The True Lady Strikes Back by Susanna Lucius - Season 2 Episode 51

Jason thought Fiona was sure to die, but he didn’t know that she had been saved.

Not long after Christopher sent Fiona’s location to the police, she was choked awake by the water that was poured into her

nose.

She sat up with a sharp pain in her shoulder, took off the woman’s clothes, and put them on.

The lights in the corner shone blindingly, illuminating the water stained with blood and revealing the lifeless forms of three bodies.

Water seeped in through the crevice of the shipping container, and the water level was rising.

In ten minutes tops, the shipping container would be flooded. Fiona stood up with her hand on the wall and fumbled around the three dead bodies, trying to find their phones.

Only the woman had a phone, but it was unusable because of the water.

She went to the door and pushed it hard, only to find that it was locked from the outside.

“Is anybody there? Help!”

After shouting several times without getting any response, Fiona knew it wouldn’t help.

Although her current situation made her desperate, she didn’t give up any hope and tried to find a chance to live.

She found several plastic bags with food in them, as well as duct tape.

She filled the plastic bag with air and sealed it with tape to prevent air leakage.

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Then, Fiona waited for the police to rescue her by relying on the air in these plastic bags.

When the door was opened, the final bag of reserved air had been depleted.

If the police had been a few minutes later, she really would have been dead as Jason had expected.

Fortunately, the heavens were kind enough to take her side.

At this time, Cecilia received the news that Fiona had been saved.

After reading the text message, she shook her phone at Jason.

“Fiona has just been saved.”

Jason blurted out, “No way!”

Even a swimmer can only hold their breath for ten minutes.

If Fiona had just been saved, it meant that she had held her breath for at least 20 minutes. It was impossible.

However, he didn’t care about Fiona’s survival and soon calmed down.

“Cecilia, my patience is limited. Don’t waste time. Come upstairs and let’s have a good talk.”

Cecilia didn’t know how Christopher was doing.

She was worried that if she pissed off the mastermind, he would set off the bomb.

In that case, Christopher would definitely be dead.

She didn’t buy any more time. After returning the loudspeaker to the head of the criminal investigation division, she took the elevator upstairs.

She had intended to go to the fourth floor to take a look, but she was afraid of disturbing Christopher, so she continued her

way up.

The elevator reached the ninth floor, and then she took the

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stairs to the rooftop.

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When Cecilia appeared, Evan’s men immediately surrounded her.

“Ms. Yancey, you shouldn’t have come.”

“I have to, but you guys have to go.”

Jason laughed when he heard this. “Neither of you can leave!”

After saying that, he pretended to press the detonator.

Cecilia didn’t stop him. She looked at him coldly and asked, “If I die, how will you tell your master?”

She believed that the real mastermind behind this was not the man in front of her.

The man was nothing more than an obedient dog, a disposable piece of chess.

Jason chuckled. “You’re really smart, but it doesn’t matter how smart you are because you can’t guess who my master is.”

Then he raised his eyebrows provocatively. “The answer will surprise you and the members of the Shaw family.”

Cecilia was not interested in these specious words and asked, “Why did you want to see me?”

“I want to see who you are to have the Shaw family protect you like this, of course.”

“Now that you’ve seen it, what do you think?”

“You’re good–looking and smart. No wonder the Shaw family safeguards you as if you’re a treasure. Unfortunately, you got too cocky and exposed your identity.”

“If I don’t do this, how can I make you take the bait?”

“If I don’t take the bait, how are you going to arrest me?”

“Oh, we’ll see.”

After saying that, Cecilia ordered Evan’s men, “Get down!”

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“Ms. Yancey, our duty is to protect you. You are in danger now. We will never leave!”

“In that case, let’s all die together.”

Cecilia rushed to Jason.

When she reached the edge of the rooftop, she didn’t slow down. She pounced on Jason, and they fell together.

Evan’s men were so scared that they rushed to the railing and looked down.

They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Cecilia and Jason fall on the air mattress.

The moment Jason fell, he pressed the detonator.

He didn’t want Cecilia to die. He only wanted everyone in the building to die.

However, he only heard the sound of himself crashing against the air mattress but did not hear the explosion.

Cecilia was fully prepared and didn’t get hurt at all when she landed on the air mattress.

She got up immediately, grabbed Jason by the neck, and smashed him down hard on the sunburnt concrete floor.

Jason let out a muffled groan. The corners of his mouth were bleeding, and his face turned pale instantly. It was evident how hard the blow was.

The pain brought him to his senses.

He looked at Cecilia who was smiling and roared, “Why didn’t it explode? Why?”

“Because the bomb was defused.”

Cecilia had dared to throw herself at Jason because

Christopher had given her the signal.

“Impossible!”

Jason was a master bomber. The explosives he assembled,

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while not entirely impossible, would certainly require a considerable amount of time to defuse.

Even if the police had started to defuse it from the moment they learned of the bomb, they wouldn’t have succeeded so

soon.

“It’s true. You have no choice but to believe it!”

Cecilia grabbed Jason by the neck and lifted him up.

“You’re in my hands now. Do you want to live or die?”

Jason flashed a weird smile.

Cecilia noticed something was wrong and immediately squeezed his cheek, but she was a step too late.

Jason had punctured the poison capsule concealed in his teeth.

Black blood flowed from the corner of his mouth and fell to the ground, splashing like ink.

Before dying, he said, “Cecilia, don’t get too excited. The best is yet to come.”

After saying that, he breathed his last.

Cecilia looked at the breathless man, gritted her teeth, and let go of him.

She had been careless.

When Christopher came out of the building, he saw Cecilia, whose face was etched with self–reproach.

Seeing the man on the ground, he managed to guess why. He stepped forward and said, “Ceci, these people are like ancient warriors. They would rather die than say anything. Even if he’s alive, you won’t get anything from him.”

It was not the first time he had met such a person, and it certainly wasn’t the first time for Cecilia. There was no need to blame herself at all.

Cecilia knew that Christopher was right and quickly

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recollected herself, but she still thought it was a pity.

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“We finally caught him. It’s a pity that he died before we could ask any questions.”

“It’s not a pity. At least we can dig deeper into him, and I have two people in my hands.”

Cecilia thought it sounded right.

She handed over the finishing touches to the police and said to Christopher, “Let’s go meet those two.”