Before Naomi and Eudora could express their doubts, Eudora started to lose her grip on the rope.
Eudora shouted loudly, "Naomi!" Nelson, who was being questioned by Cody on a rock, jumped towards Naomi. He grabbed onto the other end of the rope held by Eudora.
In the blink of an eye, he was hanging onto the other side of the tree.
He and Naomi ended up like a balancing scale, hanging from both sides of the tree.
Eudora felt a tremor and she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Nelson, who was gazing into her daughter's eyes in mid-air.
His action just now looked to have come from his heart.
If it wasn't, then the only explanation would be that he was a really good actor..
However, even Amos couldn't be so good at doing that, therefore Eudora could only believe in their love.
"Sh*t!" She heard Jerry cussing.
Eudora's heart skipped a beat, and she was thinking about how to get away again. Fortunately, Nelson had saved Naomi, for now.
However, he was still hanging from the tree by grasping the rope with his bare hands, it was extremely precarious!
He might lose his grip at anytime just like she did.
As she was thinking, Cody picked up his phone again and went into the cabin by the cliff.
Eudora turned to look at Jerry. Compared to Cody, Jerry seemed easier to deal with.
He was standing with his back facing Eudora. She wondered if she had a fighting chance if she were to attack him from behind.
Perhaps she would fail, but she felt that she had no choice but to give it a try anyway!
Inside the cabin.
As expected, it was Monique who called him.
"What's happening? Have you done it? I've already said that I only want Nelson alive. You can deal with the rest of them as you please. I don't care if they're dead or alive!"
Cody said falteringly, "Madam, about this..."
"What's wrong? Do you have any other problems? Oh, it's about the payment, isn't it? You can rest assured that you will be paid in full as I promised you. I'll get someone to transfer it into your account now."
"No, it's not about that! Nelson didn't act as planned. Now he is hanging from the cliff with Miss George!"
"What?"
Monique slammed her fist down on the table in anger.
"Is this how you do your job? Didn't I tell you not to hurt him?"
"We really didn't hurt him. When I asked him to choose, Miss George almost fell down, so he jumped over and caught her mid-air!"
The man couldn't help sighing at the thought.
"He's really audacious! I can't believe that he actually dared to jump into the rope mid-air!"
There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone line. Cody shut up as he felt Monique's brooding wrath. Then, he tried to please her with a compliment.
"Of course, it also proves that you are very insightful..."
Bang!
Another loud noise could be heard by Cody through the phone.
Monique sneered, "Very well, Nelson! It's not that I didn't give you any chance! In this case, don't blame me for being merciless!"
She sounded wicked and cruel as if she was a demon straight from hell.
Cody couldn't help but shudder.
"Madam, what should we..."
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