NOVEL NEXT Chapter 11: Am I A Fool?
THEY got in the car and Damien drove speedily, heading south to where the demolition site was.
The remaining line of cars that tailed after them closely consisted of Wesley's entourage, making such a grand display of wealth and influence.
Luckily for them, the site for the mall was just close by, and in no time, they had arrived.
The car screeched and halted behind the crowd.
Cross got down hurriedly and raced towards the scene.
If one did not understand the situation properly, they would've assumed that he was a relative of the girl who was about to be torn down with the building. Even Wesley couldn't tell why he was acting so concerned about the situation.
Cross pushed past the crowd of onlookers. Some people had their phones capturing everything.
Wesley's men pulled out of the car and began to chase the people away, paving a clear road for Wesley and trying to stop them from capturing him on their phones.
Cross finally made it to the front of Mr Maguire Arcade; the bulldozer was about to tear down the roof above Charlotte, who was shutting her eyes and standing her ground.
Seriously, was it worth it?
"Skipper stop!" Cross yelled, but his voice was not loud enough as the bulldozer's engine drowned it immediately.
So, he rushed to the front before the bulldozer could tear down the building with Charlotte in front and yelled once more,
"Stop this right away! What the hell do you think you're doing?"
Skipper recognized Cross to be Wesley's secretary. He was, after all, the one who picked them out to do the job.
Skipper, who was manning the bulldozer, looked at their boss, Sebastian, wondering what to do now.
He was worried that they were in trouble since they were planning to tear down the building with a girl still in front.
"Stop everything." Sebastian said, waving his hand at them. "Mister Cross, we weren't expecting you." He said and Cross, with a creased forehead, stomped towards him and grabbed his shirt.
"Are you crazy? Were you really planning to tear this place down with a girl in front?"
"Of course not." Sebastian said. "I was giving her a scare. She would've run away in a matter of seconds. She's not a Superman who can fend something like this off."
"Open your eyes." Cross said and pointed at Charlotte who still had her eyes closed and was shaking in fear. "Does it look like she's ready to step away because of fear?"
Sebastian looked at Charlotte and wondered if she was dumb.
She wanted to put her life down for a building that was not even in her name.
Charlotte was thinking the same thing.
Just what in the world was she thinking doing something like this?
If she died, who would take care of her younger brother, grandmother, and then her mother, who needed money regularly since she was in a comatose condition?
'Am I a fool?' She asked herself, biting her lips. 'This shit isn't even worth it. Why did I go this far?'
She trembled.
She was scared.
Then, she felt someone walk up to her and slowly, she opened her eyes.