Chapter: 2024
The smell of explosives seeped in through the SUV's windows, slowly filling up the space and telling the harsh tale of what had happened.
When the shaking stopped, Raegan let out a loud cry from deep within her.
"Ah!" she wailed in agony, her head banging against the steering wheel uncontrollably.
"Madam!" Matteo swiftly turned off the engine for Raegan, his body trembling, in disbelief of the event, but he remembered Mitchel's last orders.
Raegan's voice was rough, hardly louder than a whisper. "Take me to..."
Raegan was shaking uncontrollably, struggling even to breathe. Her chest hurt so much that it felt Like it was going to end her.
Knowing her unfinished words, Matteo gently put Raegan in the back seat and started driving.
Not five kilometers away lay the entrance to the sea.
Raegan couldn't take her eyes off the dark water. Was this the right place?
As Raegan tried to get out of the car, her legs wouldn't hold her, and she fell.
"Madam..." Matteo rushed over to help Raegan stand.
But Raegan pushed his hand away and made her way toward the dark smoke coming from the sea.
Matteo stayed close behind, watching her walk into the water, before stepping in to stop her. "Madam, don't go any further..."
With a voice made rough as though burned by smoke, Raegan demanded, “Why? Why?"
Matteo was visibly shaking, trying to hold back his emotions as he barely got the words out. "The SUV was set to blow up the moment you got out of the driver's seat. The safety team did everything they could, but the only way to stop it involved putting something heavy in the driver's seat within the last five minutes, and we couldn't do that without the right tools."
Overcome with emotion, Matteo wept. ir. Dixon decided to stop the countdown himself to take your place...
Mitchel had sacrificed his own life to save Raegan's.
Raegan stared at the section of the sea darkened by the explosion, frozen in place. She whispered to herself, “Could he still be out there in the water?"
Trying to swim toward that area, her movements were frantic, but Matteo grabbed her, holding her firmly in place. “Madam, you can't do this! You'd be disregarding Mr. Dixon's effort to protect you."
“Matteo, he's alive. He had promised he wouldn't leave me alone. Why isn't anyone trying to rescue him? Please, we need to get him out... The water's freezing..."