The Woman From Hell

Chapter 75

When Heidi came in, I was sitting on the couch, sweating profusely and my eyes a little unfocused.

"What’s wrong, Wanda?" Frightened, she quickly rushed over.

Her voice finally brought me back to reality. I looked u p and said in a soft voice, "I'm okay. I was just a little cold earlier. Can you switch the heater off for me and grab me a glass of warm water?”

Heidi brought me a glass of warm water and said worriedly, "Maybe I should take you to the hospital. You don't look so good."

"I'll be fine in a while. Go ahead and do what you need t o do. I'll rest for a while." After drinking my water, I weakly laid back down on the sofa.

All these years, I had tried to forget that. However, after a single phone call today, all those emotions were flooding back in again.

Just then, the phone that I had tossed into a corner started ringing again.

I was startled. I instinctively covered my ears in an attempt to block out the sound, but the phone would not stop ringing.

I was too afraid to pick it up-afraid it was a call from

him.

the phone and handed it to me, a

sigh of relief. I hinted at Heidi to leave the room,

now. I'm out!" At the other end of the line, Cecilia was so happy she could barely form

okay, so glad you’re okay." I was

off. She continued, "They said they found new evidence, and they now know the man wasn't hit by me. So they

spending the whole night there. Go home, take a shower, and have a good nap. We’ll celebrate,

I've been worried for the whole night, so I haven't had a

my gloomy mood was

was how the world worked. Sometimes, we spend our entire lives

can settle with a single

we were not supposed to complain about how unfair life was because everyone was competing based on their own abilities. Those people got to do things because they had the ability and the luck to. It was something one could only wish for,

nothing black or white in this

by saying they were either good or bad, but instead, we should look deeper and examine their innate

had lifted my spirits. I put the horror I had felt

I checked my watch. There was still quite some time before I got off work. Finding myself missing Cecilia quite

took me by surprise by giving me

and it caught many people's attention off guard. I had yet to come back to my

aborted