The elevator soon arrived at the first floor. Santiago leaned against one side of the elevator and looked up at Deanna.
When the elevator door opened, there were about five people waiting for them.
Immediately, two people rushed into the elevator. Santiago gripped Deanna's thighs with both hands and proceeded to kick the closest person to him. Then, he turned around and kicked the other person.
One fell to the ground and the other one dodged his kick.
Deanna was sniffling. She cried even harder and somehow still managed to utter, "My brother will not let you guys go. My brother is Zorion Whalen!"
Santiago was so frustrated when he heard her words. But then again, he was impressed that she could still utter those words at that time.
Santiago soon emerged from the elevator and began fighting with the rest of the people. While he was fighting, a group of people brought Raeleigh out.
"Stop fighting, or else I'm going to kill your friend here," one guy said. He was a member of the
Moore family. It was just that he wasn't that well-known.
Santiago felt that this guy seemed a little familiar.
There was a knife on Raeleigh's neck and it was the guy from the Moore family who was holding the knife to her neck.
Deanna froze as she stared at Raeleigh. She was frightened down to the soles of her shoes.
Raeleigh was injured. One of her arms was bleeding, but she did not look like she was in pain. She just looked pale.
Raeleigh did not say a word as she stared at Santiago and Deanna.
Santiago's face suddenly darkened. He bellowed, "What did you do to her?"
The other party laughed and said, "This is a good trade, eh? Deanna Whalen in exchange for Santiago Richards, plus this woman. From what I hear, both Jepherson and Zorion fancy her."
Santiago stared at those people with dagger eyes. He steadied Deanna on his back and sneered. "What? Do you think we care about her?"
"I dare you to kill her."
As Santiago spoke, Raeleigh kept her eyes on him and saw his mouth twitched. Only then did she relax a little.
"Santiago, don't think that we don't know what you
are thinking. If you put Deanna down now, then
we'll allow you to leave. We'll also let this woman
go. Otherwise, we are going to kill her."
"Fine, let her die. I'm tired of her anyway," Santiago said and walked towards the door with Deanna on his back.
The man from the Moore Family did not dare to ask someone to chase after Santiago, but he sliced the knife through Raeleigh's skin.
Raeleigh did not scream as she watched Santiago walk out the door. No one dared to stop him.
After Santiago left, the man tossed the knife aside and gave Raeleigh a hard push. She stumbled to the ground.
The man looked down at Raeleigh and said, "I gave Santiago a choice but he chose Deanna. Don't blame us. Pick her up and bring her to Flynt."
Someone immediately walked to Raeleigh after hearing the order. He did not care whether she was injured or not, he just went over and dragged her to see Flynt.
After they exited the hospital, Deanna turned around and stared at the building while sniffling. She then turned to look at Santiago and asked, "What is Raeleigh doing here?"
Santiago did not reply and ran as fast as he could
while carrying Deanna on his back.
Santiago carried her from the hospital to his car. When he finally got to his car, he immediately opened the door and put her in. He then made a call to Zorion while getting in the car.
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