In another photo, John had just put some food on Tina's plate, and they shared a smile. There was also one where he brushed her hair behind her ear.In every photo, the affection between them was all too obvious—John loved her, and Tina was happy.Linda was left staring at her crippled legs—that bitch had no right! Tina had made Linda paraplegic and wheelchair-bound, and she wanted to start over? Hell no!After checking which restaurant he was in, Linda steered her wheelchair toward the study, telling Henry who was behind his desk, "I'm meeting up with friends tonight. I won't be staying for the evening.""Yeah," Henry replied, never looking up and clearly not paying her any attention.Linda's fingers clenched over her wheelchair, and she blamed Henry's indifference on Tina too.If she suffered even once, she would make Tina suffer a million times!-Linda arrived at the restaurant with two bodyguards whom Henry had arranged for her after her legs were crippled.Knowing wh
Linda was paraplegic and could not stand—her legs flopped limply on the ground like rags as Tina dragged her by her hair to the wall.Then, as Tina held Linda's hair with one hand and her nape with the other, Linda was left gaping in panic as Tina slammed her face into the wall!Thud!Linda saw stars even as the pain struck.Though there was no blood flowing out of her head, her vision was threatening to turn dark as Linda saw stars.And before Linda realized what had just happened, Tina flung her viciously on the floor, leaving her collapsing in a heap.Linda looked up, her eyes wide with rage as she glared at Tina."Mmmph!!! Mmmph!!!"Linda tried to call Tina names, only to remember that she was gagged.She reached up and attempted to pull out her gag to call in her bodyguard, only for Tina to grab her hand just as she did.Then, holding Linda's hands behind her, she bound them with a piece of her skirt that she ripped off.Her hands subdued and her legs immobile, Linda wa
And as long as Henry and Linda were allowed to push her around, Tina would not ever have the chance to avenge Sophie.Snorting, she said, "What, trying to give me a shock? So that I'd snap?"As Linda met Tina's exceedingly calm gaze, she suddenly realized that Tina was far too calm with her.It was a stark contrast from two years ago, when Tina always glared at her like she could kill her.But there was no way Tina would stop hating her, so the only remaining possibility was… that she had recovered?Even as Linda pondered, Tina's hand clenched around her jaw.It had only been two years—she did not expect Tina to grow so strong!She shook her head to free herself from Tina's control, but Tina simply held on with a vice-like grip, preventing that.At the same time, Tina's smile remained devoid of warmth, and her eyes especially gave Linda the creeps.She was even more unpredictable than when she had lost her mind two years ago!That was when Tina continued, "Oh, Linda—you could
Tina hated Henry, but she hated Linda even more.And now, Linda was paraplegic and was in a room alone with Tina…Henry's face darkened as he strode into the room, ready to push the doors open, only to realize that it was locked from the inside.He scowled even harder and bellowed, "Tina! Open the door! Calm down! Don't hurt Linda!"Hearing Henry and that he was immediately jumping to Linda's defense, her eyes lit up, and she shot a vicious glare at Tina to say: You're dead!Tina suddenly raised her hand, and Linda promptly cringed, having gotten the fear of Tina beaten into her.Still, she soon realized that Tina was not beating her again, but freeing her hands.Linda's eyes flashed in contempt, and she promptly pulled out her gag and cursed, "Too late to be scared now, bitch!"After all, Henry would definitely hurt Tina for hurting her!However, as soon as Linda said bitch, Tina did not hesitate to kick her again."Argh!!! Henry! I'm here! Help me!!!" Linda cried as she cra
A storm brewed in Henry's eyes as he stared at John and Tina's interlocked fingers, but John ignored him and turned toward Tina, saying mildly, "It's late. Let's go home."He had deliberately put it that way instead of saying that he was taking Tina's home, leaving Henry glowering even harder, his jealousy barely repressed."Who said you can leave?" he growled.With just a look, his bodyguards strode in Tina and John's way.Tina leveled an icy smile of contempt at Henry in turn. "Who do you think you are, Henry Barnes? Do I need your permission to leave?"Just watching Tina's smugness left Linda's chest heaving.She promptly put on a look of grief, tugging on Henry while sobbing, "Henry, take me to the hospital. I need a checkup—it hurts!"She was clutching her stomach, and with her already pale lips, she really looked like she had sustained internal injuries.Henry's face dropped—if Tina really did inflict internal bleeding…As he could not stay, he promptly picked Linda up f
The rim of Linda's eyes reddened at Henry's words."Henry, I know that I hurt Sophie, but I've lost my legs. And you know how the last two years have been for me, don't you?"But Tina just won't let it rest. It's not like I can't understand that she couldn't get over Sophie's death."I was really happy when I realized that she wasn't dead. I went looking for her to apologize again—I mean, it's been two years, and I hoped she could get over it and start over. But I didn't think…"Did you know how she hurt me in that room? She almost killed me!"I might already be dead if you hadn't made it in time!"And when you look at her, did you see any guilt? She was so pompous about it too! And if I let it slide this time, who knows what she would do to me the next time."Can you really bear to see Tina hurt me like this, over and over again?"Linda's tears poured, and she was dead sure that with these words, Henry would play along and comfort her.After all, he would definitely not hesit
