Ten seconds before the door creaked open, a thought flashed through Elizabeth's mind like a bolt of lightning.
'Lorna wants to play the victim? Fine. I'll play one, too. An even better one.'
She spun around and lunged at the thugs, grabbing onto one of them with all her strength. She used her own body to shield Lorna.
"Let Lorna go. If you want to hurt someone—hurt me." Elizabeth looked like a hero right then—ready to sacrifice herself to protect Lorna.
The thug was completely confused.
'That's not how the script goes.'
He shot a look at Lorna, waiting for instructions from the person paying him. But Lorna was frozen, too—mouth open, fake crying forgotten, just staring at Elizabeth standing in front of her.
'What the hell is this b***h doing?'
The thug didn't get any signal from Lo
