The unwanted wife’s unexpected comeback

Chapter 109:

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Ted, already eight years old, was surprisingly strong for his age.

Alice felt a sharp, overwhelming pain as he hit her. Before she could recover, he hit her again. The blows carried the malice of a child who had been taught to fight dirty.

Alice struggled to defend herself, but the other children quickly restrained her. Ted continued to hit her and shouted, “This is what you get for messing with my mother! “This is what you deserve.”

Her aim was deliberate, aiming for the softer parts of his body, avoiding his face and vital points. Despite the pain, Alice managed to push one of the children away.

Ted saw this and immediately dropped the stick, grabbing a rope. In no time, he had tied his hands.

Alice's voice grew firm as she demanded, "What's wrong with you? Let me go."

Ted looked at her, his eyes burning with intensity. “If I let you go, you'll hurt my mother again. “I’ll make sure to kill you.”

Alice froze, her heart stopping for a moment. It was the first time she had seen such a fierce, almost terrifying expression in a child's eyes.

He was incredibly daring.

“Are you planning to kill me?” Alice struggled against the taut rope, breathing heavily. “Has no one ever told you that killing is a crime? You’ll end up in jail.”

To her surprise, Ted scoffed and replied, "My mother told me that I'm a boy, so nothing will happen to me if I kill you. Didn't you know that?"

fear intensified as the weight of her words sank in. She understood the law and was using it to her

knew she would suffer. Mrs. Reyes would let

mind, Ted suddenly pushed her

no sound came out of her lips. Within moments, her head

energy drains and everything goes dark as

water. One of the boys, clearly

in shock. The sound of Alice's head hitting the rock had been so loud that it echoed throughout the yard. Now, Alice wasn't moving in the water, and it looked like she was

water. “I didn’t know she hit a rock,” Ted stammered, his panic growing as he watched her body float upward. Blood began to spread into the water, deepening

to mistreat Alicia. She

screaming for his mother, Mrs. Reyes. The other children, equally frightened, followed him, their shrill

to Randolph, when he heard the commotion outside. He looked out into the yard and saw Ted

during the meal. The look Ted had given him earlier suggested he held

puzzled, asked, "What's

kids misbehaving. “They may have had a

crossed Rachel's face. He

in the distance, a frown created her forehead, and a flash of uncertainty passed through

lawn. It was vast, but there was no sign of Alice anywhere. An

Mrs. Reyes quietly questioned Ted, asking for more

“She’s dead… She hit her head and now she’s dead.” Fear gripped Mrs. Reyes. Her voice dropped to

he asked, barely able to understand what

her eyes met Caden's. His face

me! “It wasn’t me.” Her

clear that