NovelFinishChapter 369 The police and ambulances showed up in no time. The culprits were quickly taken into custody.
At the hospital, just outside the emergency room, Brooklyn and Joy were a bundle of nerves. Joy couldn't stop pacing up and down the hallway, mumbling to herself, "Allison's going to be okay, she just has to be..." Brooklyn stood stoically against the wall, her face tight with worry, staring silently at the floor.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtNot long after, Javier and Linda burst in, clearly having rushed over after hearing the news. "How's Allie doing?" Javier asked Brooklyn, his voice laced with urgency.
Brooklyn dropped her gaze, her face shadowed with guilt as she replied, her voice strained, "She got shot in the chest, and we're not sure if it hit her heart." Javier swayed, nearly losing his footing at the shock of her words. "How could this happen?" he asked, his eyes wide in disbelief and filled with anguish.
"It's my fault..." Joy's eyes welled up with tears, her voice breaking. "The bullet wasn't aimed at Allison. She pushedout of harm's way to save me, and that's how she got shot... I'm so sorry, it should've been me..." "Mr. Javier, these weren't just any criminals," Brooklyn said seriously. "I fought with them, and it was clear they were trained mercenaries. I even caught sight of a tattoo on one of them-it's the mark of the biggest gang in America." Brooklyn pulled out her phone to show Javier a photo she'd snapped before the cops arrived. The guy who had been drugged and had a knife in his leg had a black gun-shaped tattoo on the back of his neck.
Javier studied the photo, murmuring, "The biggest gang in America? Isn't that..." "Chris's men," a cold voice interrupted before Javier could finish.
Javier turned to see Joshua approaching, looking deeply troubled.
"This was on me," Joshua admitted, his brow furrowed. "Chris isn't dead. The body in the ruins was just a stand-in he'd set up." "Chris again?" Javier said, his frustration boiling over. "This feud is between him and the Fisher family. Why drag my family into this? Allie ended things with you, Joshua. Why is he still going after her?" Joshua's eyes were dark with regret. "Because of me." "I'm sorry, Javier," Joshua said, his e'
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmvoice low. "Before the elections in America, had everything planned out. I went there myself to handle Chris. Everything was set, but someone on my team betrayed us and tipped Chris off. He left a decoy in America and escaped through an underground tunnel."
"We collaborated with the U.S.
government to dismantle Chris's network over there. We thought he over was dead and Allie was safe, so I got close to her again...” "Chris is done for. His forces are
either gone or surrendered. He has no way to cback from this. He's desperate now, out for revenge against me. Those thugs who m attacked Allie were his men, sent to kill her, while Chris himself cfor me."
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