Chapter 5

"I'll be requesting the school's surveillance footage and suing you for defamation," I said coldly, glaring at Charles.

For the first time in ages, I felt completely clear-headed. "Once our daughter is safe, we'll discuss the divorce."

Pain throbbed throughout my entire body as I forced myself to finish speaking. Then everything went black.

When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed, my assistant by my side.

My daughter had been found, locked in a small classroom at the school, and now lay on the bed next to mine. I struggled to sit up and go to her, just as she awoke and she clung to me with all her strength.

"Mom, I was so scared."

Her voice trembled as she recounted the nightmare she had endured.

Henry had spread vicious rumors that she was the illegitimate child of a homewrecker. He and two of his so-called "best buds" kidnapped her, locking her in the classroom. They had threatened to disfigure her and even tried to assault her when she resisted. She fought back as hard as