Elena prepared herself, facing the armed young man before her. Her eyes narrowed as she saw that the neck of the girl being held hostage was already wounded by the man's knife.
"I'll give you the jewelry, but let her go!" Elena said, trying to negotiate and buy time as she walked slowly toward a small table beside the bed.
There was an emergency button key given to her by Evander. If she could reach it and press the SOS button, she would only need to stall until help arrived.
The problem was, the situation was extremely risky. She was only wearing a towel and was at gunpoint.
"You arrogant people, squandering money without a care for the starving poor," the young man condemned, his eyes glinting with a wild anger.
Elena was taken aback by his words. She understood then that the perpet
