Chapter 17

"Mr. Adams, calm down! Please, come back over here! That cliff is way too steep—if you fall… there's basically no chance you'll survive..." The young man grabbed Michael, trying to pull him back, his face full of worry. "No way! I don't believe it—I just can't!" Michael shoved him aside and sprang to his feet, bolting toward the edge like a madman. But William didn't seem to see any of that. He staggered forward, step by step, totally out of it, like he was walking in a dream. The second he saw the cliff's edge, his brain just stopped working. What did he say? She's down there? Almost no chance of making it? No, that couldn't be. Just two days ago, she was still lying in that hospital bed, full of pain and hate. “No one actually saw her go up this mountain, right?” William asked, his voice trying to stay steady, but his body was trembling. None of the black-suited bodyguards replied. They could all tell... he was just fooling himself. “No, no one saw. But the locals barely come near th