Linda calmed down after returning to her room and taking a bath.She had lost tonight, but only because she had misjudged Tina's condition.But she would be holding a grudge, and there was plenty of time. There was no way she would let Tina off easy.She lay in bed, sending a selfie of herself in her sleeping gown and texting Henry goodnight.Soon after, her phone rang. She promptly answered, thinking it was Henry."Hen—"Before she could even say his name, Tina was snickering in contempt. "I thought you said you'd make me pay?"The rage that Linda had worked hard to repress flared right then. "You bitch! You did it on purpose!"At that moment, Linda finally realized that Tina was setting a trap for her all along, holding back even though she was beating her."So what if I did? What can you do about it?" Tina retorted calmly and provokingly.Beep, beep…She hung up as soon as she was finished, leaving Linda's chest heaving.Two years ago, she always got to provoke Tina wi
Mrs. Smith's heart could not help aching as she remembered how her daughter was when they met again a year later.Worried that she would remind Tina of the pain, she fought her heartache and said, "His name was Henry, but we all called him Ice. He was much colder than that boy over there."He always had a long face and didn't talk to anyone or let anyone get too near him."The boy had kept everyone at arm's reach and always lashed out, after all.As for Tina, she presumed that it was just another person with the same name and kept listening attentively to Mrs. Smith's story. "But with a little sun like you, even colder ice would melt."When he didn't eat, you would keep bringing food that you like to him."No matter how he snapped at you and threw it away, you never took it to heart and would always go to him enthusiastically."My heart ached for you, so I told you to stop going to him."But you told me that Ice must have been hurting, that he was crying."Ice actually never s
However, Linda was not all that confident even as she spoke, as she knew that Henry absolutely hated her now.Even so, she had to harass Tina—just seeing Tina upset made her happy.After Henry stormed out of Rose Garden last night, a security guard had to carry a wounded Rory home.And when Linda tried to call Henry, she realized that her number had been blocked and understood that Henry was really upset after last night.But he loved Rory, so he definitely would just be upset for a moment.Once he calmed down, Rory just had to play the victim card again and sweet talk him to earn his forgiveness.Linda had no doubt about that.Ever since Henry found out that Tina was the real Orange but still pampered Rory, it was clear he really loved Rory.And Sophie was dead—how was she ever going to win against Rory?As such, Rory was now Linda's pride.With Rory, she could continue to lead a life of privilege and swipe credit cards without a spending limit, as well as stay in their pres
But what if Sophie was alive?John really wanted to ask the question but calmed down before he breathed those words, stopping himself just in time.He was still looking.He must never give Tina false hopes before he found anything definitive, because she loved Sophie very much and it would leave her devastated again.On the other hand, seeing that John suddenly trailed off, Tina asked, "What…?""Nothing. Why don't you rest on the couch and let me handle breakfast?"John smiled, ultimately saying nothing about Sophie while putting a hand on her shoulder, gently nudging her to get some rest."No, I'll help." Tina shook her head and worked with him to cook breakfast.Soon, they were done and finished breakfast together.While John headed to work, Tina went to the mall.Mrs. Smith was recovering better than expected, thanks to Yancy helping her with a special recovery plan.As such, Tina had time to buy her new clothes and a birthday present for Helen Moore, as the latter's birt
John did not hide his selfish nature when he was around Tina.In the end, he was really not that confident in himself—not after Tina had been in love with Henry for so many years, and John himself knew all too well how difficult it was to get over a person after loving them for so long.Still, Tina knew what John was getting at. "I'll never forgive Henry Barnes for the rest of my life, nor return to his side."There is no question that Linda was the one who murdered Sophie. But without Henry's involvement, she would never have had the chance."What she did was horrible, but he's just as unforgivable."That was why she loathed Linda as much as Henry.And the way she saw it, Sophie's death would always stand between her and Henry—there was no chance for her to turn back to him in this life.Seeing the determined expression on her face, John understood that the chief reason that Tina hated Henry so much was because of Sophie's death, and she refused to forgive him.But what if Sop
