companion ghost

15:50 New York time, confrontation begins two hours four ten minutes

There were faint cries from upstairs, but it was quiet after a while.

Lisman glanced upstairs, just in time to see Victor go downstairs with a satisfied face, and snorted.

After all, people with weaknesses are better able to grasp and use them.

Lisman asked, "What about people?"

Victor said casually: "Upstairs, passed out."

Serena screamed and was comforted by Kathy in a low voice.

Lisman didn't even look at their corner, playing with the gun in his hand.

Kathy looked at him out of the corner of his eye, his head was spinning quickly, thinking about how to get Serena out too.

Jerry stared nervously at the window in front of him, and finally saw a figure crawling out of the window on the second floor. He hurriedly climbed to the second floor along the fire escape [Note], and hugged Celis.

Celis looked at him strangely, and Jerry put his index finger to his lips and winked at her.

Selyse laughed, neither crying nor fussing, her dimples were lovely.

16:05 New York time, 3 hours and 55 minutes into the standoff.

Lisman looked at the clock in the house. It was time for him to negotiate with the police. At this moment, the phone rang again.

Lisman took the time to pick up the phone: "It's on time, officers. Are all the things I want ready?"

Dino said: "Mr. Lisman, the car and cash are all ready, but the guns and ammunition are really—"

Lisman narrowed his eyes: "Do you not want these hostages to live?"

Casey used Serena to block Lisman's sight. He covered his mouth with his hand and whispered, "Let him let Serena out."

Serena stared at him suddenly, opened her mouth, but still didn't speak.

Dino made several plans in his mind, and then came: "Mr. Lisman, why don't we show a little sincerity to both sides? We will give you three guns and forty bullets, and you release a hostage to us."

Lisman's eyes slid from Casey to Serena, bargaining: "Four guns, sixty bullets."

Dino pretended to ponder over there, and said after about 10 minutes: "Yes. I hope you release a hostage immediately."

Casey heard Lisman's bargaining and knew he had agreed.Casey thought for a while, then pulled out the mad dog assault knife ATAK from his waist, stuffed it into Serena's pocket, and said in a low voice, "Hold it, just in case."

Serena asked anxiously: "Then what do you do?"

Casey said briefly, "Don't worry about me, I'm a police officer."

Before Serena could speak again, Lisman came over, looked them over, turned to Victor and said, "Let that little girl go first."

Victor frowned: "Boss, it's not good. If the little girl is released now, she is still in a coma, and there are marks on her body. I am afraid that the police will get angry and give it—"

Lisman rubbed his chin, and there was some truth to it. At this time, one thing more is worse than one thing less. As long as the things are in his hands, he will not bother to think about whether the little girl in a coma will die or not.

Lisman pointed to Serena: "Then send this woman out." He kicked Casey in the stomach, "This man belongs to a state agency, and being a hostage is more important."

Casey snorted. Lisman's kick was not light, and he immediately felt his blood surge.

Lisman pointed the gun at Serena: "Stand up, be good to me."

Serena stood up shyly, holding the handle of the knife tightly in her hand, and the blade was hidden in the cuff.

Lisman motioned for Victor to open the door, and Victor opened the door sideways, and Lisman also stood on the side, pointing a gun at Serena: "Go out by yourself."

Serena's throat rolled, and she walked out slowly, her eyes met the dazzling sunlight outside, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

The door behind him was slammed shut again.

Two special forces fully armed stepped forward and pulled Serena to a safe place. Serena grabbed the person and asked, "Where's Celis? Where's my daughter? Did she get out safely?"

She grabbed Auston, who patted her on the shoulder: "It's all right, go find your daughter, she's in the ambulance."

16:35 New York time, 4 hours and 25 minutes into the standoff.

Auston got into the police car and just watched Dino holding the headset. He saw no one around, and whispered, "Casey is the only one left, what's the plan?"

Dino's eyes were cold and awe-inspiring: "Solve it on the spot."

Alston nodded: "I'll tell Gloria."

The pen that Dino was holding was snapped into two halves.

16:55 New York time, 4 hours and 45 minutes into the standoff.

The phone in the room rang again, Lisman picked it up, and Dino's deep and magnetic voice was still on the other end: "Mr. Lisman, our things are ready, I hope you can release the hostages."

"I can keep that little girl in the house for you," said Lisman, who is not easy to fool, "I will take away the remaining man from the Children's Welfare Department, and I will throw him three kilometers away. follow."

"Yes," Dino agreed, "but you must ensure the safety of the hostages."

"..."

"..."

Dino was negotiating with Lisman over there, while Casey raised his eyes slightly and met Victor's eyes.

After a while, Victor looked away.

Dino hung up the phone and said to Mike: "Casey, now—" He suddenly felt that something was wrong, because the red light of the device suddenly flashed twice and then went out, and the tiny camera that could have been carried by Casey The transmitted image disappeared instantly.

Lisman put down the phone and pointed a gun at Casey: "It's your turn."

Casey stood up with his hands raised, Victor opened the door again, and Lisman held a gun against Casey's back: "Go out slowly first."

Oston watched the door open, holding a pager and asking, "Gloria, can you take aim?"

Gloria changed several angles: "Not the captain, only aim at Victor."

Alston frowned, then let go, and picked up the pager again.

Just as Casey took two steps, he suddenly heard a muffled groan behind him, followed by a bang, and he immediately knew what it was.

The sound of guns falling on marble tiles.

Casey turned around, squatted down immediately, quickly picked up the pistol that Lisman had dropped on the ground after being attacked by Victor, and pointed it at Lisman.

Lisman suffered numbness in his wrist from a sneak attack by Victor just now, and now he has no feeling in his right hand. His eagle-like eyes stared straight at Victor: "How dare you fucking betray me——"

Before he could finish speaking, Casey pulled the trigger.

Immediately after, a second shot rang out.

Dino was looking for Emma because of the disappearance of the screen, when he suddenly heard two consecutive gunshots, and felt his heart stop beating instantly.

He tossed the equipment aside, stepped out of the RV and rushed to the house.

When he was ten meters away from the door, he saw Lisman and Victor lying on the ground.And Casey with blood on his face.

Casey was still holding the gun in his hand. He saw Dino and twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, but failed to make a smile.

Dino looked at Casey who was covered in wounds, regardless of the blood on his body and the expensive suit he was wearing, he strode forward and gave him a hug.

In that split second, Dino knew for the first time what it was like for Kathy to return his hug.

[Note]: The fire exits in foreign countries are different from those in China. The fire exits in foreign countries, especially in the United States, are outside the house~ and generally they are spiral staircases.