Sitting on a chair, Jimmy sensed someone outside the silent room, so he abruptly lifted his head and looked up at the closed door.
As the door opened, he saw Ariah standing there.
Jimmy turned to look at her.
"Jimmy!"
David and Ben let out a cry.
Jimmy nodded his head in agreement, while his eyes were still fixed on Ariah.
He knew that Ariah would come sooner or later after this incident.
He didn't expect it to be so fast.
Ariah stood there in a daze before she slowly walked over. Her eyes suddenly reddened and her tears almost fell. Taking a deep breath, she suppressed her tears and looked straight at him. "The police outside told me that you killed someone?"
In response, Jimmy raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "Do you believe them?"
Ariah shook her head. "No, I don't."
She was so firm with her belief that her tone was void of emotions as if it was just something ordinary.
The smile on Jimmy's face thus became brighter.
In a gruff voice, he said, "Come here."
As Ariah walked over, he stretched out his hand and touched her face. He stared at her intently and consoled her, "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."
How could he say that he'd be fine? Ariah knew that he was trying not to make her worry, so her eyes reddened again.
Jimmy looked at Ben, who then responded very quickly. "Have a seat, Ariah."
"OK."
Ariah suppressed her emotions and sniffed opposite Jimmy.
Holding her small hand, Jimmy felt that her hands were as cold as ice, so he frowned and said, "David, go get a glass of warm water."
"Sure."
David thought that the water was for Jimmy, so he quickly fulfilled his request.
As for Ariah, her mind was fixated on Jimmy, "What was going on? How did you get involved in this matter? Tell me now. I want to know the truth."
Before Jimmy could speak, David had already come in with a cup. "Here's the water."
However, to his surprise, Jimmy pushed the cup to Ariah. "Drink it."
How would Ariah be in the mood to drink water right now? She only wanted to know the truth. "I'm not thirsty..."
"You should still drink some water to warm your body," Jimmy responded in an overbearing manner.
Ariah knew his temper and couldn't do anything with him, so she could only drink slowly from the cup.
A few sips of the water soon made her feel warmer.
David, who had been standing aside, suddenly glanced at the cuffs on Jimmy's feet from the corner of his eyes. As his face became darker, he barked, "F*ck, how could those people do this to you?"
When Ben looked in his direction, he was also infuriated.
Ariah was confused at first, but when she saw the cuffs, her expression also changed while her hand holding the cup was trembling.
She had been in a hurry before this and didn't notice that the cuffs.
This was utterly an insult to Jimmy!
As angered spiked, David yelled, "Who do these b*stards think they are? Don't worry. I will think of a way to free you now."
"Come back here."
Jimmy's faint voice sounded behind him.
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