Toss Her Out
Back when they were captured, James could still remember how Minerva smugly announced that she
slept with Wilson. Because of her betrayal, James could feel nothing but hatred toward her now.
It was then Helen remembered that Minerva was the one who led the Lachs in, and she poisoned their
salad. The realization of Minerva’s betrayal drained all the strength out of her, and she plopped down,
crying. “That silly girl. How could she do this?”
James shouted, “She’s not silly! She’s evil! We’ve been nothing but nice to her ever since she came
back! We shared everything with her, and we helped her father out with his career, but what did they do?
They kept creating trouble, and we have to clean their mess up! Now she almost got us all killed! Can’t
you see that she’s evil? Are you that stupid, Helen?”
Sasha agreed with her father. “Don’t stay in touch with them anymore, Mom. At this rate, they’ll kill us
all.”
Helen sighed. Even after all that, she still refused to cut ties with Minerva.
All of a sudden, they heard someone calling outside. When they went to take a look, they saw Minerva
lying on the yard. Her hands were tied, and her mouth was sealed. She was struggling and looked to
Helen for help.
“Minerva! Are you alright?” Helen wanted to help her up, but James pulled her back.
“Matthew, toss her out and tell the guards to never let this piece of trash in,” James shouted.
Helen yelled, “James, are you mad? She’s a girl! You can’t leave her out at this hour! What if she runs
into thugs?”
James snapped, “She’s the biggest thug around. Besides, it’s not like they can do anything to her. I
mean, she slept with an old git like Wilson. What else can’t she do? I’m warning you, Helen. Help her
again and I’ll toss you out too. You can forget about ever coming back.”
Tears streamed down Helen’s cheeks. “But she’s my niece. H-Her mother helped us when we needed it
most. We can’t just put that behind us.”
That made James snap. He turned around and slapped Helen again. “Bring that up again and you can
f*ck off! Just because her mother was nice to us doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want! We’re
lucky Tiger saved us. If they didn’t know we were kidnapped, we’d have been killed at this point! Do you
really want to see us dead before you’ll stop, Helen?”
Helen covered her cheeks. She knew it’d be disastrous if she said anything, and she looked to Sasha for
help.
Sasha sighed. “Matthew, untie her and chase her away. Tell the guards to never let their family in again.”
James snorted in annoyance, but he said nothing in the end. Matthew nodded and went over to untie
Minerva.
Minerva said nothing. She kept her head low and left the Cunninghams. After she exited The Grand
Garden, she went to a corner and cried. She almost lost her life earlier, and that made her regret her
actions, but it was already too late for apologies. Plopping down on the ground, she spaced out for a long
while before she recalled something, then she whipped her phone out and called Peter.
“Peter, it’s me. W-Where are you? I want to see you. I love you. I can’t live without you. Wait for me,
Peter. I’ll be right there.”
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