“Where are you now”
Enrico asked with suppressed emotions that almost burst out of his chest. “Have you contacted the Folsom family”
“I haven’t obtained the Folsom family’s death certificate yet,”
Paige sat in the car and explained, “It’s like this, I found two things in your mother’s belongings that can cure your illness the Forgotten Fruit and the Snow on the Withered Branch. So I came to the Folsom family to get them and will go back once I get them.”
In other words, she has not yet contacted the Folsom family.
Enrico felt the tightness in his throat gradually ease up. He walked over to the French windows with his phone in his hand, and touched the back of his tongue against his back molars, saying, “I thought you were never going to tell me.”
Upon hearing this, Paige let out a soft sigh. “I did, after all. I didn’t have any bargaining chips, so I thought that coming here would be a tough battle. I never imagined…”
She glanced at the group of the Folsom family on the surveillance screen and smiled softly. “I’ve captured several key members of the Folsom family. In a while, I’ll go to the Folsom family to demand a written pledge of allegiance. I think with these people, the transaction process will go very smoothly.”
Jaden crouched on the ground, listening to the voice coming from the headset, and admired Paige very much.
Going to the Folsom family alone and still managing to capture the core members of the other family, that was something only Paige could do.
Rafael looked at Jaden’s expression and couldn’t resist, so he also picked up a headset and put it on his head to monitor the sound inside. He then saw that the signal had been blocked on the device and that the professional staff were desperately trying to crack it to get the other party’s address.
“That’s great, you have leverage. Give me the address, and I’ll send someone to back you up.”
Enrico said with patience, his voice gloomy and not at all happy.
“…”
Paige sat in the RV holding the phone, and after a few seconds of silence, she whispered, “Enrico, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s just that I’m now certain that the leader of the Folsom family has no intention of killing me. I’ll take the hostage there and ask for a death certificate, so I don’t think it’ll be a big problem.”
Enrico stood there, looking out of the floor-to-ceiling window at the desolate and compacted cityscape. His patience was wearing thin. He asked in a low voice, “Why is it a problem if I go to you”
“If you bring too many people over, the Folsom family will definitely be on their guard, and it won’t be a simple hostage exchange. Things will get out of hand, and the Folsom family will use every possible means to pressure us internally, and you will also use every possible means to pressure the Folsom family.”
Paige sensibly analyzed with him, “At that time, a trade will turn into a protracted standoff.”
Therefore, she did not want the situation to turn into a protracted war.
Enrico understood and asked directly, ‘How long do I have to live”
“…”
Paige froze as she listened, her teeth biting her lips, her breathing coming to a halt. After a while, she spoke with difficulty, ‘One month.”
After getting the death sentence, she still had to search for the two things on it, and she couldn’t afford to wait.
Therefore, while the situation was still relatively stable, she had to use the safest and fastest way to trade, and not let things get out of hand.
Hearing Paige’s voice, there was a moment of silence in the office.
Rafael and Jaden glanced at each other, and both saw shock in each other’s eyes.
One month
Enrico only had one month left to live
On the contrary, Enrico, the center of the story, did not panic at all about his short life. He stood in front of the French windows and only muttered, “Oh.”
One month.
It turns out that he only has one month left.
“Enrico, three days. Just give me three days.”
Paige knew that he was worried about her, so she made a promise, “If I can’t get the death certificate and return to the States within three days, I will definitely let you know my current address so that you can take care of it.”
“…”
Enrico didn’t reply.
“But during these three days, don’t block the traffic anymore. Give the Folsom family a little sign, just let them know that you’re looking for me,”
Paige persuaded him, “If you keep blocking the traffic, it will be bad for Rafael’s election and it won’t do any good for our cooperation.”
“…”
Rafael grabbed the headset and was very grateful to Paige, as there was still someone here who cared about him.
“Not even for a day,” Enrico’s voice was cold and every word was icy, “either you come back to me right now or let me go over there, there is no third option.”
Upon hearing this, Paige became anxious, as she realized that Enrico was prepared to block the traffic to force her to come back.
She bit her lip, making her already chapped lips ache even more.
“Enrico, please don’t go crazy, okay”
Upon hearing this, Enrico sneered dismissively, “I can go even crazier, do you believe that”
“…”
Paige stiffened.
“If you make me unable to see you again, I will immediately withdraw from the plan to rebuild the slums.”
Enrico looked at the transparent glass in front of him, his lips curled up in a cruel smile as he said, “Tell me, if I make you my enemy, when will the people in the slums get equality”
Paige listened in a daze, suddenly losing her strength, and her body leaned back limply.
She looked out the window at the snowy scene, her eyes red with tears, ‘Enrico, you know how important the slums are to me.”
“Then come back,’ Enrico said.
“No,” Paige said without thinking, her eyes red. “Because you are the one I have to choose.”
As she spoke, she tried desperately to hide her emotions, but a hint of grievance still leaked out.
“…”
Enrico listened, his chest feeling like it was being strangled by vines that were growing wildly, wrapping themselves around every nerve in his body and causing excruciating pain.
He could barely stand, and he put a hand on the cold glass.
Paige sat in the caravan, reached up to wipe her eyes, and said in a low, stubborn voice, “You don’t need to threaten me. If you keep threatening, I’m still going to take the three days. If you force me like this, there’s nothing I can do.”
“Paige!” Enrico listened to what she said, gritted his teeth and growled, his narrow eyes even more red with obvious bloodshot.
Paige leaned back, tilted her head slightly, and said with a bitter smile, “Enrico, you must be the person in the world who doesn’t believe in me the most.”
“…”
“But I love you,”
she said, her eyes brimming with tears.
She loved him, and she could not bear to see him die.
No matter what he did to her, no matter how much he hated her, she would save him.
As Enrico listened, his breathing grew heavier and heavier, and he clutched the phone in his fingers, wishing he could crush it. “If you die or become disabled, what will you use to love me”
He didn’t care about anything else.
He just wanted her to live!
Hearing this, Paige laughed freely, “If I die or become disabled, it must be because I didn’t get the divorce papers. In that case, wouldn’t it be great if we died together”
Either we live together, or we die together.
“…”
Enrico heard this, but was speechless for a long time.
Everyone said he was crazy, but it turned out that she was crazier than he was.
“Three days, just give me three days, okay” Paige reassured him.
Enrico took a deep breath, about to say something, when a woman’s voice came faintly from the other end, “Blanca, it’s snowing heavily! Come out and make a snowman!”
Paige hung up the phone hastily.