Chapter 0004

My mother and brother were emotionally blackmailing me. Even Shaun used our relationship to manipulate me. The feelings I had for them had turned into a knife that stabbed me in the back.

I looked at Shaun, feeling nothing but disgust.

He continued trying to persuade me, but I got into the car instead.

Elijah noticed my condition and, concerned, invited me to stay at his house for the night. He and his wife, Iris, treated me with kindness. Their son, a renowned director, and their daughter-in-law, a top actress, were both fans of my work. They had bought the rights to my novel to adapt it into a movie and were even asking me to write the script.

The day my family was released from lockup, I was preparing to go fishing with Elijah when Florence and Tyler arrived at his house and blocked my path at the door.

My mother, always so proud, was nearly at her breaking point after being detained. The moment she saw me, she lunged forward, ready to hit me.

This time, I pushed her to the gr