Chapter 65: Mr. Gustin, I’m Poisoned
“Fine, I owe you. From now on, we’re done with each other!”
Hearing this, Kathy smiled in relief. “So you’ll let your father go?”
Molly was also excited. “You’ll let him go?”
“I won’t. It’s impossible!” Paige said without hesitation, her tone firm.
“Then how have you repaid us?” Molly demanded angrily.
Desperately, Kathy said, “Paige, if you just let your father go this once, you won’t owe us anything anymore. Even if you seek revenge in the future, I won’t come to you with these words again.”
In Kathy’s mind, as long as they got through this immediate crisis, once Malik was out, he would find a way to deal with Paige. Paige wasn’t the same person she used to be. Kathy couldn’t see her as her daughter anymore. Upon receiving news that Malik had been taken away by the prosecutor, Kathy suddenly realized that Paige had indeed returned to exact revenge on them. That’s why Kathy brought the poison. Today, she had to force Paige to let Malik go.
“I said it’s impossible,” Paige said decisively, her gaze chillingly cold. “Since you keep insisting I couldn’t have grown up on my own. Fine, today I’ll return this life to you!”
Kathy froze, then watched as Paige picked up the white medicine bottle from the table, opened it, and without hesitation, tilted her head back and poured it all down her throat.
She drank the poison!!!
Molly couldn’t believe Paige would go this far, shocked to the point of collapsing into her chair. Was she insane? She’d rather drink poison than let her father go?
Kathy stood there, her face pale. What was she doing? Didn’t she care about her own life?
Paige finished drinking the entire dose of poison in one go. Then, in front of them, she smashed the glass bottle in her hand onto the ground, her eyes cold and determined. The bottle shattered into pieces.
Kathy and Molly were completely stunned, unable to utter a word, just staring at her in shock.
Paige wiped her mouth and stood there calmly, as if nothing had happened. She leaned on the table, looked down at them both, a hint of ruthlessness in her eyes. “I’ve taken the poison, returned my life. Malik must die!”
With that, she turned and walked away.
If she managed to survive today, her life wouldn’t be indebted to the Clarkes anymore!
Kathy was utterly stunned, her shoulders slumped.
“She’s gone mad, absolutely mad. Paige actually drank the poison like that.”
Meanwhile, as Paige drank the poison and left the classroom alone, numerous luxury cars urgently stopped around Capital University, completely surrounding the campus.
Well-trained bodyguards rushed out of the cars, encircling the campus. They asked every student they met where Joss was.
The students thought Senator Clarke was in trouble and those arrogant and powerful financial institutions came to arrest Joss. They all tried to stop and intercept them, attempting to protect this brave and resourceful Joss.
Enrico heard the news as soon as he got off the plane and was furious.
“This move is too powerful, using thirty thousand students as pawns, no matter how many bodyguards we send, we won’t be able to find her.” Jaden sighed.
“Send more bodyguards in! Five thousand aren’t enough, send ten thousand, if ten thousand aren’t enough, send twenty thousand!”
Enrico clenched his teeth angrily at Jaden, “What’s the use of keeping a bunch of people who can’t even enter a school!”Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.
He angrily pulled open his collar, glaring fiercely at the road ahead.
“Boss, the car is ready,”
“Too slow, switch to a helicopter!” Enrico said coldly, ripping off his tie and unbuttoning two buttons from his shirt.
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Paige walked out of the classroom, the wind outside was strong, and the sun was bright.
Leaning against the wall, she glanced up at the glaring sun with a self-deprecating smirk. She was about to run away, so why did she drink the poison? How foolish. But after drinking it, she strangely felt ease. She owed nothing now, absolutely nothing!
Paige tried to force herself to vomit by sticking her fingers into her mouth, but nothing came out. The chemical taste of the poison spread in her mouth, its effects quickening.
She could feel her stomach churning, she shivered, feeling cold all over.
Taking a deep breath, Paige continued forward, her legs growing weaker with each step.
Just endure a bit longer, maybe there’s still a chance at the hospital. She reassured herself, reaching out to support herself against the wall, continuing towards the school gate.
The pain began to explode throughout her body, intensifying, like countless insects gnawing at her insides.
The cold sweat seeped more and more, almost covering her eyes.
The west gate only a short distance away from her, why hasn’t she arrived after walking for so long.
“Gah-” she coughed up blood, splattering it onto the ground. She could barely see anything now.
This poison… is so potent.
Suddenly, her phone vibrated.
Weakly leaning against the wall, Paige’s fingers weakly retrieved her phone. She couldn’t see the words on it, so she slid her finger over it based on feeling, bringing the phone to her ear.
“Are you still daring to answer the phone?” Enrico’s voice echoed in her ear.
Even though she couldn’t see him, Paige could imagine how terrifying he must be right now.
She opened her mouth, breath trembling. Before she could speak, she heard Enrico chuckle coldly, “Paige, you better run. Run as far as you can, use your legs as much as you can. Because when I catch you, your legs won’t be of any use anymore. Because I will definitely break your legs.”
Paige weakly leaned against the wall, finding it difficult to breathe. She struggled to speak, “Mr. Gustin…”
Sensing the strangeness in her tone, there was silence on the other end of the phone.
“I’ve been poisoned, could you please help me call an ambulance to take me for stomachs pumped.”
Her vision was failing now, she couldn’t dial the phone herself, and she probably couldn’t make it out of here on her own.
Her voice was fragile yet composed.
Enrico, about to board the helicopter, abruptly halted in his tracks. His eyes darkened, his voice hoarse, “What did you say?”
“I said, I’ve been poisoned. I need my stomachs pumped. Could you help?… I’m at the west gate of the school.”
“I…” Paige struggled to speak, “I don’t think I can hold on much longer.”
“Paige, what the hell are you doing?” Enrico roared.
Then, with a “bang,” the phone went silent, indicating she no longer had the strength to even hold onto it.
“Damn it. This woman!”
“Arrange for an ambulance with full gastric lavage equipment to Capital University’s West Gate! Now! Immediately!” Enrico ordered without hesitation as he boarded the helicopter, “Tell those medical personnel that if she dies, they’ll all be buried with her!”
Jaden nodded hurriedly, “I’ll arrange it right away.”
Outside the West Gate of the school, a large number of bodyguards had already gathered, and upon receiving the message, they all rushed inside.
Paige leaned weakly against the wall, her eyes misty and weak as she looked up at the glaring sun overhead.
Why was the sun so bright when she felt so cold…
So cold. Colder than the seawater in the slums. She had to survive this. If she died like this, she couldn’t rest in peace. Biting her lip, tasting the metallic tang of blood in her mouth, she shook her head and continued to lean against the wall. Cold sweat continued to seep out, soaking through her sportswear.