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.

ringing, Wanda." Heidi picked up the phone and handed it

a sigh of relief. I hinted

the other end of the line, Cecilia was

okay, so glad you’re okay." I was equally delighted to hear the

mood was a little off. She continued, "They said they found new evidence, and they now know

at work. You probably didn’t get enough rest, what with you spending the whole night there. Go home, take a shower, and have a good nap.

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

resolved, my gloomy mood

was how the world worked. Sometimes, we spend

can settle with a

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, and something that

nothing black or white in this world, only

were either good or bad, but instead, we should look deeper and examine their innate qualities.

good mood had lifted my spirits. I put the horror I had felt earlier behind me and got

some time before I got off work. Finding myself missing Cecilia quite a bit, I

out the door, someone took me by surprise

caught many people's attention off guard. I had yet to come back to my senses and was standing rooted to the spot, not knowing what to

Didn't you say you aborted the child? Why did you keep it?