You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Chapter 1829: Sacrificing Herself

The long ten minutes felt like a century, so long that every breath was unforgettable.

Whether it was Anderson inside the activity center or Joyce and Luther outside, they felt every second was agonizing.

By now, the sky had turned completely dark, with only a few sporadic street lights emitting dim light. The rest of the place was

almost pitch black, making it difficult to see anything. The immense darkness resembled a black hole, devouring all fear.

Zhao commanded the lighting equipment to be set up, illuminating the surroundings with bright light.

As soon as the tcame, the doors of the activity center opened. Several hostages appeared, and the black-clad individuals were

highly professional, hiding behind the hostages and keeping their fatal parts concealed.

At this moment, Zhao shouted through a megaphone, "Begin!"

It was the predetermined signal.

The black-clad individuals started moving forward, pushing the hostages along.

As the hostages were gradually released, Anderson heard the commotion outside and recognized the signal.

He said to Fair, "Let's make our move."

Fair nodded.

Inside the hall, everyone's attention was focused on the release of the hostages, and no one would pay attention to the restroom.

They quietly opened the door of the utility caband crawled out from inside.

The entrance to the ventilation duct was conveniently located above the utility cabinet.

Anderson was agile and quickly climbed to the top of the cabinet.

Compared to him, Fair had sdifficulty climbing up. She was wearing an elegant lady's skirt, so she couldn't spread her legs too

wide. After a few attempts, she almost slipped down. Fortunately, Anderson caught her in time.

With his help, Fair finally managed to climb to the top of the utility cabinet.

Anderson then opened the cover of the ventilation duct, gently placing it aside.

"You go in first," Anderson said.

"No, you go first. I... I'm afraid of the dark," Fair said intentionally, though she wasn't really afraid. The one who entered first would

be safer, and they both wanted to ensure each other's safety.

Anderson didn't say anything more; he went in first.

After entering, Fair grabbed the edge of the ventilation duct and struggled to climb up. She finally made it up.

The two of them entered the ventilation duct in the darkness.

Before leaving, Fair made sure to partially close the cover of the ventilation duct to prevent it from being discovered.

The narrow and winding duct was dark and terrifying.

Fair was genuinely scared, and she whispered, "Anderson, is your phone charged? Can you turn on the flashlight?"

"No, we can't. Haven't you seen the grid under the ventilation duct? If there's light, it will leak out, and we'll be discovered,"

Anderson replied, turning back and reaching out his hand to Fair. "You givethe direction, and I'll crawl forward while you follow

behind me."

"Alright, 15 degrees south-west, 6 meters," Fair recited silently. "Don't worry, even in the darkness, | can still determine the

direction. Even with my eyes closed, | can visualize the orientation. Now, with each step, we're covering about 25 centimeters."

As they crawled for a while, Fair suddenly said, "Stop, 7 meters east."

Anderson continued forward based on the direction indicated by Fair.

They slowly moved, gradually positioning themselves directly above the hall of the activity center.

Below them were the trapped hostages and the gunmen holding guns.

They could faintly hear the conversation below.

"Go 15 meters north. Anderson, you go ahead. | need to catch my breath and rest for a while. I'll join you later," Fair stopped and

said, genuinely feeling tired.

"Got it. Don't take too long. I'll go ahead and check the situation. I'll wait for you there," Anderson said, then continued moving

forward.

As Fair caught her breath, she could clearly hear a phone ringing below.

The person answering the call had put it on speakerphone.

The voice of the caller sounded familiar to Fair, and she was startled. She recognized the voice-it was Cloud. She had spent some

twith Athena and naturally had seen Cloud before.

Cloud asked, "Among the hostages you've kidnapped, is there a child named Fair?"

Fair was stunned, could it be referring to herself?

At this moment, another black-clad individual approached the trembling hostages with a gun.

"Who is Fair? Step forward," the black-clad individual demanded.

The hostages turned pale with fear and shook their heads.

"Tell the truth quickly, don't try to hide," the black-clad individual sternly warned.

However, after questioning several hostages, no one knew anyone named Fair.

On the other end of the phone, Cloud sneered, "No need to ask. They lied to me. Either there's no such person or there are others

hiding in the activity center. You fools failed to discover them."

The ghostly voice sentshivers down the spines of the black-clad individuals.

"Sorry, we'll go look for them right away," the leader of the black-clad individuals said.

Cloud continued, "I had a feeling something was off. If you can't find Fair, it means there's someone else. They misledand

almost fooled me. If I'm not mistaken, there's a four-year-old boy hiding here. Search every corner until you find him."

"Yes," the leader of the black-clad individuals responded promptly.

At that moment, several other black-clad individuals rushed towards different corners, searching everywhere.

ly as well. We might have missed something earlier. Kids can hide in many

, "Boss, we have already released half of the hostages. What should we do

finding that little boy is enough. Stop wasting tand go find him. You

ity center, Fair heard their conversation clearly.

flashed through Fair's mind. They believed Anderson was in the activity

't know before. They couldn't be sure if Anderson was in the activity

ouldn't continue searching for Anderson.

ly couldn't let Anderson fall into Cloud's hands. Last time, Athena almost

on in danger.

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