Trapped In Lace

Holley never wanted to came here,

but she found it hard to escape the team's influence. After a period of hesitation, she reluctantly gave in to their goading and agreed.

If she decided to quit, she would be the only one who wouldn't join the rescue.

Even though most would not dare say anything about it, nothing was so certain when they left.

Holley regretted that she allowed herself to agree to follow them there, but she made sure not to show a hint of regret to the others.

Rachel slumped down on the stone bar behind her. She felt so tired that she didn't care whether it was dirty or not. She stared at the bottled water in her hand, and felt moved by Holley's thoughtfulness.

She felt ashamed by her first reaction of feeling wary of Holley when she first came over.

She realized that some small acts of kindness could easily move some people in the kind of environment that they were in.

But the feeling did not last long for Rachel. They had to eat quickly and then continued to focus on tending to the wounded patients.

Their priority was to set up some tents so that they'd have a place that could be better prepared for helping others who were in trouble.

None of them had ever experienced anything like it before. The long line of wounded children melted their hearts and made each one of them feel sad.

Most of the wounded victims were the elderly and children. There were also some injured middle-aged couples who stayed in their hometown.

Some of the injured aged people who waited for medical aid were soaked in the rain before getting there.

Rachel set up a tent with another member of the same team. They then moved the badly injured elderly victims in there with the others.

She felt exhausted after she completed a lot of the tasks. Her clothes were wet and they had already stuck to her body making he

right now?" Jack said in a tone that sounded more like a command than a request.

"Can the two of you stop torturing me?" Eric complained to Jack helplessly. "Why don't you just go to her and see her personally? Or are you actually interested in me?"

"I'm worried about her. So, I wanted to know when was the last time that you tried to call her," Jack said.

"Why? What's wrong with her?" Eric asked. Panic started to build up inside him after he heard Jack's words. "What's going on, Jack? I will call her now!"

He wasn't talking nonsense anymore and called Rachel.

As soon as Eric ended the call, Jack's phone rang once more. It was a call from Austin.

Jack closed his eyes to try and refocus himself. He then massaged the middle of his eyebrows with his fingers. A moment later, he picked up his phone and answered the call.

"Mr. Fu, I have fixed your flights and have also obtained your plane tickets. The driver will be at your home very soon," Austin said right away as soon as Jack answered his call.

"Okay," Jack replied flatly. "What about the other thing that I asked you to check?"

"I don't have any news yet."

"Okay." Jack knew that all he could do at that point was wait.

He went downstairs and then called Eric once more. "So? How did it go?"

At that point, Jack hoped that Rachel simply deliberately blocked his calls once more, which would explain why he was unable to connect with Rachel.

Eric sounded confused from the other end of the call. "I can't get through her. Are you able to get any information? As to what happened to her?"

Eric's response made Jack feel even more worried. His heart sank right away. He knew that he couldn't make any hasty decision before he figured everything out. He understood that he could only temporarily comfort Eric. "Don't worry. I will go and see what's going on there."