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For the father and daughter, it was just a playful moment after a long time apart. 

But for the teacher and the students, it felt shocking and dramatic. 

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One second, they were bracing themselves to be shot. The next, it turned into a warm reunion. The shift was so fast that no one could keep up. Even now, they still hadn’t fully processed what just happened. 

Sharon was the first to snap out of it. She steadied herself against the wall. Then she looked at Raymond and at Maya in his arms. It took her a long moment to find her voice. 

“Maya, what did you just call him?” 

“He’s my dad,” Maya answered quickly. She glanced at the group behind him. There were men in matching uniforms who looked like private security. Realizing how strange this all looked, she hurried to explain. “Ms. Peterson, my dad isn’t here to hurt anyone. He came to save us.” 

She forced a small smile, trying to calm everyone down. “See? We’re safe now, right?” 

Raymond heard his daughter trying to smooth things over. He didn’t expose her. Instead, he went along with it. “Good afternoon, Ms. Peterson,” he said politely, like any normal parent at a school meeting. “Is there anything you need right now?” 

In this situation, though, Sharon couldn’t even fake a polite smile. 

Safe? She felt the opposite. 

She had lived for decades, and not once had she seen someone fire a gun in public. 

And not just fire it. 

A clean, instant kill with a single shot. 

There was no way that kind of accuracy came without training. 

The kidnappers were criminals. What happened to them was one thing. 

But Maya’s father… wasn’t he supposed to be an ordinary, law-abiding man? 

That day, everything she thought she knew about the world cracked. 

Then she remembered something. She had never seen detailed family records for Maya or Alfred. 

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The only glimpse she ever had of their home lives came from two essays the kids had written. At the time, she found them amusing. Strange, but creative. 

Now, thinking back, it made her uneasy. 

The more she thought about it, the worse it felt. 

Raymond glanced at the teachers and students. They were still frozen in place, faces pale, eyes full of fear. 

He turned calmly to his men. “We’ve found her. Leave the rest to the police. Everyone else, pull 

out.” 

He didn’t plan to stay. 

Raymond wanted Maya to continue attending school here. If he stayed too long, it could leave her classmates with memories they’d never shake off. 

Raymond cared about the kids’ mental well-being. 

He didn’t want Maya to grow up alone at school, with no friends in elementary or middle school. 

So he looked down at her and said calmly, “Let’s go home, Maya.” 

It had been a long, intense day. Her nerves had been stretched tight the whole time. They had loosened now. She answered in a muffled voice, “Okay.” 

“How are my brothers?” she asked, then suddenly remembered something. “Oh-and Dad, did you see Jenny?” 

Jenny? What Jenny? 

He paused, a little confused. 

Maya reminded him, “She’s been to our house before. Don’t you remember? Her name is Jenny.” 

“Oh. So that’s her name.” Raymond had clearly gotten the girl’s name wrong before more than once. His tone stayed flat. “She’s safe now. As for your brothers, the three of them are together. You don’t need to worry.” 

In this whole chaotic school kidnapping, those three were probably the safest people there. 

As they walked down the school path, Maya rested in his arms, her head on his shoulder. She looked past him and said, “Dad, can I ask you something?” 

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Raymond carried her a little farther. Along the way, she caught glimpses of people lying on the ground; it was unclear whether they were still alive. 

She let out a soft breath, then gathered her courage. “Were those kidnappers your former coworkers?” 

“Yes,” Raymond said easily. “But just former coworkers. They don’t matter. They’ll be gone soon.” 

When he came here, he had given only one order, take out anyone from that criminal gang. 

Friends, coworkers-any ties outside his family meant nothing to them. They were replaceable. 

And if those people became a threat to his family, then getting rid of them was simply the only choice. 

Maya chatted with him on and off. “I thought they were your friends.” 

“I don’t have friends.” A soft breeze passed between them. Raymond carried the faint smell of blood and gunpowder. 

“In my family, it’s always winner takes all. Even brothers see each other as rivals.” 

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