“Mel!” Adina‘s pupils shrank, and she quickly rushed to catch Melody. But she was still a second too
late. The girl‘s head slammed against the nightstand, and she instantly fell unconscious.
Adina cradled the child. She was beyond furious.
When Adina looked up, Earl had drawn a handgun from his waist.
“Adina, she may be your daughter, but she is only a tool for me to control you. If that tool tries to bite
me, then she‘s just asking for death!”
The barrel of the gun was pointed right between Melody‘s brows.
Adina‘s anger surged like a tidal wave. She took deep breaths nonstop and kept convincing herself to
calm down so that she would not end up charging at Earl.
Adina closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were calm and sober. “Earl, let my
child go, and I will leave with you. Otherwise...”
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She reached behind her waist and took out a bright dagger.
“Otherwise, my corpse is the only thing you‘re going to get.”
Earl‘s eyes darkened. “How many knives are you hiding?”
once,” Adina said slowly, “but I was afraid that after my death, my children would no longer know a
mother‘s love, so I hung onto the hope that I would get lucky and escape. But I only just realized that
having a mother like me is their greatest misfortune. They can only have normal lives once I‘m dead...”
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As she spoke, she pressed the blade down little by little.
A line of blood immediately formed on her pale and delicate neck. “If you die, I‘ll bury the four brats with
you,” Earl said darkly. To his surprise, Adina immediately opened her arms and laid her child on the
carpet.
She stood up with the knife still pressed to her neck. “I already want to die, why would I still care about
these things? After I die, and you kill my children, it would just reunite our family in the underworld. I
would even thank you for it.”
Her blade cut a bit deeper, and beads of blood began to drip down.
Earl scowled angrily. “We‘ll leave now, without the brat!”
He gave in unconditionally.
This woman was always able to use his weak point and make unreasonable demands time and again.
He felt as if he had lost his grasp on his boundaries and principles.
Earl took the lead and went toward the door. As he pulled open the door, he looked back and said in
annoyance, “Aren‘t you coming?” Adina took a long look at the child lying on the floor, and her eyes
showed a spark of determination
At this point, there was no room to turn back.
She only had one choice. She pursed her lips tightly and followed Earl out of the room.
Mabel was standing in the corridor. Her lips were trembling. “Earl, where are you taking Addy?”
Earl sneered and did not deign to answer her.
Adina stopped in her tracks. Her lips spread into a cold smile. “Mrs. Winters, you knew what Earl‘s
intentions were, yet you lured Melody here. Were you not afraid that Melody could die at Earl‘s hands?”
“Melody is his niece, he wouldn‘t kill her—” Mabel was halfway through her sentence when Adina
pointed at the room. The door was open enough to let everyone see Melody lying unconscious on the
carpet. The knife had been tossed onto the floor, and the blade was coated in blood. In that instant,
Mabel‘s breathing stopped.
Adina said under her breath, “Mrs. Winters, are you satisfied now?”
“Addy, it.” Mabel shook her head profusely.
“It can‘t be, it can‘t be...”
“Will you call the police?” Adina watched her.
“Your son wants to kill your niece. Are you going to call the police, Mrs. Winters?”
All the color drained from Mabel‘s face. Her lips and hands were trembling, but she still did not want to
call the police.
Adina was filled with disappointment.
She had just given Mabel a chance, but once more, Mabel had let her down. From today onward,
Mabel was no longer the children‘s grandmother.
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