The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 24 Desperation

Bessie picked up the silver needle and headed toward the sack.

Nora’s heart filled with joy as she recognized her mother’s voice. But

as soon as Harriet’s name was mentioned, a sudden realization hit

her.

She remembered how she had failed to trap Harriet and gotten

ensnared instead.

‘Is Harriet really retarded?’

Before she could make sense of it all, a sudden jolt of pain surged through her.

“Die, you wretch!”

With a vicious expression, Bessie stabbed the sack repeatedly.

She thought it would devastate Harriet, but little did she know that it was her daughter, whom she had always doted on, suffering the final

blow.

somewhat manic, and she began cursing the

deceased Miriam.

the sack, Nora was in unbearable pain. Tears

her pale face.

her mother

feet were bound. Unable to break free, she could only squirm

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struggle only served

the silver needle, only

over

her. If she dies, how can we make any money then?”

dropping the silver needle and taking a

breath.

injured and was barely alive. The sack was

the human trafficker threw the sack into

of the person’ on the boat. For that, she promised to

With the tragic end looming

couldn’t imagine the consequences if she were sold

Harpers.

she was dead, she could never escape that