Holding Arvis in his arms, Adele staggered a few steps before standing firmly. The wooden door behind her had been closed.
Immediately afterwards, Lucho's deep and angry voice came from the house, "Isaac, so that is what you want!"
Isaac said, "You're always so dull and stupid, but it's too late now."
"Oh! You want to stop us on your own? It's just your wishful thinking!"
Adele couldn't stay there anymore. She held Arvis tightly and staggered to the car, whose lights were on. Her feet were numb, but she could only grit her teeth and hold on.
Isaac had to face Lucho and the other three men alone. She had to go down the mountain as soon as possible and then find Jimmy, otherwise...
"Hurry up and catch that woman and the child! Don't let them run away!"
At the same time, the sound of fighting came from the house, and her heart jumped wildly. She really wanted to go back to help Isaac, but reason told her that she could not go back to that wooden house.
She put Arvis in the passenger seat and ran to the driver's seat, enduring the pain.
The car key was on the car. It seemed that Lucho had forgotten to take it off. She quickly started the car and cheered herself up in heart.
When she learnt how to drive, it was Isaac who signed up for her. Later, after she got the driver's license, he insisted on her driving under his supervision for several times. Although her driving skills had improved, she didn't drive again after she went abroad to study. After she returned home, those things happened. In the past three years, she didn't even have many chances to take a car, let alone drive on her own.
At this time, she not only needed to drive, but also had to go down the mountain as soon as possible on the premise that she was safe, because Arvis was in the car and Isaac was on the mountain.
"Mom..." Arvis had been too frightened. Later, he learned that Issac was actually his father. At this time, his mother, who had never touched a car, actually knew how to drive. He couldn't be more confused.
"Is Uncle Issac... really my father?"
He dreamed of having a father. He didn't want to be called an "illegitimate bastard" anymore. When Adele met the man who had a bad attitude towards him, he had no objection. But he learnt that Issac was his father so suddenly that he couldn't respond at all.
"Arvis." Adele had just backed up. Although she didn't drive very fast, she succeeded and let out a sigh of relief. She looked straight ahead and said, "Yeah, he... is your father."
Arvis was silent for a long time before he nodded.
"Arvis, I don't know how to explain it to you now, but..." She spoke very fast, "Now you know that the situation is very urgent. I'll explain it to you after we get help, okay?"
Arvis looked at her and smiled, "Mom, I am so happy! I have a father now! My father is actually Uncle Issac! I like him so much! Mom, you must find someone to save him. Now drive well!" After that, he added, "Mom, you are so awesome. Harmon's mom can only ride bicycles!"
Hearing what he said, Adele heaved a sigh of relief. She had thought that Arvis would cry and wouldn't understand her, but she did not expect him to think this way. As for his last sentence, she didn't think too much. At the moment, all she wanted was to reach the foot of the mountain as soon as possible.
"Sit still."
The headlights of the car had been turned on for a long time. Adele thought that Isaac must have planned this long ago. Since he knew what kind of life she had in the past few years, he must know that she hadn't driven for a long time and didn't know how to turn on the lights, so he didn't turn it off.
However, although the road was lit by the car lights and it had been built a long time ago, no people or vehicles came here all the year round, so the road was full of weeds, and the small trees and weeds on both sides almost covered half of the road.
Fortunately, the car was high enough. Lucho and Isaac had been up the mountain before, so she only needed to follow the previous path, though the path was not smooth.
After driving for a while, Adele finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. The road became wider. She hooted several times, but no one answered.
Hadn't they arrived yet?
But didn't Isaac say that they were waiting for her? There was only one way up the mountain. Even if they wanted to go up, she would meet them halfway. However, where were they?
She suddenly had a nasty feeling and murmured to herself, "No, he wouldn't lie to me." While trembling, she took out the phone he gave her.
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