"I..." Mae stammered, her face shifting from pale to flushed, unable to meet anyone's eyes.

Casper clenched his teeth, glaring fiercely at the two women before him.

"Dillon, take Aunt Mae to the reflection room and let her think about what she's done. Get Katie in the car," he commanded.

"Casper, I'm your aunt! You can't do this to me!" Mae cried out in despair.

She knew what that place was like. Despite its name, the reflection room was a pitch-dark, filthy place crawling with snakes, bugs, and all sorts of vermin. It was downright terrifying. Rumor had it that it was haunted; people who went in either went mad or never came out.

Mae backed away in fear.

Several men stepped forward, each grabbing one of Mae's arms, and dragged her off.

With Mae gone, Katie started sobbing, clutching her head. "It wasn't me, don't take me away, please don't take me away."

"Miss Wang, if you make a mistake, you need to own up to it. Hiding like a scared turtle isn't going to work."

Dillon grabbed Katie by the collar, showing no sympathy.

"It was Mae who used the drugs, not me. I just supplied them, but I wasn't the one who harmed anyone. It really wasn't me," Katie pleaded, her eyes trembling with fear. Even her fingertips quivered uncontrollably.

If Dillon hadn't been holding her, she might have fallen to her knees before Casper.

her pleas, and shoved her into

moving, heading

forcibly

Dillon remained seated inside.

when the vagrants, drawn by the scent, swarmed over did he lift a

in the rearview mirror, he saw Katie being dragged into an abandoned factory by several

unlikely to end well. Don't worry,

"Mhm," Casper responded.

took

from him. "Son, is what you're doing really appropriate? After all, she..." "Mom, Eliza is my wife. How can I let my wife be treated like this?" His brows were furrowed so tightly that they almost

was taken aback

remember

"Yes," he replied flatly.

"When did this happen?"

to the

must have been the bottle Ricardo threw that snapped him

few

memory, did that mean his relationship with Eliza would return to being as hostile as it

her words might be misunderstood, she added, "I mean,

emotion flickered in Casper's

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