excited to see you,” Jessica noticed the walking stick, “what happened to your leg?”
“It’s nothing,” Andrew helped to slap the dust off her, “aren’t you…”
“I ran away.”
“Why do you come here?” Andrew looked at Matilda behind Jessica’s back. She was a teenager of 17 or 18. She had sandy skin. She stared at Andrew with curiosity like he was a difficult question.
“This is Matilda Owen. She’s from Cambola City. She takes me here.
Jessica didn’t tell Andrew why she came to Cambola City. If she told Andrew, it was because of James. Andrew would stop her.
James’s betrayal made him the first enemy of the Clifford family.
Although Jessica hated Andrew, she just couldn’t let him die.
“Leilani? Why is she everywhere I go?” Jessica squinted at Leilani, “wasn’t your wedding with her spoiled?”
“Mind your own business.”
Jessica stayed in Cambola City. Jones notified them the ceremony to wake Olivia up was scheduled after three days.
Cambola City made great preparations these three days, and it sank into an ecstatic state.
Olivia had been sleeping for dozens of years. They held the ceremony every year to wake her up. But they failed every time.
But this year would be different. The medicine that was prepared would be one hundred days after three days. They would take it to her.
So the audience could witness the spectacle of holy v.i.r.g.i.n waking up as well as the magic of the wonder medicine that had hundreds of years of history.
Leilani spent the next three days in anxiety.
After three days, i.e., the evening of the ceremony, the yelling of a servant was echoed throughout the city.
“Murder!”
Leilani got really tight. Murder? Who was murdered? The ceremony was about to begin. Who dared to kill?
The evening glory lights the city. Jones took soldiers to surround the entire guest section. Everyone that heard the news came out of the room.
“Mr. Jones, what happened?” Andrew walked over to Leilani. He got so uneasy hearing the news. But he was relieved seeing Leilani was okay.
“My son is murdered! You all have suspicions!” Jones was outrageous.
Ran was killed? Leilani was surprised. Jones only had Ran, the son. Who would do such a horrible thing?
Andrew and Leilani looked at each other. They soon learned their situation.
This is Cambola City. This is Jones’s turf.
Jones was red in his eye sockets. He was grieved at his son’s death.
“When you come here, we extend the greatest welcome. But who could think we invited a wolf to the house and got my son killed? I want them all arrested!”
Andrew whispered.
“I’ll cover for you while you run to the medicine room. There’s a car waiting. If I didn’t turn up, leave on your own. “
Leilani nodded. She knew there was no way out if she stayed behind. After Ran was gone, Jones wouldn’t let them go.
Jones’s men pulled out the daggers. Dozens of them surrounded Leilani and Andrew. Andrew put Leilani behind his back and pointed at them with his walking stick.
This was the only arm he had.
“Sir, she’s only a pregnant woman. Please don’t hurt her.”
“Can’t a pregnant woman kill? Arrest them all! Leave no one !”
“Lord, I’m the daughter of the holy v.i.r.g.i.n. If she woke up, she’d blame you,” Leilani had to use her mother as the shield. Her status in Cambola City was quite serious. It might stop Jones.
Jones hesitated. But the loud booming came from afar. Then everyone felt the quake…
Jones’s housekeeper rolled and crawled over.
“Lord, Mr. Arlington, and his men at the altar were trying to take the holy v.i.r.g.i.n away.”
Leilani felt herself on a rollercoaster. She knew the device. If her mother was removed from the casket, the device would kick in. The altar would collapse. The mountain would fall down.
So the strong shake was because of that?
“Stop them!”
Andrew kicked them so hard while they were distracted. He grabbed Leilani by her arm to run.
“Leilani, can you run?”
Leilani held her belly. She had to for the sake of her child.
They were running to the medicine room. There was a car waiting. As long as they got there, they could get out.
But what about her mother?
“Andrew, go without me. I have to go back to my mother.”
“What are you talking about? The mountain is falling down. No one can save her. Don’t waste your life dying with her! You’re not alone now. Think of your child!”
Andrew mentioned the baby to talk some sense into Leilani. Her eyes got red. She knew her mother wasn’t dead after all these years. And she could see her now. But they were apart before she talked to her.
But Andrew was right. It was a dead-end if she turned back.
What should she do?
Feeling fl.u.s.tered and upset, Leilani started shedding tears.
“Don’t cry. Let’s go. Your mother wouldn’t blame you if she knew,” Andrew grabbed her to run as fast as she could.
They could hear the stones falling and the sound of hitting. The crowd ran in different directions for their lives.
“Is Logan insane! Damn it!” Andrew couldn’t help swearing and took Leilani running through the crowd.
Soon they got to the medicine room. Andrew helped Leilani in the car. Then he left and returned soon.
“Seatbelt.”
“Is your leg fine?”
“Yeah.”
Andrew started the car. More came and clapped on the door window, hoping to get in.
Leilani suddenly thought of Jessica.
“Jessica is still in the city.”
“She isn’t. She left,” Andrew got rid of the people by the window, “I went by the medicine room. They said Jessica already left with the medicine.”
Did she take medicine? Jessica’s arrival was as surprising as her taking medicine. Maybe that was what brought her here.
The car was too fast. Leilani held her chest. She felt sick.
Andrew turned around.
“Do you want me to stop?”
Leilani shook her head. She wanted to go back soon. The rendezvous time with Diana was near. There was also the thing with Waylen and Rebecca. She had to find out the truth. Logan’s whereabouts were unknown. The B Country must descend into chaos.
Andrew amused himself with a joke.
“Do you realize every time I’m with you, it’s like a Hollywood movie.”
“You’d better stay away from me.”
It seemed true. They went through the tsunami, air crush, and mountain collapse.
He didn’t spend a long time with her. But they seemed to go through a lot.
She used to hate him so much. But the irony was he saved her almost every time.
“Thank you,” Leilani knew they might be caught or buried under falling rocks if it weren’t for Andrew.
“How about you give me a peck on the cheek?”
“You must be tired of living to say that.”
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.
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