As Henry turned toward Tina, he could imagine how much despair she would have suffered that night, having to wipe blood off Sophie's gravestone.And she had loved Sophie so much that she bought that specific plot of land for Sophie's final resting place, just so that Sophie could be reborn into a better family in her next life!"Tina, can you check on the stew?" John came up with an excuse for Tina to leave, as there were more things that he did not want Tina to remember.Tina nodded quietly and entered the apartment without another look at Henry, while John shut the door as he watched.Then, turning toward Henry again, John asked, "Now, let's talk about Linda's legs. Did you know why Tina pushed her?"Henry could not even answer at that point.Just the two things mentioned earlier was more than what he could take—his heart was almost in pieces and bleeding for Sophie, and for Tina even more so.And yet, John continued, "It was all Linda. She found that Tina was severely depress
Henry's eyes widened—that was the day… Sophie was buried?!What the hell was he doing?!He felt a chill creeping up from his toes and wobbled backward until his back hit the wall.He never thought about that, because he did not know Linda had every intention to murder Sophie.And now that John laid bare the truth before him, he remembered what he did.Rory had won third place in some jogging event at her kindergarten, and she harmonized perfectly with Linda at Rose Garden.While Rory was coaxing Henry sweetly to celebrate it for her with a grand party, Linda appeared disapproving that he was spoiling Rory, but then offhandedly mentioned they should do it on the weekend.And on the day of the party, Linda had deliberately called Tina to invite her to the party, even asking Tina to bring Sophie along since Henry had not seen Sophie for a while.At the time, Henry was completely skeptical of Sophie's death and missed Sophie since it had really been a while since he saw her.He wa
As Henry dropped to his knees, his blood freezing up, he realized had really been harboring Sophie's murderer all along.Remorse and regret struck him everywhere all at once.He looked up at Tina, wanting very much to tell her that he did not know.If he had known that Linda had taken the kidney meant for Sophie maliciously, he would not have protected Linda even if he was still under the impression that Linda was Orange.But he also realized that it was not as if he did not have the chance to find out.It was all because of his suspicion toward Tina that he denied her any chance to speak up.Or perhaps she had already given up on him at that point.Tears were welling up in Tina's eyes as she realized what Henry meant to say.Time seemed to turn back to the day when Sophie died, and she was once again mourning Sophie.It had been over two years, but she could never get a good night's sleep at the notion that Sophie was not avenged and therefore could not rest in peace."I've
Henry did try to force Zach to give up the alleged evidence he had against Linda and even put him through pain that only professionals could endure, let alone a normal person.But since Zach did not give up, he simply presumed that Tina bore a grudge and framed Linda, all because Linda had stolen the kidney meant for Sophie, allowing Rory to survive while Sophie died.If the truth was what Tina had claimed, however—that Rory was not even a match for the kidney transplant meant for Sophie—then that could only mean that Linda had meant to murder Sophie in the first place.Everything she said—that she loved Rory too much and did not want to lose her, and that she felt guilty from picking her own child out of selfishness… Those were all lies!On the other hand, tears were welling up in Tina's eyes as she felt as she was brought back to that day."Linda never meant to let Sophie live from the start. And she didn't just steal the kidney meant for Sophie—when Sophie's condition turned te
Tina glared icily at Henry as she snapped, "What's the point of kneeling here?! You don't even get to apologize as long as you have yet to avenge Sophie!"Henry's burly figure clearly cringed from Tina's words.His lips parted but he had no idea what to say, because he had a hand in Sophie's death too.If he had not told Eric Sandler to prioritize Rory if there was a donor match, Linda would not have been able to steal the kidney meant for Sophie, and Sophie would be alive.Even if he did not know, he was still the reason Linda succeeded, and that made him the chief culprit of Sophie's death."Tina…" He tried to speak despite the difficulty, only to stop.However, Tina knew what he was going to say, seeing the look on his face, and was absolutely seething as she stared daggers at him. "Are you going to tell me that Linda has already suffered for it?! That she's lost her legs and now a hand—""No…."Tina's outburst certainly reminded him of the dastardly things he said to defend
The instant Tina tapped on the notification, she found Henry kneeling outside her door, motionless.She swiped through her phone and saw that most notifications were from Henry, with the first of many being sent at three in the morning.That meant Henry had driven straight to her place after leaving Rose Garden and knelt outside her door for almost four hours.But Tina remained unaffected.Remembering the video John had sent earlier, she had a hunch that Henry was outside after he became aware of Rory's true nature.She soon tapped out of the notifications and kept chatting with John since she found herself in a good mood first thing in the morning.When John said he had yet to have breakfast, Tina could read between the lines and did not play dumb, telling him that she would cook extra portions for him when he came over.John replied: [Already on my way.]Tina could not resist a smile. [Drive safe. See you soon.]After putting down her phone, she went about her daily routine—