Katie chuckled. "I dared to end Lorenzo. Do you think jail frightens me?"

"You killed him?" Mitchel's brow furrowed as he repeated incredulously, "You really killed Lorenzo?"

His query was suggestive, but Katie, in her frenzied state, remained oblivious. "Yes, I not only ended his life, but I also stabbed his face over eighty times... He dared to disfigure me, so I made him so repulsive that even stray dogs wouldn't approach him on the street!"

Raegan was stunned by Katie's level of insanity to stab Lorenzo over eighty times! Wasn't Lorenzo a formidable figure? The ease with which Katie could eliminate him seemed scarcely credible.

Despite the gun against the back of her neck, the reassuring gaze from Mitchel ahead of Raegan lessened her fear.

Katie pressed the firearm more firmly against Raegan's neck and declared fiercely, "You, and you too!" She pointed at Mitchel, chuckling. “Anyone who harmed me must face consequences, and so will you!"

Mitchel scoffed. "Katie, who exactly harmed whom? Can't you tell?"

"It was you, along with this contemptible woman, who hurt me!" Katie tightened her grip on the nape of Raegan's neck with force.

Raegan was choked so severely by Katie that she struggled to breathe.

As her consciousness waned, she suddenly heard Mitchel's voice.

“Raegan, do you have faith in me?"

Raegan did not grasp his meaning but replied instinctively, "Mitchel, I trust... Ugh..."

Katie intensified her hold, suggesting she might strangle Raegan without resorting to her weapon.

"Raegan, you simply need to place faith in me. Nothing more!"

Before Raegan could respond, a sudden diving tackle ensued.

Raegan was forcefully knocked to the ground beneath Mitchel. Both individuals collided heavily with the floor.

Upon seeing Raegan break free from her grasp, Katie acted swiftly and pulled the trigger.

The familiar sound of a bullet casing ejecting left Raegan stunned.

In the next instant, her eyes reddened and she screamed in horror, "Mitchel!" It was Mitchel who had lunged at her. This indicated that the bullet, intended for her, had struck him instead. So, was his plea for trust really about sacrificing himself for her once more? No, this could not be happening!

Tears welled in Raegan's eyes as she turned Mitchel over to inspect him. "Mitchel, are you injured? I can't bear it... I can't bear to see you like this. I hate you!"