After Charliepleted the arrangements for the following day with Isaac, he took a cab home, moving at a leisurely pace without any sense of urgency.


    Meanwhile, at the Aurous Hill Detention Center, ine was trapped in a waking nightmare.


    Since her imprisonment, she had endured relentless beatings and various forms of torment. Lady Wilson not only drenched her with a bucket of water but had also deprived her of food for two consecutive days and nights. At this point, ine felt like she was on the brink of copse. She was battling a severe cold apanied by a high fever.


    The fever made her feel as though she was burning from the inside out, and she feared she might faint. Despite her condition, she was not permitted to lie on her bed; instead, she could only curl up in a corner of the cell, shivering in the cold.<fn1dc0> Get full chapters from Find1Novel</fn1dc0>


    ine was acutely aware of her intense cold, exacerbated by her fever, and she trembled uncontrobly.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    Realizing she might not survive much longer, she began to plead desperately, “Please, have mercy on me. Can I have a quilt? I am freezing and genuinely need warmth…”


    Lady Wilson sneered and replied, “Who do you think you are? You really believe someone like you deserves to cover up with a quilt? Let me make this clear: you’ll be sleeping in the toilet tonight!”


    Wendy chimed in, saying, “Grandma, I think she should also take a cold shower! Why don’t we drag her into the bathroom and give her a cold bath tonight?”


    Upon hearing this, ine’s tears flowed freely as she cried out in despair, “Mom, I can’t endure this any longer. If you force me into a cold shower and make me sleep in the toilet, I truly believe I will die tonight. I’m begging you—please, have mercy on me and let me go!”


    Lady Wilson retorted viciously, “Do you still think I would feel pity for you? I hope you die soon! Don’t wait until tonight—just do it now!”


    ine sobbed, “Mom, any misunderstandings between us are just the typical conflicts between a mother-inw and her daughter-inw. I have endured your treatment for more than twenty years. Why do you continue to torture me? Even if you’re upset with me for not letting you move into the vi, you shouldn’t wish for my death, should you?”


    After speaking, ine turned to Gena, pleading, “Sister Gena, I understand that you despise an unfilial daughter-inw. But the only ‘crime’ Imitted was preventing my mother-inw from moving into the vi with us! My mother-inw is simply trying to tarnish my reputation!”


    “I’ve been part of the Wilson family for over twenty years, and I’ve neverid a hand on her or raised my voice. Instead, I have been the one bullied and tormented. The worst I’ve done is mock her during the Wilson family’s financial struggles. Yet, that’s nothingpared to how she has treated me!”


    “You’ve seen how she has treated me these past two days—beating me, cursing me, and attempting to break my spirit—all because she wants me dead!”


    “As a rational person, can’t you see who the real viin is here?”


    “If I were as wicked as she ims, do you think my mother-inw would still be alive and well enough to torment me? Her vitality proves that I’m not the evil one—she is!”


    By this point, ine was in tears, feeling deeply wronged and unjustly treated.


    When Lady Wilson saw ine daring to point fingers at her, she stormed over and pped ine across the face in anger.


    Without hesitation, the old woman grasped ine’s hair and mmed her face against the wall, shouting, “You shameless wretch! How dare you try to create discord between me and my friends? Just wait and see if I’ll kill you tonight!”<h3 ss="has-text-align-center" id="chapter-list"><strong></strong>