Chapter 148

Miranda's next words froze her hand as she stroked the child's soft skin, sending a chill up her spine.

"The night it happened, the child was at home."

...

The night it happened.

The nanny was at the house, taking care of the child.

Sophia was shattered inside. When she returned home, she dismissed the nanny immediately, wanting to keep the family scandal under wraps.

Little did she know, the argument would escalate into a criminal case.

The commotion was so loud that it alerted the neighbors. The door wasn't fully closed, so it easily swung open.

When the neighbor entered, they were greeted by a horrifying sight.

Theodore Chase lay in a pool of blood. Beside him sat a three-year-old clinging to a stuffed toy, covered in blood from head to toe. His eyes were wide and clear, yet he didn't cry or make a sound, as if in shock.

The child's mother stood over him, knife raised, ready to strike again.

Had the neighbor not arrived in the nick of time, that night might have claimed not only Theodore Chase's life but also that of the little boy.

"But why? How can a psychiatric evaluation find

the child's mother was not in

back

couldn't wrap her head around

my advice is not to get involved with the kid. I admire his mother in some ways, but let's be clear-she's not someone to mess

she'll

can be, she's no pushover.

"And besides..."

didn't react normally. Who knows

frowned as

seemed rather clever. Even though his family's situation

was too late to back

suffered psychological

health was fragile, Mila understood psychological

They could be mild.

could

understood some of this and relented, "Fine, just as soon as he calms down a bit, send Nathaniel back. Don't you already have enough on

Mila nodded earnestly.

as Mila reassured Miranda. A faint smile played on

lucky he was to have her in his

know what he

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