Chapter 4

I broke down crying.

"I'm not lying! He really can't wait!"

"You can escort me there under guard!"

"The Mayor really is in that ambulance!"

The captain quickly helped me up, uncertainty in his eyes.

Although the Mayor's secretary had said the Mayor was in a meeting, what if?

After all, someone at the Mayor's level maintained strict secrecy about everything.

If something really went wrong, no one could handle the responsibility.

I desperately pointed at the watch face, constantly emphasizing the time to the captain.

"She's tricking you!"

Maya grabbed me.

"That's not even my dad's phone number!"

She pulled up her call history to confront me.

Arrogantly pointing at Anderson's private number.

"Christa, you liar! How dare you impersonate my dad!"

"My dad won't let you get away with this!"

I explained in a trembling voice.

Anderson contacted her using his private number.

When he called me, it was from the Mayor's office dedicated line. There was no conflict.

"That was clearly Anderson's voice on the phone. How do you explain that!"

I stared hard into Maya's eyes.

Maya was instantly speechless. She anxiously scratched her head.

"Please, just escort me there!"

"I'll take full responsibility for any problems!"

"If I'm proven guilty, I'll serve my sentence!"

Less than three minutes left!

I begged the captain almost desperately. After thinking for several seconds, he nodded.

Just as the captain was taking me out of the car, Maya suddenly blocked my path, talking non-stop:

"She used a voice changer! That wasn't my dad on the other end! It's her lover!"

"You don't know—she loves using voice changers for online relationships!"

"She's really good at it!"

"Check her phone!"

She desperately pulled at me, refusing to let me leave.

Insisting the captain check my phone.

"Christa, you're not getting away today."

"You want to save the person in that ambulance up ahead, I know."

"Must be your family member, right?"

"You embarrassed me, so I'm going to make your family member suffer!"

Maya leaned close to my ear and smiled maliciously.

So she'd known all along I was trying to save someone.

So she'd been deliberately blocking me this whole time!

Just to get revenge for me criticizing her in public!

All my emotions exploded at that moment. I shoved her hard.

Maya fell heavily to the ground, wailing.

I had no time to deal with her.

Clutching the cooler bag, I ran desperately toward the ambulance ahead.

The captain followed right behind me.

Less than a minute and a half left!

Soon I'd be able to save the Mayor!

The officer the captain had sent ran over to meet me.

The ambulance door opened immediately.

Anderson, the Mayor's secretary, pulled me into the vehicle.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, I opened the cooler and froze instantly.

The insulin had vanished.

In its place were two lollipops!

Maya's call came through.

"Christa, I accidentally put lollipops in there."

"Is the person in the ambulance still alive?"

"No worries, my dad will handle it."

Anderson's face went pale.

As Maya laughed, the Mayor took his last breath.

The heart monitor flatlined.

A deathly silence spread through the vehicle.