He was that white-haired middle-aged man's personal bodyguard at that time. Now, I was even more certain that the man I saved was here. So with the last of my strength, I fought to break free from the confinement of the two people beside me. I dragged my almost crippled legs. I ran to the bearded man and fell to my knees with a thud. Without thinking twice, I hugged the bearded man's thigh. I only looked up at him. The taste of blood in my throat kept surging upwards. But I could only pop out a few words.
“Three years ago in Lithuania, I saved people. I drew a tattoo for Uncle Graziano.”
The bearded man frowned, seemingly thinking about the content of my words. Then, he suddenly smiled. Seeing him smile, my taut heart had a moment of relaxation. ‘Did he recognize me?’ I asked in my heart. But the next moment he kicked me away.
The bearded man roared in dissatisfaction, “Where did this wild dog come from? The blood is all over me. It's in vain that I only changed my clothes today. You two losers! You can't even take care of a woman. What's the use of keeping you!”
As he fumed, the two men who were originally escorting me quickly ran over. “Mr. Ferdinand, I'm sorry. It's all our fault for not being careful!”
While nodding and apologizing to him, one of them kicked me in the stomach. “Hei, bitch. What are you running for? Do you think you can run away?”
After kicking me over, they stomped on my head with their feet again. I endured the sharp pain. I then grabbed their ankles and bit them. When they loosened their feet, I once again hugged the bearded man's pants leg in a death grip. A moment ago, he showed some surprise. I hoped he would recognize me.
“Save me. Please, save me!”
But my pleas were not exchanged for his sympathy. The bearded man pulled out the electric baton he carried with him. He pressed it mercilessly on my back. After a painful electric shock, I was lying on the ground like a dead dog. I really couldn't move.
“You are a motherfucker! Today I met a tough guy.”
I no longer had any strength to struggle. I just could not allow these two men to drag me on the ground and pull me to a farther place.
“Why did it take so long to send a woman?”
“It makes me angry when I talk about this. This woman is crazy. She had to say she was Uncle Graziano's saviour. She also keeps talking about tattoos, as if she was sick in the head.”
“That is to say, she insists that she met Uncle Graziano and Mr. Ferdinand on the road. She rushed over without caring about her life. But it's true, there were so many people in the square at that time, why did she jump on Mr. Ferdinand alone? Did she really know Uncle Graziano?”
Hearing these words in my half-consciousness, my heart once again sparked a hope for survival. I really struggled to open my eyes. A few seconds later I raised my head.
“The tattoos on your bodies, I drew them. Uncle Graziano said that the peacock is your totem. The dragon represents that he belongs to the dragon,” I said in a hoarse voice.
The more I said, the expression of a few bodyguards in front of me was more and more gloomy. A few of them came together in a group and muttered in a low voice, “What she says is right. Could it be that Uncle Graziano really knows her?”
“It's hard to believe, guys.”
“But just now Mr. Ferdinand kicked her away. If it's really like what she said, Mr Ferdinand must know her!”
Just when the three of them were arguing, I didn't know who shouted outside. Someone shouted, “Pack up quickly. Uncle Graziano is coming over soon. Don't let those unkempt ones be seen by Uncle Graziano.”
My heart was beating wildly. It was my last hope. I couldn’t believe my last chance was coming soon. But the three people in front of me looked at each other. They then brought ropes to bind my hands and feet to death.
