Chapter 175 I Am Going Too


    “Whether I can fly or not, that’s my concern, not yours,” Quinn answered tly.


    “Quinn, I’ve been waiting for you,” Moldred said as he walked up.


    “Uncle Moldred, I can pilot the helicopter and head to the ind for the rescue any time,” Quinn told him.


    “Good. Come with me. The helicopter’s on the rooftop helipad,” he said.


    The security team that had blocked her path earlier didn’t dare stop her now.


    “Uncle Moldred, you’re really letting her take the helicopter for the rescue mission?” Marley asked in disbelief.


    “Who else would I trust with it? Sidonie?” Moldred nced her way. He’d clearly overheard her trying to ransom an apology for lives, and he wasn’t impressed.


    Marley had noeback.


    Quinn and Julius followed Moldred into the elevator.


    Marley turned to Sidonie. “Since Quinn’s going on the rescue mission, you-”


    “Hmph. You think she’ll actually pull it off? She probably won’t even make it to the ind,” Sidonie said, striding toward the elevator. “I want to be there when she falls t on her face!”


    “Exactly! They’lle crawling back to you,” Marley said, rushing after her.


    Trent trailed behind, quiet.


    Inside the elevator, Sidonie looked over. “Trent, why are you so quiet? Quinn’s just setting herself up for humiliation. Just wait. I’d like to see how she saves herself from this.”


    Trent stayed silent.


    <i>Humiliation</i>? <i>Honestly</i><i>, </i><i>the </i><i>ones </i><i>getting </i><i>humiliated might </i><i>end up </i><i>being </i><b><i>us</i></b>. <i>I’ve </i><i>seen </i><i>Quinn </i><i>fly </i><i>before</i>. <i>Her </i><i>skills </i><i>are </i><i>on </i><i>another </i><i>level </i><ipared </i><i>to </i><i>Sidonie’s</i>.


    Soon, they reached the rooftop. Quinn was about to climb into the helicopter when Julius grabbed her arm. “I can find another pilot. It doesn’t have to be you,” he said, terrified she’d get hurt.


    “There’s no time. The sooner I get there, the better the odds of rescuing them,” Quinn replied.


    “Then I’m going with you,” he said firmly.


    “You’re not trained for rescue missions. You’d only slow me down,” Quinn said. “Trust me, I’ll be fine.”


    Julius looked her straight in the eye. “Then I’ll wait for you toe back.”


    Quinn climbed in, and momentster the helicopter lifted smoothly off the rooftop and headed toward


    the ind.


    Sidonie stood there, watching the chopper disappear into the sky.


    Quinn actually flew it. And not just flew–it was a clean, steady takeoff.


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    <i>Impossible</i><i>! </i><i>Quinn </i>was bluffing<i>. </i><i>I’m </i>supposed <i>to </i><i>be </i><i>the </i><i>one </i><i>exposing </i><i>her</i><i>. </i>So why does <i>it </i>feel like I’m the one <i>getting </i><i>pped </i><i>in </i>the face? <i>If </i><i>Quinn </i><i>brings </i><i>those </i><i>employees </i>back <i>safely</i><i>, </i>all <i>eyes </i><i>will </i><i>be </i>on her, and I’ll <i>be </ipletely <i>overshadowed</i>. <i>Absolutely </i><i>not</i><i>. </i><i>I </i><i>won’t </i><i>let </i><i>that </i>happen<i>! </i>


    Sidonic’s eyes locked onto the second helicopter. “I’m going too!”


    “What? You’re going as well?” Marley lookedpletely caught off guard.


    “Sure, Quinn can fly,” Sidonie said, “but she’s no licensed pilot like I am. Those winds are unpredictable. She might end up putting herself in danger before getting to the employees on the ind. I’ll go, just to be safe.”


    She had to rescue those people before Quinn did.


    “Fine, you go too!” Marley said loudly. “Quinn’s been discharged for years. Who knows how rusty she is!” Thatst part was clearly aimed at Julius.


    Seeing how things were unfolding, Moldred gave a small nod. “Let Sidonie go as well.” He quickly arranged for another rescuer to apany her.


    “Trent,e with me,” Sidonic said.


    “Me?” Trent hesitated. “My wrist is injured. I don’t know if I’d be much help.


    “You don’t need to do anything,” she replied. “I just feel safer with you there.”


    What she really wanted was for Trent to see firsthand how much better she was than Quinn.


    “Mr. Grafton, go with Sidonic,” Marley chimed in, backing her up. She also hoped Sidonie would rescue those people before Quinn did.


    Trent wanted to say, <i>Julius </i><i>isn’t </i>going, so why should I?


    But with both of them pressing him, he bit the bullet and climbed aboard.