Ashley and Lugard gasped at the same time. Ashley’s breath seized as unease ran down her spine. She stood there staring in shock with her eyes wide open.
"H…How can you do this to me?" Lugard asked and started coughing again.
"You are very lucky; I didn’t kill you," Kendrick said.
"What do you want from us bastards?!" Ashley yelled, moving in Noah’s grip.
"What we want is very simple," Kendrick said as he held Lugard’s face, looking into his eyes, and smacked him hard on the face.
"Coughing is the first stage of the poison that is flowing through your veins," Kendrick remarked. "Little by little, the poison will get everywhere in your body and kill you. Trust me, dying slowly is worse than death!" Kendrick said.
"This isn’t a way to kill someone! Why don’t you just kill him and get
