CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (03):
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Her preparation was hasty and before they knew it, she was already at their front door with her things in big bags and suitcases. It looked like she was moving her entire wardrobe. Althea was the one who opened the door for her, and when Sheryl saw her face, her smiling lips turned upside-down.
Huh.
She was expecting Tyler to open the door apparently.
“He’s at work,” Althea stated before Sheryl can throw tantrums in disguise of hormones. Her orbs wandered on the baggage that Sheryl brought before sighing in her heart.
The time has come.
Before this, Althe
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (04):—“Sheryl, it’s late.”“But I’m scared!” Sheryl refuses to back down. Her voice was slightly muffled but they could hear the begging in it. The two looked at each other. She continued. “It’s a foreign house, you expect me to adjust quickly? I—you should have agreed about moving into my house…”Tyler silently cursed inside his head, he wanted to shut her up but his attention got shifted to the sudden disappearance of the weight on his lap. He looked at Althea in alarm, his eyes questioning.‘Go.’ She mouthed.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE: — “Althea, you’re a bad mother!” Being stressed for the past few days and having the situation was keeping her on her toes, getting yelled at in a phone call is not something Althea appreciates. Her head throbbed right away. She groaned internally and made her self-control run in order to not suddenly yell at the person on the other line. “What is it now, Charlotte?” “You—why do you sound so… Bad? Am I using the right word?” Charlotte paused. “Ah! Why do you sound so tired? What happened?” The concern in her friend’s mouth was not fake. Althea’s irritation slowly subsided and she sighed. “Sleeping with a snake under the same roof is exhausting, Charlotte.” “Huh?” She sounded confused. “You bought a snake as a pet? Did you know that they will eventually prepare themselves to eat their owners?!” Althea sighed again but an inevitable laugh escaped from her lips. “Forget about it.” Althea paused and asked curiously. “Why did you call, by the way? An
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (02):–Two days later.As expected, Sheryl offered another drink for Althea. Althea glanced at it and can’t help but shiver on the inside. To think that she drank things offered by her, Althea let her guard down too much!“Thank you,” Althea said and held the cup in her hand. She didn’t bring it to her lips, and Sheryl didn’t find that odd. She ignored her and drank her own drink.If you are wondering if Sheryl is also drinking the same liquid as her, well, you’re wrong. Althea took the liberty to inspect the teapot that Sheryl’s used last night when she was out, distracted by Tyler.She carefully searched her room and saw a teapot that had the same structure as an assassin’s teapot. It solved the questions she had in her mind and finally understood why Sheryl ‘also’ drinks with the ‘same’ liquid that they gave her!In fact, the tea is not the same!How cunning!Moments passed when Althea suddenly stood up, earning her attention. Sheryl asked with a f
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (03):—Tyler parked his car in the parking lot of the hospital where Sheryl was in and immediately hopped out. He has taken no step yet when the sounds of the clicking cameras and the flickering of the flashes bombarded him. A bunch of people was waiting for him, ambushing him in the parking lot.Tyler glanced at the news media and showed a dissatisfied face, but it didn’t stop them from throwing dozens of questions to his face. They never cared when they saw the impatience on his face and blocked his way with mics pointed at his face. The cameras were clearly on a roll and the flashes were still glaring brightly now and then.“How’s Sheryl Carter—”“Did she give birth properly to your son—”“What was the reaction of your wife when she knew that—”Immediately, his guards went out of their vans and rushed to get in between the prying media and their boss. They made a quick human barricade that was seemingly trustable because of their sturdy builds and
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (04):—Two months earlier, the night after they know about Prikroidrazine.They immediately went home and acted as if nothing happened. Tyler as usual entertained Sheryl while althea silently retreated to their room and thought about something. When Tyler was finally out of the hands of Sheryl, he saw his wife sitting on their bed with a thoughtful expression. He can’t help but probe what was in her mind. And the answer she gave him was completely out of his expectation.She said seriously. “Let’s make a baby.”Tyler was choking. “W-what?“I know it’s sudden, but we have to somehow make her move.”“Who?” He asked foolishly. His mind was still hanging after he dropped it after her request.Althea shifted her position to face him properly “Sheryl.”Tyler was in the middle of processing everything and he answered mindlessly. “Oh, oh… It’s for the plan… Sure…”Althea smiled seeing this. She was mildly amused and she felt silly. Tyler looked like a malfunc
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR:—“This… This is fucked up.” There are times that one can’t believe what they are seeing. When they see an apparition in the corner of their eyes, when they see someone who is supposedly dead in front of their eyes, or when they see something hideous or things that no one can bear to stomach.Child trafficking, for an instance.Or human torture.Or it could be the supposedly perfect family that the public sees in the media but they were nothing but a bunch of murderers.What’s worst than being a murderer?They torture for pleasure. They torture for greed.Althea’s eyes sank the moment documents were laid on the table. Every word seems to burn their eyes and crave something into their souls. A surge of anger made its way into her heart that it was unbearable. She can hear them.The victims of the hands of the same perpetrator. Monsters! “They deserve a painful death, more than others!” Eddie was practically growling at the documents like a fierce li
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE: — “I need help.” “... Do you know what time it is now?” Charles asked in annoyance. “And didn’t we tell you to not contact us? Ever again?” Sheryl gritted her teeth and swallowed back her pride. “This will be the last time!” “You failed to do the thing we asked you for the very first time we helped you, and you asked us to help you kill your minion—what was his name again? Ah, it was Dino. You asked us to clean your mess, and now you’re asking us to help you, again?” “I want to take my revenge on Tyler and Althea!” Charles paused and looked at the phone in bewilderment. The woman had the daringness to yell at him? She was the one who wants help and she’s raising her voice to them? Sounds like a dog that will eventually bite the hand that feeds her! “They ruined my family! They ruined my life! Look—look what’s happening to me now! I am alone! My parents left me alone!” It took most of her self-control to not throw the phone on the wall. She was
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE (02):—Revenge? How funny. If Althea can rememberIt is right, it should be her who must take revenge. Althea glanced at the pot next to the ladder. Under the dim light, something metallic flickered, hitting the retina.Thank goodness she’s near it. She can just grab that anytime and shoot at her. But she can’t. Just not now. She was still holding the baby in her hand.Also, did she come alone? The guards were knocked out outside, even the maids were not there. Surely it was not only a move that a lone person can make, it should be at least five people knocking them out.The way they knocked them was smooth, they heard no noise.Tyler also thinks of that. As he was standing there, he was listening and observing the place for any traces of companions.Unfortunately, he can’t see or sense one. Are they that good at hiding? Or did Sheryl really come alone?“I have to give you a round of applause for what you did to my family.” The two threw their attenti