CHAPTER 475
“No...don‘t come here.” Meredith was standing close to the old corridor and could see the cracks on them and how the walkway was about to rumble.
“joe, don‘t come up, you‘ll fall to your death,” She urged, “you don‘t have to care about me, just leave.”
“Edith...” Josiah was feeling antsy and he did not know what to do.
He who had been through the ups and downs in the business world was suddenly faced with a challenge that he did not know the right solution to.
He was not afraid to die, but he was worried that if he died, he would not be able to save Meredith.
Annoyed, Ysabelle called over the two men and had them tie Meredith onto a pillar.
The pillar was close to the edge and just a slight movement and Meredith would fall over. Josiah fumed, “Ysabelle, get her inside!” Unbothered by his taunts, Ysabelle retorted, “It‘s not like you‘re planning to save her. Why not just let her slip off slowly as the ropes come undone by itself? Then we‘ll just let her fall to her death.” “I am saving her!” Josiah seethed, “Don‘t you dare hurt her. Leave her alone and just come at
me!”
“Aww don‘t worry. As long as you move fast enough, you might make it in time to save my sister.”
Seeing how Meredith was about to slip off from the pillar, Josiah was even more anxious. He quickly scanned his surroundings and found a staircase that took him to the third floor.
He was finally closer to Meredith.Belongs © to .
But he had one last obstacle to get through before he could reach Meredith.
Seeing how Josiah was about to step onto the old walkway, Meredith shouted anxiously,” Don‘t come here, Joe. It‘s dangerous, you‘ll fall!”
Ysabelle smirked and said to the men, “If he doesn‘t get over here in a minute‘s time, loosen the rope on Meredith Leighton.”
“Miss Ysabelle, aren‘t you going to wait for us before you leave?” The men realized that Ysabelle was about to leave first.
“You guys know here better than I do, don‘t you? Why would you need time to leave first?”
“Who knows who this guy is and what if we‘ve underestimated him?”
One of the men took a glimpse at Josiah who was holding his breath, crossing the walkway, then took a knife from his pocket and cut the rope tied around Meredith. “There we go, I‘m sure the rope would break in no less than two minutes.”
Looking at the rope which was tearing little by little, Ysabelle nodded. “Good idea!”
She then turned to look at Josiah who was inching slowly across the walkway, smiled, and said, “Mister Josiah, you‘ve only got a minute to save your wife from falling over and crashing against the hard cold floor.”
Josiah, who was entirely focused on where to put his foot next on the walkway, got nervous upon hearing Ysabelle‘s words. Ysabelle laughed maniacally, “Josiah Shelby, Meredith Leighton! Are you both ready to die?” Before she left, Ysabelle gave a look to one of the men. The man walked closer to the corridor and kicked the wooden walkway. The walkway started to rumble and crack with shreds and pieces of wood dropping.
Josiah who had only crossed a third of the walkway immediately crouched down and waited for the walkway to stop shaking.
Feeling anxious, Meredith started crying, “Joe! It‘s too dangerous! Go back!”
Josiah lifted his head to look at her.
Under the night sky, his gaze looked determined yet gently. “Don‘t cry, Edith, and try to stay still. We can‘t let the rope break! “I will save you, so be good and wait for me.”