The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 47 A Mother’s Guilt

Clifton was taken aback by the fury in Bessie’s eyes.

He couldn’t understand why Bessie suddenly turned so volatile.

Regaining his senses, he pushed her away and lashed out at her.

“You must be going through menopause. Your mind is all twisted. Didn’t Nora reject Mr. Delbert’s proposal and let Harriet marry him. instead? The person on the island is naturally Harriet.”

Bessie was aware of these facts, but she had sold Harriet to the human traffickers. Harriet should be on the ship bound for Happy Harpers.

A sense of foreboding gripped her, intensifying her headache.

Unable to bear it any longer, Bessie grabbed her phone and dialed the number of the traffickers.

But no matter how many times she tried, the line remained dead.

Her face grew paler, and her mind went into turmoil.

Suddenly, she remembered the peculiarities of the sack and ther agonized struggles of the person inside when she pricked it with needles.

then recalled Nora’s odd behavior, hastily boarding the car to the island without

horrifying possibility that the

beloved daughter with needles, leaving

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she had personally handed her over to the traffickers, allowing them

pushed her daughter into the abyss

deserve to be called a mother.

Bessie collapsed onto the ground and wailed uncontrollably.

my poor Nora! It was all my fault. I am so

cries left Clifton clueless and exacerbated his irritation.

crazy

shouted upstairs, “Nora, come down and take your mother away.

matter how much he yelled,

head throbbed with anger. “Fine! Both of you are just leeching off me and constantly provoking me. You’re utterly useless. Even that fool, Harriet, is better than you. At least

island right now to find her, so I don’t have to endure seeing you two.”

to retrieve the antique treasures he had

on the island and plead