As the phone was hung up, Baldy yelled, “You are going to accompany the old man? Who does he think he is, why don't we just kill him?”

“Not yet, he is still useful to us,” said Pepper.

…

Splash!

On the north side of the East River, Alex crawled out of the water, with Michelle in his arms, onto the sandy banks.

He immediately did cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Michelle, followed by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and stimulation of the electric Chi needle. In less than a half-minute, she coug