Chapter 35

The violent crash triggered the airbags, pinning Jacob Sutton inside the car, completely stuck. He came today to carry out a hit, staging a fatal car accident to eliminate the person in front of him. But things clearly didn't go as planned. This woman... way tougher than he'd thought. Turning stiffly to look at Eira, Jacob stammered, "I... I don't know what you're talking about." ‘Still putting on a front, huh?' Eira opened the car door, dragged him out like dead weight, and dumped him onto the pavement. She slammed a foot down hard on his palm. "Car crashes on mountain roads? Pretty common, aren't they?" The searing pain hit him like a tidal wave. Sweat burst across Jacob's forehead almost instantly. But then, his mind flashed to his kid lying in the hospital-time was running out. Gritting his teeth, he snapped, "Eira, why'd you have to come back? If you hadn't, the project wouldn't have been shelved, and I'd have money for my kid's surgery. You damn well deserve to die!" Eira froze f