It almost looks like my Camelia, I'm probably wrong though, I'm a novice, lol

Well Camellia was my first guess, too. Any chance of a closer shot of those leaves, amphib?

Camellia has alternate leaves. These look opposite. The twigginess looks Ligustrum like.

When you say rescued - was it bare root or in a pot? Did it seem to be a house plant or garden shrub?

i first thought privet also ...

so we convince someone to throw out a potential invasive ..

and someone finds it and SAVES it ... lol

crikey ...

you only have guesses so far.. need a better pic.. and perhaps a scale on leaf size ...

ken