Chapter 192

Chapter 192

A cold splash of water hit Hailey’s face, snapping her back to consciousness,

The woman lying on the floor twitched her lashes before slowly opening her eyes.

As soon as she regained her senses, a sharp pain struck the back of her head. The air was heavy with the smell of rust.

In her blurry vision, the outline of a woman emerged.

She was sitting in a leather chair, wearing a white dress.

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Years had passed, and the woman before Hailey was no longer the same. She had become thinner, like a skeleton, lacking the vitality she once had.

“Alice, long time no see,” Hailey said faintly as she sat up from the floor, gazing at the woman who had almost lost her original appearance.

Alice sneered, her voice low and cold, “Yes, Hailey, long time no see.”

Five years in a psychiatric hospital, and she had managed to escape–all driven by the hatred she felt for Hailey.

In a twisted way, she even had to thank Hailey.

Alice’s eyes gleamed with malice as she looked down at the woman on the floor.

These five years had been a living nightmare for Alice, while Hailey had lived a comfortable life.

Hailey was bound, her head pounding with excruciating pain. She could feel the blood soaking her back, her whole body drenched in it.

Alice held a baseball bat in her hand, standing up. The bat scraped against the floor with a metallic sound.

“Hailey, looks like you’re not doing so well either. I thought you and Owen would last, after all, he sent me to the psych ward for you. But now, look at you, you’re just as disappointing as I am,” Alice taunted.

Hailey’s breath came in shallow gasps as she closed her eyes.

She had lost so much blood, and her body felt weak.

Alice’s eyes turned wild and furious as she glared at Hailey. “Tell me, if I kill you here today, do you think Owen will come to avenge you?”

about you anymore,” Alice mused with a twisted sense

to block out

Hailey, what’s so funny is that the man who once sent someone to the psych ward for you is now moving

above a whisper, “He hasn’t moved on. He’s not some

Alice sneered. “How pathetic. But

Hailey didn’t respond.

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པས་ད ་ཪ AL

Chapter 192

find you within twelve hours, I’ll let you go. If he can’t find you, or if he doesn’t

her but

Her

and sent it to someone.

around the warehouse, sprinkling gasoline everywhere.

gasoline filled the air, and Hailey coughed a couple of times before

would come.

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the message, he

in shock as he saw the

after that, his

was from the hospital.

person on the other end said,

Owen

board,” Gracie called

expression cold and distant. “She’s in trouble.”

her face filled

she could ask anything, Owen turned

slowly, each second

strength, as if she were a fish slowly

still, there was no word

abandoned warehouse, but Hailey

west took hours. Round trip, that would be at least four hours. Hailey had

really would die

back to life… Hailey couldn’t help but feel a sense of shame.

had once vowed to live a brilliant life, to make everyone happy. But now, everything had fallen apart.

between her and the Brown family was insurmountable. She had never even met her mother, and she couldn’t bring herself to honor someone who

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