I was caught off guard by her suddenly hugging me like this.
But in the end, I reached my hands to her back and patted her to comfort her.
I could feel a wet sensation that was coming from my chest.
Even if she looked like she was a strong woman with the way that she acted, this was still a traumatic experience no matter who it was.
There was no doubt that she should have been scared during this.
I just silently comforted her and waited for her to calm down.
After a long time, Haley finally stopped trembling and she took a deep breath before separating from me.
She lowered her head to hide her face from me, but I could see that there were traces of swollenness that were on her face, around her eyes. It was clear that her eyes were swollen from how much she had been crying.
But since she did all this to hide it from me, I wasn't brutish enough that I would force her to show me.
I just took off my coat and put it over her.
When she felt this coat fall on top of her, she lowered her head even more before saying in a soft voice, "Thank you."
During the time that we had been like this, the others had been cleaning up the area.
Since they had taken care of the gangsters, Shaka's men had gone to search the rest of the building just in case there were still more gangsters hiding around. But they found that there weren't any other gangsters that were here.
Other than the ones that had been posted on the pathway to this room that they had already taken care of, the rest of this building was completely empty.
Well, it wasn't completely empty since there was other stuff that was stored here.
This place was the headquarters of the Crow Gang, so there were all kinds of documents and other things that were here.
When he learned of this, Shaka immediately pulled all of his men into the building other than two who stayed outside to keep watch just in case.
Leaving four men to keep watch over the gangsters, he sent the rest of them to search the building.
It didn't take long for them to gather everything that they wanted. At the same time, they were able to find some rope to tie the gangsters up with.
Since they had already finished cleaning up, I turned to Shaka to ask, "What are you planning on doing with them now?"
Shaka looked at me with a calm expression, but the look in his eyes…made it clear that he brokered no argument as he said, "We'll call the master and he'll send some men to escort them away. We still have a few things to ask them."
When I saw this, I just gave a simple nod of agreement.
I didn't know what they wanted with these members of the Crow Gang, but I knew that it wasn't my place to interfere. At the same time, I also didn't want to interfere since I knew that it had to be something big if they were willing to mobilize all these skilled people.
The less I knew, the better. The less I knew, the longer I would keep my life.
So I would just let them do what they wanted with the Crow Gang.
It wasn't as if I wanted anything else to do with them in the first place.
I would leave them to their fates.
But there was someone that wasn't done with them yet.
He had been silent the whole time, watching everything happen and waiting for his turn.
When he saw that everyone was tied up and they wouldn't be able to do a thing, he stood up and walked over to where the Crow Gang were sitting.
Shaka's men were about to stop him, but I quickly came forward and shook my head for them to back down.
When they saw this, they didn't listen right away and instead turned to look at Shaka for approval. It was only when they saw him give a nod of affirmation that they moved aside and let this person through.
This person was of course Haley's father.
Seeing that they didn't follow my orders and needed Shaka's orders first, I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile, but I didn't say anything.
I knew that I was completely out of my depths in this situation and it really stung.
Shaka came forward to pat me on the shoulder, but all I could do was look at him with that bitter smile.
Still, we both turned to look at Haley's father.
We didn't know what he was planning, but we both had a guess as to what he was going to do.
Now, it all depended on just how vindictive he would be…
Haley's father walked right up to Alex who was tied up there on the floor with the rest of the Crow Gang. As he stood over him, he looked down at him and Alex looked up at him with neither of them saying a word.
The emotions in their eyes were completely different.
Haley's father had a devastated look that showed just how sad and disappointed he was with Alex.
Alex had a look of hatred and anger in his eyes as if someone had murdered his parents as he looked up.
There was this awkward silence that filled the air until Haley's father simply asked one word, "Why?"
Alex didn't answer right away as he looked up at Haley's father's face. With the way that he was looking at him, it was almost as if he was trying to figure out if he was being serious or not.
When he saw that he was indeed serious about this question, Alex suddenly burst out in laughter like he was a madman.
He kept laughing with his head held up high, making him seem like he was completely crazy until he finally said in a voice filled with hatred, "You know why."