Chapter 294

“Tie him up,” Angela Johnson said casually, nodding toward the man in black. Maria Lewis blinked for a sec before nodding along. Only after Angela left did she finally catch up to her thought process—of course, the guy was just a hired hand, probably wouldn’t say much. If he woke up and caught her off guard, things could get ugly. Yeah, better safe than sorry. Angela came back real quick with some rope. Seeing the surprise on Maria’s face, she explained, “Hospitals always have stuff like this in the storage room. They use it for packing supplies.” Maria nodded. Makes sense. The two of them got to work tying the guy up—well, honestly, Angela did most of the heavy lifting. Maria just helped here and there. When Angela finished tying the knots for good, she looked over the guy’s hands and feet all wrapped up like a dumpling, clapped her hands and gave a satisfied nod. Maria was kind of impressed. Neat or not didn’t matter—this guy wasn't going anywhere like that. Then, as if pulling it fr