Ahmad endured the pain, still thinking about Sienna at such a moment.
Callie was both angry and heartbroken. “We can talk about this later. Stay alive, okay? Hold on!”
But she didn’t know how long they could hold on. The henchmen had fled in fear, leaving only the bald man standing there, unable to believe he had actually acted.
She cried and pleaded, “Call 911! Quickly! As long as he doesn’t die, you still have a chance! I’m begging you! He’s not me; if he dies, not only you, but your whole family will be done for!”
The bald man seemed to awaken, fumbling to find his phone. Not finding it, he stumbled over to where they had been playing cards to search.
During this moment, Callie looked down at Ahmad’s face, which was growing paler and losing its usual vigor.
Ahmad gripped Callie’s hand tightly, gazing at her almost longingly. “Do you know why there’s an abandoned construction site behind the Ellison family’s hill?”
Callie couldn’t speak, only shaking her head.
“It’s because I wanted to build a castle for you here. But before it could be completed, you disappeared…”
Since then, every time Ahmad saw the place, he felt heartbroken and ordered the construction to stop, leaving it abandoned to this day.
Callie was stunned. She looked around and realized that the outline of the place indeed resembled a castle.
“I know you won’t believe anything I say now… I’m very sorry…” Ahmad’s lips trembled, and after a long pause, he finally said the word “sorry.”
“I used to think that no matter what happened, as long as you returned to my side, I would recognize you no matter what you became. Now it seems… I didn’t love you enough…”
He regretted not recognizing his daughter immediately.
Callie’s tears flowed uncontrollably as memories flashed through her mind. She screamed, “Have you found it?”
The bald man had grabbed his phone and made a call. “Is this 911? I’m at…”
There was no response from the other side for a while. “Sir, are you okay? Can you answer me? Sir? Sir?”
The scene on the TV was still broadcasting live. The guests had all left, and Holly was slumped over the stage, looking like a withered flower.
Soon, bodyguards came forward to restrain her and dragged her away.
At that moment, she glanced at the camera and made eye contact with the bald man from afar.
He gripped his phone tightly and looked towards Callie.
Since he had already done it, why not finish it all… Holly had no chance of turning things around now…
The 911 operator was still calling out “Sir,” but the bald man said, “It’s nothing.” Then he hung up.
Ahmad held on to his last breath, looking at Callie almost lovingly.
“I have no regrets dying here. Don’t feel guilty.”
Callie closed her eyes.
The bald man walked back over. She immediately asked, “Did you call?”
He nodded with a pale face, then picked up the blood-stained knife from the ground and wiped it clean with his clothes. Callie watched his actions with an inexplicable fear. “… What are you doing…”
“I just think that since you two have such a deep father-daughter bond,” the bald man looked at her and said word by word, “why not die together.”
Callie’s body trembled, and Ahmad’s pupils dilated.
“You’re crazy…”
The bald man’s eyes were filled with murderous intent. He raised the knife high and thrust it down forcefully. Callie closed her eyes again, only to hear a loud “bang”-