Chapter 396

Mandy nodded. "She's not your mom. She's a trafficker."

The child's eyes lit up instantly, her fear melting away, replaced by a smile that bloomed across her small face.

"Aunt Mandy, can you help me find my real mom? I don't want to stay here anymore. Everyone here hates me. They don't give me anything to eat. I'm so hungry."

Hearing this, Mandy's tears fell even harder, streaming down her cheeks in an unstoppable torrent.

She gathered the little girl into her arms, holding her tight.

This poor child's fate was heartbreakingly similar to Claire's.

If Mandy hadn't found this place, this little one's future would have ended up just like Claire's trapped, abused, and forgotten.

The more Mandy thought about it, the more frightened she became. "It's okay, sweetheart. I'll take you away from here. I promise, I'm not leaving you behind."

She scooped the child up in her arms, ready to make her escape, when suddenly, a man burst into the room.

He caught sight of the lifeless woman on the floor and let out a horrified yell, "Did you kill my wife?"

His gaze snapped to the child in Mandy's arms, his face twisted with rage. "Where do you think you're taking that little brat?"

"You think you can kill someone and just walk away? No chance."

help, his voice echoing through the house. "Someone help, there's been

man appeared, the child in Mandy's arms

tiny, broken voice, she whispered,

grew cold and hard. Clearly, this man had hurt Claire's daughter for years-there

him, step by step, determination in her every movement.

confusion, voices overlapping: "Who is this stranger? She killed someone in our

"Call the police! Hurry!"

alone, the man regained his bravado. He strode up to Mandy, ready to snatch the

close with one arm. In the other, a knife flashed, ready

tension reached its breaking point, sirens wailed outside the police had

heart sank. There was no

on her feet,

knife against his throat,

move," she said, her voice low and icy.

trembling. "O-okay, I won't!

police officers' voices thundered from att sides. They quickly secured

There's

it was

the moment she'd killed the first

might come-the day she would face the

were gone. Even if she

worry now

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