Chapter 48

The moment the men in black charged at Mildred—or perhaps it was more accurate to say that the moment she kicked the gate open—familiar yet also unfamiliar memories surged through her mind. There was a time in the past when she had been similarly fearless as she faced down her attackers. Hence, when one of her opponents threw a punch at her, she nimbly avoided the blow before retaliating with a vicious swing of her bat. With a loud crack, the wooden bat broke. However, even without a weapon, she managed to fare quite well against the men. Chelsea struggled to sit up from the muddy ground. After she and Jeremy ripped off the duct tape on both their mouths, she crawled over to a corner and dug out a steel pipe. While using as much strength as she could, she tossed it at Mildred. "Mildred, use this!" she shouted. The steel pipe flew through the air before landing right at one of the men's feet, where it was kicked away. Mildred was rendered speechless, but when another of her atta