Chapter 452
Melody’s hands were held down by the firefighters to prevent her from rushing into the fire, so she could not avoid the woman who rushed over immediately.
The woman was very strong. For a moment, Melody thought that her neck was about to be snapped.
However, her heart was filled with Ken, who was still in the fire. She had no intention of struggling.
She thought, ‘Yes, it’s all my fault. If it wasn’t for me, why would Ulric set fire here? Perhaps I shouldn’t have been born in the first place, then I wouldn’t have harmed these two lives.’
Melody gently closed her eyes. She had completely lost all will to live.
She wanted to pay for these two lives in this way.
When the firefighters saw that the woman was choking Melody, they quickly went forward and pulled the woman away. “Madam! Calm down!”
When Zack saw this, he quickly said to James, who was on the verge of breaking down, “Mr. Deeds, Miss Fox has been bullied. Quickly go and take a look!”
However, James acted as if he could not hear Zack’s words. He still struggled to rush into the fire like a madman.
Seeing this, Zack could not care less about James. After handing James over to the bodyguards, he turned around and ran towards Melody.
After running over, he pulled the woman away and said angrily, “If it weren’t for her, not only your son, but everyone would have died inside! You still want to choke her?”
The woman’s face was pale and hideous. “My son is gone. It has nothing to do with me whether the others are alive or not!”
This sentence made everyone feel bad for Melody.
Samuel strode forward and waved his hand to get two adjutants to tie the woman up.
When the firefighters saw this, they subconsciously wanted to go forward and persuade him, but they were frightened by Samuel’s gaze and did not dare to say anything else.
“Let go of me!” The woman struggled with all her might, trying to break free of the rope.
Samuel exhaled heavily and walked to Melody. “Master, is your neck hurt?”
Melody shook her head reflexively, but her gaze was fixed on the building.
She thought, ‘Ken has promised me that he would come out safely, but he has broken his promise… The feeling of carrying a human life is worse than death.
Samuel thought that Melody was angered by that woman. He sighed and said, “That woman was too anxious. Don’t take her words to heart. We know everything you’ve done for us. If it weren’t for you, all of us would have been trapped inside. Even if we weren’t burned to death, we would have suffocated to death by the smoke.”
Melody did not say anything, but her eyes slowly turned red. She had never believed in gods, but at this moment, she was begging the heavens to give her a miracle and let Ken come out safely.
At this moment, the building that had its load-bearing wall blown off became even more unstable.
Not far away, a firefighter immediately raised his voice and shouted, “Retreat! Retreat! The building is about to collapse!”
The bodyguards closest to the building immediately stalled James and sped towards Melody.
With a loud bang, the building that was originally on the verge of collapse fell rapidly.
The loud sound made everyone’s eardrums tremble violently.
In less than seconds, the building was broken in half. The dust and black smoke caused by the fire covered the sky as if it had been hit by an atomic bomb.
For a moment, the world fell into a gray fog.
Suddenly, a piece of gravel flew towards Melody.
At this speed, the stone could directly pierce through Melody’s body.
However, Melody did not move. She just stared at the collapsed building in a daze, as if her soul had already dissipated with the collapse of the building.
James, who was closest to Melody, was shocked. He reflexively pushed Melody away.
With a dull thud, both of them fell to the ground. This fall made Melody’s entire body ache.
When she recovered from the pain, she quickly got up from the ground and looked up at the Youth Center again. She only saw ruins and gray clouds floating in the air. The former Youth Center was nowhere to be seen.
Melody’s face instantly lost all color and turned as pale as paper.
In the next moment, she bent her knees and knelt on the ground.
She clenched her right fist and slammed it on the ground.” Liar! Ken, you liar! Why must you let me come down first? Do you think you’re so great and deserve to die inside? I’ll never believe you again!”
Tears flowed down her red-spotted face as if she would not stop until they were dry.
When James saw Melody like this, the pain in his heart was indescribable.
Just like the woman who wanted to strangle Melody, he felt that if it wasn’t for Melody, Ken wouldn’t have been left inside.
At this moment, a sports car stopped not far from her. A man and a woman quickly ran towards Melody.
“James!” The woman spoke first. “Where’s Ken?”
James slowly looked up and realized that it was Janet and Sid. For a moment, he did not know how to tell them about Ken’s death.
He moved his lips, but no sound came out of his throat.
Janet immediately felt that something was wrong. She grabbed James’s shoulder and asked, “Speak! Where is Ken?”
Sid’s expression was also extremely ugly. Then, he questioned, “Where is Ken, James? Don’t be silent. Say something!”
James’s Adam’s apple bobbed. Just as he was about to speak, tears flowed out of his eyes.
“I-” James had barely uttered a word when he collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Janet’s heart felt empty, and the bad feeling became stronger and stronger.
She was about to continue questioning James when she caught a glimpse of Melody who was also kneeling on the ground.
She glared at her and walked to Melody in a few steps. She grabbed her wrist and asked, “Where’s Ken, Melody!”
Two streams of tears streamed down Melody’s face. She could not tell if she was feeling guilty or sad.
“He-” The moment the word left her mouth, it was as if a fishbone was stuck in her throat.
She swallowed hard, closed her eyes, and said, “He’s in there… and he hasn’t come out.”
Janet’s heart stopped beating for a moment.
She tightened her grip on Melody’s hand. Even when she left red marks on it, she had no intention of stopping.
When Sid saw this, he quickly went forward and pulled Janet away. He lowered his eyes and asked Melody,” Melody, tell me clearly. What do you mean by Ken is inside? Why is he inside? He was clearly in the company not long ago.”
Melody wiped away the tears on her face and said with a trembling voice, “In order to save me… he was trapped inside. Now that the building has collapsed, he hasn’t come out yet… He, he should be dead…”
Only God knew how much pain and self-reproach she felt when she said this.
“Nonsense!” Janet pushed Sid away and said sternly, “You must be lying to me, right? How can Ken die? Do you know how powerful he is? He will never die in such a place. Tell me the truth!”