Carlson’s voice suddenly became stern. "Don’t panic, m y child. I'll look for Tyler, whereas you'll get Susan to the hospital as soon as you can."
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, I saw that the car had come to a stop and looked at Theo anxiously. "Why did you stop?"
Theo frowned. "The GPS pointed to an alley where cars can't enter. We need to get out and walk inside."
I was so anxious that my hair was almost burning. " What are you waiting for? Let's get out immediately."
After getting out of the car, Theo and I ran all the way into the alley.
When we found Susan, she was lying in a yard with a big pool of blood underneath her body. It was a gory sight to behold.
Fortunately, she was still conscious and breathed a huge sigh of relief when she saw us before passing out.
Theo and I quickly sent her to the hospital. When the nurse pushed her into the emergency room, I slumped on the chair and said in a trembling voice, "I hope nothing happens."
"Nothing will happen.” Theo grabbed my shoulder and comforted me softly.
I saw the blood that covered his hands and looked up t o see that his shirt was stained with blood too. I said," Why don't you go home and clean yourself up? I'll stay here and keep watch."
He looked down at his wretched appearance and said with a smile, "There’s no rush."
I was so shocked that my legs had turned to jelly. It took me a long time to regain strength in my feet.
As I had experienced this before and knew how scary this was for a woman going through something like this, it was why I was so flustered.
Theo hugged me and comforted me. "Don't worry, nothing will happen.”
Since we were just waiting, I pulled out my phone to give Tyler a call.
This time, the call connected but the one who answered it was a woman.
She had a sweet voice that sounded very familiar. "I'm sorry, Mr. Schuman is taking a shower and can't answer the phone right now. I'll ask him to return the call when he's done showering.”
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