Lila no longer held the fruit knife. Now, there was a lighter in her hand.
"I've always wondered something. When it's life or death... Jeffrey, will you still choose her?"
She released the lighter. Without a second's hesitation, Jeffrey lunged toward us. But no matter how fast he was, he couldn't outrun gravity.
The lighter hit the gasoline-soaked floor. Flames exploded through the warehouse in an instant. Fire swallowed everything around me. Lila had already disappeared.
Jeffrey's sleeve caught fire. He ignored it completely.
Instead, he grabbed the fruit knife from the floor and rushed to my side. His hands trembled as he sawed desperately at the ropes binding me.
The veins in his forehead bulged from the effort. For some reason, my chest tightened.
Finally, the ropes snapped. He
