Molly left her hospitalized mother in the care of the ever-reliable Anya and took off.

When Chad arrived to visit his mother, he found Anya there. "Anya, where's your aunt?" he asked.

"She's gone to pick a fight," Anya replied nonchalantly.

Officer Chad: "..."

He glanced at his mother lying in the hospital bed, thought about Molly's fiery temperament, and muttered to himself, "Damn it! She's out of control again!" Without wasting a second, he rushed out of the hospital.

By the time Chad arrived at the Thompsons' house, it was pitch dark, and the front door had been ripped off its hinges.

Chad inspected the doorway. It was clear that the door had been violently removed.

Inside, the place was a wreck. The flat-screen TV lay shattered on the floor, glass from the door was scattered everywhere, and there were splashes of blood on the ground. Chad knew this kind of chaos all too well. If anyone could create such a mess, it was his sister.

It seemed this time, Molly was genuinely furious.

But strangely, no one was home.

Chad knocked on the door of the only neighbor to ask for information.

Despite his persistent knocking, no one answered.

"Open up, police," Chad called out.

After seeing Chad's badge through the peephole, the occupant cautiously opened the door a crack. Chad frowned, "Where are the people from across the street?"

The man, who lived there with his family, stuttered nervously, "I... we... we were out... I don't know." Chad could see this guy was scared out of his wits.

"If you don't cooperate with the police, you'll have to come down to the station with me," Chad warned. The man continued to deny any knowledge.

Chad took out his phone and showed the man a picture of Jade on his lock screen. "Have you seen her?" The man's eyes widened in fear. "No, I haven't seen her."

regret teaching Molly how to disrupt police investigations. It was making his

choice,

him against the wall. "You think by keeping quiet, you and your family will be

have to protect us. We really don't know her. This afternoon, she was leading a man in a black trench coat and about a dozen others. Everyone was too scared to leave their houses. But the man she brought with her punched the door until it split open. They scared the Thompsons so much they were crying. Then they went inside, and we could hear Mrs. Thompson screaming for help from our house. I was about to call the police when the woman who was leading them came to our door..." Molly, also dressed in black, knocked on their

hurt you. But if we have to break it down

"I was afraid they would barge into my house. I couldn't fight them. I had no choice but to open the door. She warned me that if we called the police, they wouldn't spare my family. I could hear Mrs. Thompson's cries, which had gone hoarse. I was... I was scared. I have

asked, "Where did

carrying a bloody black bag, and Mrs. Thompson was nowhere to be seen.

him go. "Do you

leaning on the door handle

sister," Chad

pale- the sister of a cop had

to clean up after his sister

time Chad left, it

got back into his car and tried calling Molly,

had said- Molly

Leo, who were usually inseparable, were

Chad immediately called Leo.

with dry grass, not even the homeless would choose

the heart of winter, the temperature was low and the wind was biting. It was pitch black, with no signs

young woman led a group of burly men to

found the Thompsons running for their

no longer had the audacity to hurl insults at Molly. Her husband and son were crouched in a corner, shivering in the cold and too scared to lift their heads. "Want to call your grandparents to save you?" Molly's icy gaze was filled with hatred, her

wrong. I'll apologize, I was wrong." Juliana's face was swollen, and

from her mouth smeared across her face. With her hair in disarray and her face bruised, she knelt before Molly, begging

up and gave her orders to the men behind her. "Go, get the 'meal' I prepared. Let them

man pinching his nose brought out a bag of feces and placed it

she looked up at Molly.

must eat a

kept his distance

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