A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 176

Emily's mind paced as the adrenaline coursed through her body. Tina felt quite similar. She gave the order and soon Emily heard the sound of a loaded gun.

Emily froze. She slowly put the knife closer to her face and calmed her voice,"Don't move... Put down the gun, please."

The sharp knife was so close that Emily realized- this was going to get bloody.

"No! Emily, Don't do this!" Debby cried out. She continued,"Miss Tao, please...let her go..."

Emily looked at her mother with astonishment. She never expected to hear those words from her mother. Tina replied immediately,"Okay." However, nothing was ever as easy with Tina. "If you don't want to see your daughter suffer, I'll let her go, but only if you take her place. No, on second thought, I will let her go if she will be the one to destroy your face. How about that?" asked Tina.

Debby was shocked. Trembling with fear, her face was as pale as the moon.

Emily clenched her fists and said,"You are a monster! Have you lost your mind?

Do you know what you are doing?" After struggling for a while, Andrew managed to remove the tape from his mouth. He asked Debby to shut up and turned to Emily,"Emily, honey, please, help us! You have no idea what we've been through. I'd rather die than continue to live like this! Emily, I held you in my arms and bought you sweets as a child. Do you remember? Help me; help your father, please..."

Speechless, Emily stood there frozen as her heart sank to the floor. Andrew didn't care about her at all, and Emily was well aware of that fact.

Ever since she was just a child, Andrew hadn't liked her. Perhaps he didn't want her to be born as a girl, or maybe he had other reasons.

Because of that, Emily never expected to hear her father say something like that!

Emily couldn't deny that she was disheartened by her father's words.

Tina was running out of patience. Annoyed, she said,"Emily, will you do it or not?" If you don't...

well I guess that's it. Your love for your family can only carry you this far. Think about it. I gave you two choices."

Emily was between a rock and a hard place. She had to choose between her face and the face of her mother.

Even as disappointed as Emily was with her parents, she would never hurt her mother. She moved the knife and closed her eyes...

"BANG!" Another gunshot.

The knife fell from from Emily's hand. Shocked, Emily was confused.

Immediately, Tina's face darkened when she saw who was coming. "Jacob!" exclaimed Tina.

It was Jacob. The man who had caused her so much pain and suffering. Tina hated him with all her heart, but she just couldn't stop loving him as well.

With a deadpan expression on his face, Jacob glared at Tina's face. Jacob stepped forward, ignoring all the guns that suddenly turned to him. "Emily, come here," he said calmly.

Emily moved to take a step, as Jacob's unexpected appearance gave her a new hope.

"Stop!" yelled Tina, as her eyes burned like two suns. She continued,"Stop, or I will kill your parents."

Almost immediately, Emily froze on her path.

The atmosphere around them froze as well. It seemed like something horrible was on the horizon.

"Ah..." scoffed Jacob. "Go on then. I am waiting," he sneered.

"You think I won't pull the trigger?" Tina started to laugh hysterically.

With armed guards behind her, ready to bend to her will, she only had to send the order and they would all be dead!

With a hint of arrogance on his face, Jacob asked,"Aren't you curious about your brother?"

"My brother?" she said. Tina's face froze as she asked,"What do you mean?"

When Jacob raised his hand, his men dragged Mark in, battered, and his shirt covered in blood.

"Brother!" Tina's eyes widened. Jacob had Mark in his possession. She couldn't believe that Mark lost so easily!

"You should know that my men have you completely outnumbered," said Jacob as he looked at Tina with a smug look on his face.

Unfortunately, Mark had deployed all his guards to protect Tina. Perhaps that's why it was so easy for Jacob to overpower Mark. Of course, there was another reason, one that wasn't deemed worthy of mentioning.

Tina understood everything, as she looked at Jacob fearfully. Mark comforted Tina, and said,"It's okay... I am fine..."

However, before Mark could finish, Jacob's henchman kicked him from behind and threw him on his knees.

Tina went berserk with rage. "How dare you, Jacob! Let him go!" she demanded.

"Why would I do that? Do you think I am that stupid? Like you?" Jacob ignored the guns pointed at him and pulled Emily into his arms. He lowered his voice and said,"You left alone without telling me. Are you a fool?"

'What was she thinking? If I hadn't arrived in time...' Jacob was still terrified by the thought.!

Ashamed, Emily lowered her eyes, unwilling to look at his face. It was her fault, but she had no choice.

"Don't worry. I am here now!" Jacob whispered to Emily's ear.

Seeing her brother like that was hard enough, and now Jacob was disrespecting in front of Emily. Tina couldn't bear the scene any longer. She pushed one of the guards away and point the gun to Andrew's head.

"Let my brother go, Jacob! "Or I will kill him!" said Tina.

Andrew was shaking. He knew what Tina was capable of, so he didn't even dare to say a word.

"Don't..." Emily screamed. Jacob held her hand and calmed her down. "I have never given into threats, and I have no intentions of giving into one today," he said.

Then he turned to look at Tina with sharp, piercing eyes and said,"I will give you thirty seconds. Let them go or I will start with your brother. How about that?"