The smell was unmistakably Mitchel's. Could it really be him?

Raegan's face drained of color as she hurried to the window.

At first glance, she noticed a man on the ground, surrounded by pools of blood. She couldn't see anything else.

"Erick..." she whispered, on the verge of calling out when a familiar voice interrupted her. “Aren't you going to help me up?"

Turning around, Raegan saw Mitchel clutching a cross beside the church, his eyes fixed on her.

She blinked several times, hard. It was no illusion. It was truly Mitchel! He was the one who had rushed over and pushed Davey down!

Raegan stared down from the high window and then at Mitchel, speechless and overwhelmed by emotion. It was incredibly risky. He had to have lost his mind...

Before Raegan could process it all, Erick had come up, pushing her gently aside to pull Mitchel inside.

Once Mitchel was inside, Erick breathed a deep sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Thank goodness the plan worked!"

It turned out this had all been part of their plan, with one attracting Davey's attention below and the other sneaking up for an attack. Still, the plan was incredibly risky.

"Erick, our mom is..." Before Raegan could finish, Erick cut in.

"Don't worry. We've found her. She's safe in the hospital for a check-up. We'll visit her soon."

In a bold move, Raegan had hidden Casey in the bushes by the car, convinced that the most perilous places could prove to be the safest.

She had deliberately left signs along the road leading Davey toward the church, pulling out all the stops. The rest was left to fate.

She was certain Erick and his people would come to her rescue.

Yet, Raegan hadn't anticipated Mitchel's arrival.

Seeing the crutches hastily discarded on the ground, Raegan's heart pounded. She could sense Mitchel's desperation a few moments ago.

Raegan, who had remained tearless even in the face of death, finally allowed herself to cry. “Erick, you're out of your mind to come up with such a risky plan and let him carry it out..."

Mitchel's leg hadn't fully healed yet. Any mistake, and he could have been the one sprawled in that blood.

Erick was taken aback. Honestly, he hadn't expected Mitchel, at that decisive moment, to leap off the ledge with Davey. Luckily, Mitchel had timely clung to the cross, sparing himself from the same fate as Davey's.