Chapter 299 Youre Also Murderers (2/2)

The moment Jacob called David, Emily already knew that Jacob had found her.

Jacob turned around to glare at David with his angry eyes. Jacob's lethal stare felt painful and pie

l of this. It's my fault. I shouldn't have...”

If anything were to happen to Emily, Rita would never forgive herself.

David pulled her into his arms. He noticed that she was not resisting him, so he gently rubbed her hair.

”It's not your fault. It's mine. I should have told you not to do so,” comforted David.

With tear-soaked eyes, Rita kept quiet. She knew that David was just trying to comfort her, because, in truth, she was the one who forced him to do so.

”And Emily had already made up her mind by then. There was nothing we could have done to stop her. Even if we refused to help her, she would have figured out another way to leave. You don't have to blame yourself like this. You don't know what could have happened,” said David.

”I, I can't...” muttered Rita. She took a deep breath and wiped her tears on his shirt. Rita continued, ”If only I had known about it ...”

”Emily had her own reasons for not telling you the truth. So what if you had known about it? Would you tell Jacob to tie her down? Or force her to give up her baby? Either way, you can't guarantee that she won't hate you for it.

Everyone has the right to choose what they want for themselves. No one has the right to make her decisions for her, that includes you and Jacob,” David explained.

Rita looked up to him, with tears in her eyes and asked, ”Everyone knows that, but how many people can actually do that?”

For instance, taking Rita and Jacob into consideration, it was impossible for the both of them to watch Emily risk her own life, even though she was willing to do so.

All they wanted was for her to be safe and sound. That was all they were asking for.