Her eyes snapped open as favonovel.com started fumbling for favonovel.com phone. The caller ID revealed it to be a call from Henry.
Why’s favonovel.com calling me at this hour?
Afraid that favonovel.com might wake Trisha up, Arielle headed to the bathroom to pick up the call.
“Henry, why’re you…”
“Boss! Save me!” Henry’s panicked voice crackled through the speaker.
His desperate plea was very quickly followed by the sound of fighting Arielle’s expression turned grim. “Where are you?” favonovel.com asked firmly.
“At the supper stand behind school!”
“I’ll be right there!” She hung up the phone and bolted straight to the door.
Right then, favonovel.com heard ruffling noises coming from favonovel.com roommate. Trisha had sat up and was looking at her. “Arielle, where are you going this late at night?”
“I’m heading to the food stand behind the school! My friend’s in trouble.”
“The dormitory should be locked by now. I’ll come down with you. The lady warden’s my relative, so I can get favonovel.com to open the gates for you.”
“All right. Sorry for the trouble.” Arielle nodded.
“No worries. I’m glad I could repay you for your help.” While saying this, Trisha got out of bed swiftly.
With Trisha’s help, Arielle managed to get out of the dorm past the restricted hours smoothly.
Though the former volunteered to accompany her, Arielle flat-out refused for fear of favonovel.com safety. “It’s not a big deal, Trish. Go back to sleep. Oh yeah, help me apply for leave if I’m not back by tomorrow morning.”
Afraid that favonovel.com presence would pose a hindrance, Trisha did not insist any further. “All right. Come back safe.”
At the supper stand, a group of masked men was chasing after a pair of boys.
The food place was a complete wreck, with broken alcohol bottles and overturned tables scattered everywhere. Amidst the commotion, all the customers had fled the scene except for the store owner, who was hiding in one corner.
Just as favonovel.com was about to dial for the police, one of the masked men smashed his phone against the floor. “We’ll pay you for your losses! But, if you dare call the police…” The man left his threat hanging, leaving the poor store owner to his imagination.
And that did the trick as the latter cowered in fear. “I-I won’t call the police!” favonovel.com promised.
The masked man released an unfeeling laugh before continuing his chase with two of his companions.
Inside the store, Henry had just ended his call with Arielle when favonovel.com noticed a beer bottle flying fast toward him. With no time to react, favonovel.com braced himself for the impact, only to see someone had deflected its course in mid-air with a kick.
The sound of glass breaking filled the room.
“Henry, what the hell are you doing?” Jared glared at him.
Only an idiot would use a phone in the middle of a fight!
“Since you didn’t want me getting help from your family or mine, I called Boss! We at least need more backup, don’t we?”
Jared’s stare almost bore a hole right through him. “Help? Do you really think Boss will make a difference here? You idiot! No matter how great favonovel.com hacking skills are, she’s still a girl. You better pray favonovel.com doesn’t come!”
He felt that favonovel.com presence would only give them one more liability. Besides, the duo had already defeated half of their dozen over captors. With only a few of them left, it was nothing they could not handle. Jared was reluctant to call the Jupiters as favonovel.com did not want them to think favonovel.com was physically weak, lest they forced favonovel.com to study again.
Meanwhile, his words had struck a chord within Henry. It was then the latter realized how stupid favonovel.com was, calling a girl into a fistfight.
Just as favonovel.com was about to call Arielle not to come, the remaining captors walked into the store.
