My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 128

Willow was dragged into a storage room on the basement floor. It was pitch-black inside.

Dale flicked a switch, and the light came on with a sharp pop. The room was a total mess, but in the middle of the floor, a large sheet of brown packing paper covered a single mattress, just large enough for one person. The rest of the floor was strewn with discarded cardboard crates and linen sacks.

Surveying the room, Willow realized that Dale had planned and set this all up, ahead of time.

Heart hammering in her chest in a frightened panic, she fought and struggled to get free of him.

But Dale was much too strong for her. With one hand, he pinned both her wrists behind her back; with the other, he began forcefully choking the strength out of her body.

Like a kitten, she was lifted off her feet by the grip on her neck, completely helpless to save herself.

As he hauled her into the room, he picked up a coil of rope he'd already had waiting, and used it to tie her hands behind her back. Then he shoved her down onto the mattress.

Willow groaned in pain, feeling as though several of her bones had been broken from the impact. The gag in her mouth prevented her from making much sound.

scrambling to get her feet on the

drool from the corner of his lips, leering down at her eagerly.

that my wife left me... Now I'm all alone...

a woman named Lara, and had even taken the matter to the police. By the time Mrs. White got home, she didn't want to be Mrs. White anymore. There had been

other women before, but then he'd pretend to be injured, in order to bait out his wife's sympathy. He'd tell a whole story about how the woman had been trying to seduce him, but when

worked for him. It would even improve his

the same old story. She'd even

the police station, she'd suddenly

on and on about it until he finally signed

exactly a prize catch, these days... How in the world would he get a wife,

first time...

His

found the light switch again, and once more the room fell into total darkness. Now, he was

tried to scream, but with the gag in her mouth, there was no sound she could make that could possibly be heard from