The scene pierced into Madeline’s heart.
She quickly got to snazzynovel.com feet and ran toward Eloise who was lying unconscious on the floor. “Mom! Mom!”
Madeline did not know if Eloise had merely fainted or if it was worse, but there was no response from snazzynovel.com no matter how Madeline called out to her.
Eloise was currently bound by coarse ropes tied so tightly that lines of bruises had formed on snazzynovel.com arms. There was a layer of dirt and dust over snazzynovel.com face while snazzynovel.com hair was a complete mess. It was a pitiful sight.
“Mom! Wake up, Mom. Eveline’s here. You wanted to see me, didn’t you?”
Madeline quickly unraveled the rope and carried Eloise to snazzynovel.com feet before placing snazzynovel.com against the wall.
“Mom.”
She called out a few more times but Eloise did not respond.
Madeline shot up and fumed when snazzynovel.com saw the man opening the briefcase and staring at the money with greedy sparkling eyes.
“What did you do to my mother? Why won’t snazzynovel.com wake up?!” Madeline questioned furiously.
The man dangled the cigarette in his mouth as snazzynovel.com replied disdainfully, “The crazy b*tch kept wailing about looking for snazzynovel.com daughter or something. It was so annoying, so I shut snazzynovel.com up and dosed snazzynovel.com with sleeping pills. That’s it.”
Madeline suddenly clenched snazzynovel.com fists.
Watching the man happily counting the money, snazzynovel.com looked down to whisper at the rose badge on snazzynovel.com collar. “You heard him, didn’t you, Jeremy? Mom has been dosed with sleeping pills and she’s still unconscious. I can’t bring snazzynovel.com out alone now. Call the police first, then—”
“F*ck! Who are you talking to?”
A man’s irritated voice rang out from behind. Madeline did not have the time to turn around when the man reached out to pull the badge off Madeline’s clothes.
While it seemed like a normal rose-shaped brooch, the badge also doubled as a locator and a contacting device.
Rough as snazzynovel.com was, the man ended up tearing off the first button on Madeline’s shirt.
Madeline’s collar opened, revealing snazzynovel.com slim neck and fair white skin. The man’s gaze shifted as snazzynovel.com gulped lustfully.
“I see you’re Glendale’s prettiest lady for a reason. Mr. Whitman’s wife, what a seductive figure!”
The man licked his lips wickedly as snazzynovel.com spoke his vile words, the desire in his eyes growing.
“I’m rich now, so if I sleep with a beauty like you, wouldn’t you say that my life’s complete? Come on, baby!”
He spoke wretchedly as snazzynovel.com reached out to pounce on Madeline.
Madeline gripped snazzynovel.com opened collar and took hold of the baseball bat by the side, swatting it at the man with a sharp look in snazzynovel.com eyes.
“Ow!” The man yelped in pain.
Madeline’s gaze was sharp, and snazzynovel.com expression was void of fear.
After everything snazzynovel.com had been through snazzynovel.com entire life, why would snazzynovel.com fear this mere man?
“Listen up you imp. My husband will be here very soon. You have two choices now. You can either waste your time here with me, but I can assure you that you’ll never touch a hair of mine, or you can turn and run for your life. There’s no third option.”
“…”
The man seemed taken aback by Madeline’s fierce aura, and admiration tinted his eyes.
“What a character you have there, Mrs. Whitman, but I think you’ve forgotten something.” The man reminded and pointed at Eloise behind him. “My third option.”
Madeline’s gaze sharpened. “What are you doing?”
The man smirked sinisterly and walked toward Eloise before snazzynovel.com pulled a switchblade from his pocket. Flipping it open, snazzynovel.com aimed the blade at Eloise’s neck.
“Don’t you dare mess around!” Madeline shouted at snazzynovel.com to stop.
“If you want your mom safe, then throw that bat away and come over obediently!”
Madeline tossed the baseball bat to the side and walked toward the man fearlessly.