Chapter 8 - The Bleeding Heart
A series of high-explosive charges detonated along the steel support cables of the massive bridge.
The entire structure groaned violently as the concrete roadway began to buckle and split apart.
Julian scrambled to his feet, ignoring the blinding pain radiating through his entire body.
He sprinted back to the medical van just as the ground beneath it began to tilt dangerously toward the dark river below.
Elena was holding onto the metal framing of the van, desperately trying to keep Leo from sliding out.
Julian grabbed Leo by the collar of his jacket and hoisted him onto the solid portion of the bridge.
He reached down for Elena, grabbing her slippery hand just as the van plummeted into the abyss.
He pulled her up with every ounce of strength he had left in his exhausted muscles.
They collapsed onto the cracked asphalt, gasping for air as the bridge settled into a terrifying, unnatural slant.
Victor was struggling to walk up the incline, his leg visibly broken from the explosive shockwave.
He raised his gun, aiming wildly at Julian from a hundred feet away.
Julian knew he could not outrun a bullet on a broken bridge with a sick child.
He pulled his smartphone from his pocket, opened his social media app, and immediately hit the button to go live.
Within seconds, over fifty million fans tuned in to see their favorite superstar bleeding in the rain.
Julian turned the camera toward Victor, loudly declaring to the world that his manager was a murderer.
He exposed the fake death of his child, the stolen millions, and the corrupt syndicate that funded the football club.
Victor screamed in pure rage, realizing his pristine, untouchable reputation was being destroyed in real-time.
He fired three desperate shots into the dark, but the heavy wind threw off his aim.
Police sirens began wailing in the distance, growing louder as dozens of cruisers approached the bridge.
Victor panicked, limping toward the edge of the bridge to jump onto a passing cargo ship to escape.
Julian handed the phone to Elena and charged at Victor with absolute, reckless fury.
He tackled Victor right at the broken edge of the concrete precipice.
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The two men grappled violently, teetering on the edge of a two-hundred-foot drop into the freezing water.
Victor pulled a hidden combat knife from his boot and drove it directly toward Julian's chest.
