Chapter 1654: Penelope

"I joined what they called their donors. It's basically donating my eggs. That's where it started."

According to Priscilla, it all started with her just donating her eggs for couples who couldn't bear children. She didn't know where those went or who had them, but she just kept doing it. Again and again and again.

All to keep Jason alive.

They promised her that if she could save enough, she could "probably" buy his freedom.

Priscilla believed them.

How could she not?

If Priscilla ever doubted their words, their thin promises, what else would she hold on to?

So, even if it hurt — even if it was exhausting — she did what she thought she had to. Priscilla had done everything she could to save up, even accepting different gigs on top of becoming a donor. One of which required her to clean up crimes and even donate some parts of her body.

Crazy? She had always known she was, at some point. That she was always on the brink of snapping, but somehow, the thread of sanity kept holding on despite her self-destructive journey.

But unlike what she hoped for, her subconscious scream from the very beginning was right.

Jason had long been gone.

He had died even before Priscilla begged their old boss for mercy. They killed him, just like they did many others who tried to escape and betray the organization.

It was too late for Priscilla when she found out. She was already in too deep with no way out.

already pregnant by Penny," Priscilla whispered, biting her tongue as she looked up at Penny. "By

moment of silence fell in the room as if

and Slater weren't entirely ignorant of it. However, it was now clear that this organization was

thought to herself.

and regret in her eyes. "If I had succeeded, I would've been able to buy Jason's freedom. After so long... but just before

incredible story, asked, "So, because Jason is dead, you thought of rebelling by

eyes and shook her

of pity for everything that happened to your screwed-up life. You —

before he could say Priscilla and Jason chose this life

making the same decision they had in their first life,

breathed out heavily. "That was not me rebelling. If I wanted to rebel, I

shook as she clutched the sheet, grinding her teeth. "Years of being in that hellhole,

and Mint didn't

been imprisoned for a full year. A year, and yet, she had become the worst animal in that place because if not, she

Humans are naturally adaptive.

claim didn't feel

mouth quivered as her eyes softened. "But how can I die when there's this life within me? You may

one," Slater corrected, earning a quick glance

a lie, but my desire - Jason's desire - are all in that... child," she whispered. "Everything spiraled out of contro when faked a miscarriage to tie up loose ends, but for Jason,

never the

at myself, at Jason," she continued through gritted teeth. "If I could, I

her. "I know burning the

answer right away, smiling bitterly as she recalled a very distant memory. Her small smile broke,

meeting Penny's eyes. "Because Penelope... was holding on to me. Even when I tried to kill myself, it clung to me as if begging me to keep it

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