"All right, don't just stand there. He never said you couldn't sit down and rest."
At that, Hope carefully shuffled over to a chair and sat down, finally letting out a relieved breath.
"Forgive me for asking, Miss Hope Slottman, but who was that man?"
"I only know his name is Kilgrave. He wouldn't tell me anything else.
"To him, I was just a toy—something he could throw away whenever he got tired of playing with it." Hope spoke bitterly. "I'm truly grateful to you. Really.
"If you hadn't arrived in time, even if he had eventually let me go, I would have jumped from here."
"How long can he control people?"
"I'm not entirely sure, but I think twelve hours!"
"Good. That means you'll be free in twelve hours." Aaron comforted her, then took out his phone and deleted all the videos he had recorded earlier.
"What are you doing?" Hope asked anxiously. "Why did you delete all the videos?"
"Why keep them around taking up storage?"
"But they're evidence. If we gave them to the police..."
"Don't be ridiculous. The police are no match for him. All he has to do is say a few words, and the officers sent to arrest him will turn their guns on their own partners.
"As for putting out a warrant... he can find the best doctor to give him a new face. He can also control government officials into issuing him a completely new identity.
"So that footage isn't a threat to him at all. At most, it would cause him a little trouble.
"More importantly, you're in the video too. Once someone comes to ask you, the victim, what happened today, I'll naturally end up on their radar.
"To be honest, I don't like being the center of attention, so...