Chapter 29: Abduction
"I'll hold you, your injuries should be inconvenient to walk. "On the way home to send Ella's mother and son, I saw that Ella almost fell to the ground because of the pain on her body several times, and Jace, who couldn't look at it, said out loud.www.biquge.info
After that, before Ella could express her objections, Jace's right hand was already on Ella's shoulder, stabilizing Ella's center of gravity.
"Thank you." If it weren't for Jace's right hand pressed on his shoulder, I'm afraid Ella would have fallen to the ground this time, and Ella, who had a clear understanding of her own situation, didn't refuse Jace's kindness again, but the muscles of her body were very tight the moment Jace's right hand touched her shoulder.
Lake Palm has a well-known name in the city of Starling - the Slum.
More than 70% of Starling's poor people live here, some of whom have been poor for generations, and some of whom are from poor families, but no matter how you look at the Palm Lake area, there is one impression that you will never get rid of.
That's the area with the highest crime rate in Starling.
From petty theft to burglary, it is a headache for the police comrades.
Along the way, what Jace learns from Ella's mouth gives him a new perspective on the beliefs that are so prevalent in the outside world.
"Big brother, my house is on the third floor, B305." Because of Ella's injuries, the three of Jace walked very slowly, but Ella's home was not far from the previous construction site, and after walking for about twenty minutes, the three of them walked to the downstairs of a dilapidated apartment.
As soon as he got downstairs, Little Dawn's lively and immature voice rang out, and his little fingers pointed to the sky, saying that his home was on the third floor.
"Really? Then you lead the way, Dawn. Seeing her son's liveliness, a smile appeared on Ella's somewhat pale face, and the driving force that supported her life was her son's innocent and lively voice.
She was really afraid that the events she had suffered before would traumatize Daun's young heart, but now it seemed that she was thinking too much, and her son was still so lively and lovely.
It's just that as soon as she thought of the previous incident, Ella's eyes unconsciously glanced at Jace who was supporting her beside her, and Jace looked a little inexplicable.
"What's wrong? Is there anything dirty on my face? ”
"No, it's not, it's just that, Mr. Jace, how did you know you? I don't suspect that you have ulterior motives, so please rest assured. Perhaps for fear that Jace would misunderstand or get angry, Ella explained later.
"Dawn he did me a favor, I was lost before, he happened to know the way and took me there, I have to say Mrs. Jones you have a son of good character." Jace didn't care about Ella's words, but praised Dawn Jones, who is only 7 years old now,
Judging from the indifferent tone in which Dawn talked about his father before, Jace could easily surmise that the woman next to him had single-handedly raised such a Dawn Jones all these years.
"Big brother, come in!"
The childish voice rang out after the doorknob turned, and little Dawn said sensibly before running aside to get Jace a clean cup.
"I feel more and more that you are not easy now."
The room was small, and even Jace could say that his study was larger than this living room, but this very small room was divided in two by a long piece of cloth, and on one side it was a place for cooking and eating, and there were tables and chairs and some miscellaneous items, and on the other side there was a bed, and on one side of the bed there were two stacks of books, and next to the books was a very small wardrobe, very broken and old.
"Be careful, sit down slowly." Little Dawn was boiling water on the other side, and Jace slowly let go of his right hand holding Ella, letting her sit slowly on the bed, the corner of his eye swept over the two stacks of books beside the bed, one of which was the most prominent one was a book related to nursing.
"Mrs. Jones, I didn't expect you to be a nurse." Obviously, Jace was a little surprised, generally speaking, a nurse should not be so miserable no matter how poor she is, after all, the hospital in Starling City is still quite welcoming to the profession of nurses, after all, there are many things.
"It's just a nurse with no qualification, no hospitals and clinics will need nurses like me, I can only work in some black clinics, and a large part of the money I earn every month will be paid back to Lilman," shook her head, and a wry smile appeared on Ella's face,
"And, Mr. Jace, you don't have to call me Mrs. Jones, just call me Ella."
"Ella?" Eyebrows jumped, and Jace set his eyes on little Dawn, who was busy on the other side,
"Nice name, just call me Jace."
"Big brother, give, drink water!" Little Dawn walked away with two glasses of water in his hand, holding a glass full of warm water in his raised right hand.
"Mom, you can drink water too, this is warm water." The boy sat beside his mother, his face raised, his eyes crooked like crescent moons.
"Dawn is so good."
"Why don't you go and get a qualification? If your abilities are really enough, it should be easy to improve your standard of living. Taking a sip of the warm water in the cup, his blue eyes scanned the room, which was no bigger than his own study, and Jace, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked.
"It's not that simple, Lilman won't let me get it." In response to Jace's doubts, Ella smiled wryly and stroked her son's little head,
Although he only said this, Jace also understood the predicament that Ella was suffering, and wanted to continue to ask what Dawn's father was all about, but after thinking about it, Jace still gave up this idea, after all, he had just met, and he would expose other people's scars as soon as he met, and Jace felt that it was better not to do this kind of thing.
"Drip."
Thinking about it, just as he was about to say something, the text message prompt on his mobile phone suddenly rang, and he called back the words that Jace was about to say.
Felicity?
Looking at the name of the note, Jace's thumb subconsciously clicked, and the content of the text message that appeared immediately made Jace's pupils shrink sharply!
"Miss Smock is in our hands, if we want her to get home safely, prepare five million in cash, and drive alone tonight by the intersection of Seventeenth and Sixth Blocks and wait, remember, alone."
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"Hmm! Hmmm Not!!!! ”
Somewhere in Starling, the figure of a blonde-haired Felicity struggling in a chair is particularly eye-catching.
"Smack!"
The chair fell to the ground under Felicity's struggle, Felicity's body also lost its balance, her mouth was sealed, Felicity could only make a "hmm" struggle sound, and her eyes under the glasses were full of frightened looks!