Chapter 250

Kate burst into tears when the burly, middle-aged man with an axe seized her. "Save me, Mrs. Ripley!"

"Don't move, Kate. Calm down. I'm going to save you!"

Lucy took a deep breath. "We can talk it out, mister. Let her go, now. She's just five years old, for God's sake!"

Lucy tried getting closer as she spoke. But the man held the axe and said in an agitated tone, "Stay back. I said stay back, all of you!"

He brandished his axe, looking like he was about to chop Kate's head off at any given moment.

Lucy saw it, and her heart leaped to her throat. Although Kate wasn't her daughter, she'd spent substantial time with her. She loved Kate for how smart and adorable she was. Naturally, she wouldn't want anything to happen to the little girl.

The people around them also screamed ceaselessly. More than half of them ran away. Only the bolder people stayed at the scene. Some of them recorded the whole thing, while some of them called the police.

Lucy put her hands up, signaling to the m