Ah! Why didn't he return my phone to me?

If her memory served her right, he placed the bag of medicine into the same pocket where he kept her phone. Why did he return the medicine but not her phone?

Thinking about it, Vera felt miserable, but she had no other options since he was already gone. She could only call Mabie with the landline.

When Mabie heard that Vera had returned home early, she realized that something was wrong.

"What's the matter? Why did you go home so early? Are you feeling unwell, Vivy?"

"No, Mom, I'm fine. I'm just tired from the shopping, and the restaurant is too noisy, so I sneaked back home to take a nap. You don't mind, do you?"

While speaking, Vera stuck her tongue out and made a face at the phone.

In doing so, she pulled on her wound by accident, causing her to gasp in pain.

"Vivy, what's wrong?" Mabie heard her wince.

Vera quickly covered up.

"It's nothing; I'm fine. I accidentally kicked the table, and it hurt." "You brat, you're already an adult, and yet you are still so careless! Only a child would accidentally hurt themselves like that." Mabie nagged her daughter over the phone.

"Oh, Mom, it was an accident, alright? You have to stop nagging me; my ears are ringing. All right, I'm really exhausted; I'm going to sleep now. I'm hanging up."

"Fine, all you do is slack off now that you've opened a restaurant, you brat. Thank God that your father and I can still handle this work. If we were older, we wouldn't be able to handle this at all."

"Hehe. Mom, you and Dad are the best. I love you two. I'm going now, bye."

After that, Vera quickly hung up and breathed a sigh of relief before she limped back to her room.

She changed her clothes and laid down to rest.

She closed her eyes, but her mind was full of images of what happened in the private room at the nightclub.

mouth grabbed her hair and dragged her into the room. Then he gave her such a powerful slap, which made

could a person be so violent? It was like a

on it, Vera soon

tortured and beaten up; no one came to save her. She was being pulled about by her hair, and they tore her clothes. There were all kinds of injuries on her body. Vera cried

this to me. Don't come

a nightmare. She gently held her shoulders and shook them, trying to wake her up. However, Vera seemed to be trapped in her nightmare. No matter how Mabie tried

not real; you're just dreaming. Wake

before finally,

were replaced by her warm and bright bedroom.

"Mom!"

up and hug Mabie tightly, and

Mabie was utterly dumbfounded.

since Vera had grown up, she rarely cried in front of her. Although her daughter was stubborn, she would never show her sadness

this,

that something was off. After the call ended, she discussed what she heard with David and decided to go home to check on Vera. Upon reaching home, Mabie

came closer, she noticed that Vera's face was swollen. Mabie was furious

having a

was almost certain

assaulted.

crying, she regained her composure. She wiped away her tears and looked at Mabie with red eyes. "Mom, why did

this, Mabie

so much pain, how could I not come home? What? If I didn't come home earlier, were you going to hide it from me? You brat, I'm your mother, and I've raised

scolded, Vera could not help sniffing. "I didn't want you to

you are hiding your injury from us, and you

us worried? Do you

If you don't want

way would be

the

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