Chapter 112 - 112: I’ll Kill You First

Sophia knew something was wrong the moment she heard Scales exposed Linda.

She moved quickly and jumped over the balcony at once. As soon as she landed, she felt a slight noise around her. She turned around and saw Albert jump along with her.

The plainclothes knew things were exposed. They rushed to the door and shouted, "Scales, you're surrounded. Now, no one's hurt. Come out and turn yourself in, and you can get a lighter punishment."

Freddy, with the police and a lockpicking technician, rushed upstairs, shouting at the door while the lockpicking technician helped unlock the door.

"Don't unlock the door. I heard something on the door, I'll… I'll cut this woman first." Scales was angry.

The technician had to pause the lockpicking and wait for instructions.

Sophia walked slowly from the balcony, taking care not to disturb Scales.

Scales dragged Linda's hair. With a knife in his hand, he swung it around her chin.

"How do I always meet bitches?" Scales shouted, "My wife looked down on me, and you betrayed me. There are no good women in the world."

His eyes exposed fierce light, "You called the police. I can't get the money. I'd rather be dead without money. Right, since you and that kid are here, I'll kill you first, and then I'll kill that kid."

His knife tipped against Linda's neck and slowly fell down.

Seeing that Linda was in danger, Sophia didn't care to hide, she picked up a cup near her and threw it at Scales.

Scales was surprised, the knife in his hand quivered and slipped past Linda's neck. Linda felt the pain but could not see the injury. She thought she had been killed and let out a cry.

Before Scales could react, Sophia had rushed to him, lifted her foot, and kicked the knife out of his hand.

She then pulled up Linda and pushed her aside, freeing her from Scales.

All the actions took place in an instant. Linda was totally confused. She didn't know whether she was dead or alive for a moment, and didn't even know to open the door at all.

Scales burst out laughing. "Good. There's no fun in living anyway. Let's die together. With another young little girl, I had enough in my life."

He took the lighter out of his pocket, lit it on fire, and threw it to the ground.

The gasoline covered the floor and was ignited as soon as the lighter land. The flames spread instantly, and the whole room was in a fire.

Sophia's mind went blank at the moment of fire. She felt like she was going to die again, just like she was in the lab.

She wanted to run away, but she couldn't move her legs at all, even if there was nothing wrong with them.

Just then, a firm embrace wrapped around her body.

The scorching flame around her gradually went far away, and the air became fresh.

By the time she came to her attention, she was already outside the door. There were many police officers busy around. Albert stood next to her and held her shoulder with one hand. He was staring at her with concern in his eyes.

"Are you all right?" Albert asked.

"Kevin..." Sophia thought of Kevin as soon as she woke up, "He's still inside."

The fire was still burning in the room and had spread to the door. People standing outside could feel the heat.

Sophia was afraid of the fire, but she tried to rush inside at once.

Albert caught her at once, "He's fine. He's been sent to the hospital by Freddy."

He then recounted what had just happened.

Albert rushed over when Scales set fire. He first pulled Sophia and Linda to the door. Then he opened the door and let in the police officers who were picking the lock outside.

When the plainclothes officers in room 301 heard Scales say "gasoline", they asked the owner to prepare the wet quilts and called the fire station. After the fire, a plainclothes officer wearing a wet quilt rushed in and rescued Kevin.

By the way, he got Scales out, too.

The fire spread quickly, and the room where Kevin was locked up was on fire, but Kevin was not burned. It was just that Scales had knocked him out for fear of him running away.

Kevin and Linda were then taken to hospital.

Scales suffered severe burns and was taken to hospital.

Not long after, the firemen came and quickly put out the fire, which did not bring trouble to the surrounding residents.

Sophia was relieved to hear that Kevin was fine.

She never thought that Kevin would almost die because of her patent.

Fortunately, it was all over.

***

Kevin woke up a few hours after he was admitted to the hospital. He was fine. The doctor especially took a CT scan for him. After confirming that his brain tissue was not injured, they let him out of the hospital.

Albert got a car out of nowhere. After coming out of Garden Community, he took Sophia to the hospital to pick up Kevin. Since the police had to make a statement, they went straight to the police station.

After the horrific abduction, Kevin did not seem very scared. He talked about his abduction in the car.

On the way to the supermarket that night, Kevin was knocked unconscious as he passed through an alley. Then he fainted for a long time until Scales splashed him awake with water and asked him to call Sophia.

"I was wondering if I could give my sister some hints, but... I don't even know where I am." Kevin looked at Sophia, "But I knew my sister would find me wherever I was."

Sophia did not speak. After such a terrible thing, she just felt that peace was the best.

She called Ms. Acheson from the car to let her know she was safe.

Acheson was relieved when she heard that Kevin was safely rescued. "Fortunately, he's fine. This kid is really unlucky. Shall I ask the guard to stop watching Mrs. Lee? She has never called. She should not have told anything to her husband."

Sophia remembered that she had asked the doorman to keep an eye on Mrs. Lee. It was urgent then, she asked Ms. Acheson to ask Mrs. Lee directly, but got no useful information. In order not to leak the information, she also asked the doorman to keep an eye on Mrs. Lee.

"Please thank the doorman for me. Let him go and get some rest. Mrs. Lee should have nothing to do with it. She can go back, too. However, the police may come to her for some information." Sophia said.

Albert sent Kevin home first.. He needed a good rest and won't go back to class for the time being.