The Bound Between Us

Chapter 712

Cynthia smirked, her eyes glinting with malice. "Gianna's lost her voice, just like your little brat did. Don't think I don't know it's your doing, Anastasia. You've got a heart of stone."

Her voice dripped with venom as she spat out Anastasia's name, her face twisted with fury. Mentioning Gianna always sent her spiraling. Cynthia despised Anastasia so much that she spent her days stabbing voodoo dolls at home, cursing her with every fiber of her being. When Anastasia threw a big bash for her twins' first month, Cynthia saw the news and crafted dolls for those babies too, cursing them daily. Herman wasn't spared from her maledictions either.

With Herman backing her, Anastasia had a solid support system, living the good life. Cynthia longed for the day the Salstrom family would crumble, hoping something disastrous would happen to Herman, something that would leave no trace of him.

Anastasia listened to Cynthia's tirade without feeling an ounce of cruelty herself. Her voice was icy as she replied, "Gianna brought this upon herself. I don't strike unless struck first. You might choose not to tell me what you know, but Gianna's not going to have it easy in there. And don't even think about visiting her. You might just get a call one day, asking you to pick up her body. Suicide from guilt happens all the time in places like that."

Her words were meant to intimidate Cynthia, hoping to extract some information.

hissed, her eyes blazing with hatred. "If anything happens to Gianna, I swear I'll come after you with everything I've got. You'll never find out who that brat's real father is. Not in this

made Anastasia more suspicious. If Pattie's biological father was indeed the notorious Mr. Winchester from back then, Cynthia would have surely informed him to snatch the child and expose Anastasia's past, reveling in her downfall and the chaos it would cause the Salstrom family

someone significant, someone I know, right? Revealing it would benefit me, so you keep mum." Cynthia's unease grew as Anastasia's

Cynthia talking outside the McDonald's, he hurried over, worried Anastasia might be

as Cynthia spotted Herman, she

to follow, but Herman

into the crowd,

the day they took Pattie out for some fun, she decided against discussing Pattie's biological father with Herman. He

enjoying their McDonald's meal, the trio headed home. But the words Anastasia had used to scare Cynthia came

Gianna died in prison.