Evelyn hadn't expected the thief to actually want to kill her. Her face turned pale in a flash, and she tried to run, but her feet felt like they were filled with lead—totally stuck in place.
The vase was about to crash down on her. Her chest tightened in fear.
Someone help... please...
She reflexively shut her eyes, bracing for impact, but... nothing happened.
Carefully, she opened her eyes again. At some point Fabian had entered the room after hearing the noise. He was gripping the vase tightly.
"Evelyn, are you okay?"
He looked like a mess, clothes soaked through, but to Evelyn in that moment, he may as well have descended from the heavens. Her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
The thief froze when he saw Fabian and panicked. He dropped the vase and tried to ma
