Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Pearl scratched her ears and ignored him. "I guess you'll have to spend your time in jail then."

Richard signaled to his men to escort the man outside.

When Winona came in and saw Martin being taken away, she trembled.

"What's going on?" she asked. She was just out shopping, not expecting her family's world to turn upside down so quickly.

Martin yelled out to her, "They took your grandpa, Winona!"

"Why are you doing this to my family?" Winona was shocked and confused.

Pearl replied, not angry but rather amused, "Why? Don't you see what your actions have caused my family? But don't worry, we're almost done here. You're the last one."

Winona was a bit calmer but worried. "What do you mean I'm the last one?"

"Payback." Pearl put her hands on her waist and raised her chin. "Now, tell us what you've done."

Winona laughed. "I won't tell you anything. Even if I did do something, I wouldn't admit it to you."

needed Winona to confess. She waved the voice-recording pen, smiling. "You think I have no proof? If you don't tell us willingly, we might have to force it out of you." Winona smirked. "I don't believe you. You're just

you hear the recording." Pearl then played

Winona turned

now. Your dad

finally realized why her father was led out.

lashed out.

disappointed.

our last encounter, we

each other. But I

think

do something so

a cold laugh, Winona said, "You think you suffered? What I did was nothing. I should have

had enough and

anger and disappointment, especially

for me, Richard. But you

we

th had a future together, but I was wrong. I never thought this is who you really are! I don't know what drug Pearl gave to you