Chapter 305 Worth Dying For
Mia’s face went pale, Lauren, hang in there! We’re taking you to the hospital now!
Gael didn’t hesitate. He scooped Lauren into his arms, heart pounding, and they all rushed out of the bedroom–only to realize that Sharon and George had already fled
Only Taylor and Lucas remained, trembling on the floor.
Mia’s eyes high.
narrowed. Rage flared. She picked up a kitchen knife from the ground, walked straight toward them, and raised it
“No!” Lauren gasped weakly, her voice barely a whisper.
But it was too late.
The blade came down hard, severing Taylor’s head in a clean arc.
Lauren’s entire body jolted. Her eyes widened in horror, unable to process what she’d just seen.
“Mia why?” she rasped.
Covered in blood, Mia stood over the corpse, a twisted smile pulling at her lips.
“If I’m going to die anyway, might as well make it count. One life for all of theirs–it’s worth it.”
She turned and stepped toward Lucas.
He was sobbing now, shaking uncontrollably. A dark stain spread across his pants.
“No. please! I get it, I was wrong! Don’t kill me! Lauren, please–stop her, please–ahhh!”
Mia’s blade swung again.
One of Lucas’s hands flew from his body, landing with a sickening thud,
He howled in agony, but Mia didn’t stop
Strike after strike.
Until Lucas was nothing more than a mangled heap on the floor.
“Everyone in the room froze, their faces ghost–white..
Even Lauren couldn’t bear it. She fainted on the
e spot.
Mia turned to Josh, her expression stone cold.
“Give me the butterfly knife.”
Josh stared at her for a long second. “You’ve lost your damn mind.”
Miia gave a bitter laugh. “Yeah. I’ve seen the worst of humanity, and it broke me. But those monsters? They don’t deserve to
live.
“Let the law punish them,” Josh gritted out.
“The law?” she scoffed. “The law’s never made people like that suffer enough. What happened to Lauren? No court sentence will ever match it. Not even close.”
“They’ll be locked up,” Josh insisted.
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Chapter 305 Worth Dying For
Josh shouted, “You’ll die for this
“I don’t care.” Her voier was quiet now. “Tim not afraid of death. Hell, I’ve already got
it company waiting for me down there?
“You only care about Lauren. What about your mom?” Josh shot back, his voice cracking. “You think she’d be proud? You think she’d want this?”
Mia’s face fell
For a moment, her bravado slipped.
“Lauren will take care of her,” she whispered. “She’ll do what I couldn’t. She’ll make sure my mom’s okay”
Lauren was rushed into surgery.
It lasted an entire day and night,
When she was finally wheeled out, her eyelids fluttered open.
The first thing she saw was the doctor’s face, lips moving slowly as he explained something
Tears welled in her eyes before she could fully understand the words.
Mia had done everything–killed for her, bled for her–and Lauren’s body still couldn’t hold on.
“The patient is extremely weak. While the transplant surgery was initially a success, the trauma she sustained has led to severe. infection and multiple complications. Her system is shutting down. We’ve done all we can. From here on, it depends on her will to survive.
The doctor’s voice was low, almost apologetic.
Lauren was running on fumes.
But she wasn’t ready to go. Not yet
Not like this
Her life had been too short. Too messy. Too full of regret
If she had to die, she wanted to make it count.
Mia had killed four people for her.
Lauren could never repay that.
It was her fault. All of it.
She’d ruined Marilyn’s career. Driven Mia to bloodshed. Gotten Felix caught in a landslide, his legs crushed.
None of it we’ve happened if she hadn’t been in their lives.
They would have thrived–happy, successful, whole.
So if this was the end…
She wanted to do something that mattered.
When the doctor finished and left, Carl, Jeffrey, and Kenny hovered around her bedside.
She looked at them with a fragile smile.
