Even though she was trying her best to sound calm, her tears kept falling and dropping on Keegan’s cheek when she looked at the blood all over him.
Keegan could sense her fear and anxiousness. He could even feel her pounding heart.
Keegan wanted to hug her, but his hands were tied behind him. Even the slightest movement caused intense pain in the wound at the back of his head.
He endured the pain and wiped away the tears on Stella’s face with his cheek.
“Don’t cry. I’m fine. It doesn’t hurt at all.” he said softly.
Stella cried even more when she heard Keegan say that. He was bleeding profusely, so it was impossible that it did not hurt.
Keegan sighed and said weakly, “Stop crying. They’ll notice it when they come back.”
These words seemed to work better than his attempt to comfort her earlier, as tears immediately stopped flowing from Stella’s eyes. However, she was still overwhelmed, and her shoulders trembled when she tried her best to hold her tears back.
‘How did you call the police?” Keegan tried to divert her attention and asked because he thought that Stella was more frightened than he was.
So, Stella told him about how she hid the phone under the seat earlier. Keegan chuckled upon hearing that, and his movement caused him another wave of pain.
“Stay still.” Stella’s nose twitched. “Do you have any idea what kind of situation we’re in right now? How can you still have the mood to laugh?”
Keegan teased her, “I only laughed because I felt lucky to have such a clever and brave girlfriend. It’s unbelievable.”
Stella would be overjoyed if she heard that some other time, but she could not even bring herself to smile now.
Keegan struggled to sit up and said in a low voice, “Bring me the phone. I want to talk to the police.”
After hanging up, the operator immediately relayed the information to the police officers.
One of them replied, “We’re already on our way. Tell him not to hang up the phone. We can definitely intercept the car before his phone runs out of battery.”
The operator then said, “But we’re not sure if the kidnappers are armed. What if we alarmed them and they harm the hostages?”
“Don’t worry. We’ve dealt with cases like this countless times. They’ll be fine.” Based on the police officer’s past experiences, he did not think that the kidnappers would do anything rash, as most of the kidnappers he dealt with were very cautious and vigilant. None of them acted in broad daylight and made a big mistake such as allowing the hostage to call the police.
He figured that it might just be some financial or personal disputes that led to this kidnapping. After all, Rivera was famous for its safety, and he had not encountered kidnapping cases for many years.
The operator did not press further after hearing how confident the police officer was.
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