Chapter 248 Escape From the Village Elliot
Wynter ignored the look on his face as she pulled him along. “It might hurt a bit,” she informed in a calm voice, “so bear with it.”
There was a loud crack before Elliot could react. Wynter had set Elliot’s broken arm back in place. Elliot broke out in a cold sweat, his eyebrows furrowed. Seeing this, Wynter couldn’t help but admire the man’s endurance.
Former soldiers were indeed built differently, as any ordinary person would have perished long ago in such an environment.
Even if he weren’t slowly dying, his shoulder injury would have caused him to suffer from recurrent high fevers due to infection.
The truth was that Elliot’s body temperature was already too high. It was only his strong will that kept him going. Wynter had simply given him leverage, and he used that strength to escape from the cellar.
Upon coming out, instead of Yarra, Elliot immediately noticed the girl lying next to the cellar. He could have escaped with Yarra.
Just as they were leaving the village, he encountered the little girl and gave her a bag of chocolate chips. If it had been an adult, Elliot would have made sure they wouldn’t reveal his
whereabouts.
This girl, however, was barely six years old. He couldn’t bring himself to harm her because of her innocent smiling face that reminded him of his younger sister. In the end, he was surrounded by villagers near the mountain stream.
Noticing him staring at the girl, Wynter raised an eyebrow and asked, “What’s the matter? Do you know her?”
“I learned my lesson,” Elliot replied, his tone heavy,
The Quinnell family’s upbringing had always been upright. Even though Elliot understood human nature, it was hard for him to accept the fact that such a young girl had been made a monster by the village’s culture.
Wynter glanced at the girl’s wristwatch and pursed her lips.
“Looks like the villagers here have got some money. We need to leave quickly. There’s no signal here. Her family will come looking for her if they can’t reach her.”
“People are guarding the village entrance,” Elliot mentioned.
Chapter 248 Escape From the Village Elliot
Being the clever man he was, he understood what Wynter meant as soon as she said those words especially considering the villagers‘ previous actions were still fresh in his mind.
Every family here was unusually united, but that unity was for evil, not good.
“It’s okay.” Wynter suddenly smiled. “We have a special pass.”
Before Elliot could understand what she meant, Wynter dragged Hubert out of the house and threw him into the trunk of the Mercedes.
Elliot had seen Hubert before. His eyes darkened at the sight of the man. “I don’t think this is useful in any way.”
“His identity will come in handy,” Wynter replied before looking at Yarra. “Do you trust me?
Yarra’s head bobbed up and down vigorously. Wynter then pulled her child out and propped her long leg against the car door.
“Sit in the back. Act like you’re one of his two women,” she instructed.
Yarra’s face was pale. She didn’t even have time to react when Wynter stuffed Cheryl into the
driver’s seat.
“Mrs. Macintosh.” Wynter asked in a quiet voice, “The Macintosh family is filthy rich. You should know how to drive, yes?”
Chery couldn’t understand what Wynter was thinking at all. She stuttered, “I–I can.”
“Then drive well.” Wynter sat beside her with a smile. “Don’t be nervous. Show me that gusto you had when you looked down on me earlier.”
Cheryl’s jaw fell. “I- I was wrong. I don’t know anything. Miss, please listen to me. It was all Fanny’s doing. She wanted to deceive you. The Macintosh family would never force anyone to do anything. Really!”
“Mrs. Macintosh.” Wynter interrupted her, laughter in her voice. “Everyone wants to marry into the Macintosh family, including me. You ought to do this well. You saw how bad my temper can be. I might throw a tantrum if you don’t meet my expectations.”
Cheryl shuddered at those words. “I’ll do my best!”
“Chin up. Act haughty. That’s more like it,” Wynter instructed as her finger tapped. ‘ Alright. Let’s go.”
