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Chapter hundred and twenty five
Her voice was weak and broken.Her mother fell silent for a moment.“He didn’t?”“No,” Patricia whispered. “He didn’t hurt me.”“Then what happened?” her mother asked. “Why are you crying like this? What did he do?”Patricia squeezed her eyes shut. The image of Mia appeared once more in her mind—the child’s face, the healthy color in her cheeks, the way she had clung to Jeremy, the way she had pulled her hand away from Patricia’s touch.“You need to see what I saw,” Patricia said.Her mother’s voice became impatient. “What are you talking about?”“Little Mia is alive.”The words came out in a trembling whisper.For several seconds, there was no response.Patricia held the phone against her ear, listening to the silence on the other end. Even through the call, she could feel her mother struggling to understand what she had just heard.Then her mother gave a short, disbelieving laugh.“What do you mean, Little Mia is alive?”Patricia swallowed hard.“Alive,” her mother repeated, as thou
Chapter hundred and twenty four
Patricia’s hand was still trembling as she pulled out her phone.Her fingers shook so badly that she nearly dropped it twice before she managed to unlock the screen. Her vision was blurred by tears, and for several seconds, she struggled to find the number she wanted. Her mind was still trapped in the image of Mia walking beside Jeremy—alive, healthy, and frightened of her.Alive.Patricia finally found her parents’ number and pressed the call button.The phone rang once.Then again.Before Patricia could even prepare herself for the conversation, her mother answered.“Now that you’re calling this early,” her mother said immediately, without waiting for Patricia to speak, “I assume everything went exactly as planned, right?”Patricia remained silent.Her mother continued, taking her silence as confirmation.“If that is the case, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. Just give him whatever amount you believe will satisfy him. If you think fifty thousand dollars a month will
Chapter hundred and twenty three
Patricia was utterly devastated.She stood there in shock, unable to process what she had just seen. She knew Jeremy’s threat against her family was nothing more than empty nonsense. He would not be able to do anything to them not truly. She knew that much.But none of that mattered now.Mia was alive.Not only was she alive, but she looked healthy strong, alert, and completely unlike someone who had recently been at death’s door. She did not look sick. She did not look weak. She looked like a child who had been given back her life.And that realization broke Patricia’s heart even more.Jeremy glanced down at Mia and gently squeezed her hand.“Let’s get going,” he said quietly. “Come on, Mia.”Mia nodded at once.Jeremy turned toward the entrance, and the two of them began walking away together. Patricia watched them move farther from her, and before she could think about what she was doing, she hurried forward.“Mia!”She reached for the child’s hand.But the moment Mia realized that
Chapter hundred and twenty two
Patricia was utterly devastated.She stood there in shock, unable to process what she had just seen. She knew Jeremy’s threat against her family was nothing more than empty nonsense. He would not be able to do anything to them not truly. She knew that much.But none of that mattered now.Mia was alive.Not only was she alive, but she looked healthy strong, alert, and completely unlike someone who had recently been at death’s door. She did not look sick. She did not look weak. She looked like a child who had been given back her life.And that realization broke Patricia’s heart even more.Jeremy glanced down at Mia and gently squeezed her hand.“Let’s get going,” he said quietly. “Come on, Mia.”Mia nodded at once.Jeremy turned toward the entrance, and the two of them began walking away together. Patricia watched them move farther from her, and before she could think about what she was doing, she hurried forward.“Mia!”She reached for the child’s hand.But the moment Mia realized that
Chapter hundred and twenty one
Patricia’s face tightened as Jeremy’s words settled over her.Instead of breaking beneath the weight of his disappointment, something inside her hardened. The shame she had briefly felt was quickly swallowed by anger, defensiveness, and the desperate need to believe that Jeremy was the one manipulating the situation.“I honestly do not understand what the hell is wrong with you,” Patricia said, her voice rising. “But I hope you have not been telling Mia lies about me. I hope you have not been poisoning her mind against her own mother.”Jeremy said nothing.That silence only made Patricia more certain that she was right.“Because from what I am seeing here,” she continued, pointing toward Mia, “it is obvious you have told her things. You have filled her head with disgusting stories about me. You have made her afraid of me.”Her eyes flashed with anger.“But whatever you told her is a lie.”Then Patricia turned toward Mia, her expression softening instantly into something pleading and e
Chapter hundred and twenty
Patricia stood there in complete devastation, her body motionless while her mind raced through more questions than she could possibly answer.Mia was alive.That single fact kept repeating itself inside her head, over and over, refusing to settle into anything she could understand.Mia was alive.The daughter she had mourned. The daughter whose supposed death had torn apart every remaining piece of her relationship with Jeremy. The child whose name had become a weapon in every argument, every accusation, every bitter conversation between them.Alive.Patricia looked at Mia again, but the little girl remained safely behind Jeremy, her small hands clutching the fabric of his shirt. There was fear in Mia’s eyes—not the fear of a sick child, but the cautious fear of a child looking at someone she no longer recognized as safe.That look hurt Patricia more than anything Jeremy had said.How could she call herself a mother now?How could she ever look Mia in the eyes and explain what had hap
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