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I pressed the knife against the vein in my left hand and slashed deep. Blood shot out fast, some of it even hitting Javier’s face.
He froze, clearly not expecting me to actually do it.
Before he could say anything, I made another cut, this time letting the blood drip straight onto the roses. I looked at him with a pale smile.
“Can I get my arm back now?”
I crouched down and started digging through the dirt. I kept going until I nearly hit the roots, but I didn’t see my arm.
I glanced over at Clara, confused.
She calmly adjusted her glasses and said, “Ms. Jackson, please don’t panic. Mr. Gomez told us to dissolve your arm in the manure water to feed the roses.”
My chest tightened with rage. I had no clue where the strength came from, but I shoved Clara down, crushing several of the flowers under her.
Javier rushed over to help her up, shooting me a furious look.
“Skylar, we already gave you what you wanted. Why are you acting out again?”
I wanted to tell him what Clara did, but he’d never believe me. So I picked up the bucket of manure and tried to leave.
I could only hope my arm wasn’t too badly damaged and could still be reattached.
“You can’t take that! The roses need nutrients!”
Javier’s expression darkened.
“You’re hurt. Put it down. I’ll drive you to the hospital.”
I backed away, keeping my eyes on him.
“You just want to take my other arm, don’t you?”
His face twisted with guilt. “If you hadn’t destroyed the roses on purpose, I wouldn’t have gone this far.”
A gardener ran up and cut him off.
“Mr. Gomez, the roses are dying!”
Some of them were already crushed, their petals limp.
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Javier left me behind and gently lifted the flowers, full of heartache.
Clara said anxiously, “Ms. Jackson, even if you hate roses, you can’t make them die!”
Javier put down the roses. The guilt disappeared from his face. Now, he just looked furious.
He told the bodyguards to hold me down and take the bucket.
“Don’t you like this? Fine, you can have it!”
I shook my head hard. “Javier, my arm is inside that bucket!”
He sneered and ordered someone to pry my mouth open.
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“If your arm were in there, I’d have seen it already! You want to harm the roses, huh? Then take the punishment. Fill it up!”
Following Javier’s order, the bodyguard dumped the entire bucket of manure straight into my mouth.
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