Chapter 1654


    "Mia, stop crying, honey."


    "It''s useless anyway, isn''t it? | got hurt by her stepfather, and she bbed about it to everyone. Now everyone''s whispering and


    pointing behind my back. Crying won''t change a damn thing. | might as well be dead. Why did you even bother saving me? Just


    let me die!"


    She cried with a voice pitched into hysteria, and bolted from the bed, racing toward the window with the desperate intent to jump.


    Sharon caught her in the nick of time, feeling her heart pounding with fear. "That''s not what | meant, baby. Didn''t | just send that


    witch to the police station? Don''t worry, I''ll pull some strings to make sure she stays locked up for a good long while."


    As soon as the words left her mouth, the hospital room door swung open, and Fitch stepped in.


    Mia had always been terrified of her brother, so she shrank back at the sight of him; her eyes, already swollen from crying, puffed


    up even more.


    “Brother, please, | don''t want you to marry someone like her. Please don''t stay with her. If you do, what will be of me."


    Her voice trailed off as she spoke; the weight of her misery was evident in her eyes.


    Consumed with hatred, she felt like a caged beast ever since she''d been brought back, ready tosh out and destroy everything


    at any given moment.


    In a twisted exchange, she''d traded her self-destructive behavior for Zoey''s incarceration. To her, it felt worth it.


    No one would ever know the truth; they would only see her as the victim.


    In a dark corner, Mia''s lips curled into a sly grin.


    The truth was she had provoked Zoey on purpose that day. She couldn''t help it; just looking at Zoey reminded her of Zoey''s


    stepfather and the vile man she''d been forced to endure.


    Fueled by her anger, she was desperate for an outlet, and Zoey was just that.


    Zoey, frail and weakened, appeared to have lost weight.


    Mia sat on the couch with a cold sneer, and she dismissed the servants before turning her gaze to Zoey.


    "Fetch me a cup of boiling water. And make sure it''s scalding."


    Zoey uttered no word of protest; she had her orders. She was to y the nanny and keep Mia pleased, otherwise she''d never be


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    Considering Mia''s ordeal, Zoeyplied without resistance; she just heated a cup of water in the kitchen and carefully ced it


    before Mia.


    Mia stood up, noting with satisfaction how Zoey''s hands were reddened from the heat of the cup.


    "Ha, Zoey, you deserve this. Being my maid is your punishment. My brother said as long as | don''t kill anyone, it''s all good. What


    are you to him? You''re nothing in his eyes."


    Zoey didn''t need Mia''s reminders; she was painfully aware of her worthlessness to Fitch.


    Mia fetched the kettle of boiling water from the kitchen with a malicious tone.


    “Hold the cup steady. If you drop it, I''ll pour this entire kettle over your head."


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    causing Zoey to shiver from the pain.


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    But Mia wasn''t done. As the cup was


    filled and the water overflowed 11 \


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    Watching with a twisted sense of satisfaction, Mia felt the beast within her roar with delight.


    "Got anything to say, Zoey?"


    Zoey''s lips were a thin line, and her brows were beaded with sweat from the pain.


    What could she say? The Haskins family had cast her in this role of sin-bearer, and her voice was too weak to be heard or


    believed.


    "Hold it until the water cools, or else


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    A bitterugh rose in Zoey''s throat. She realized that in many ways, Belinda and Mia were cut from the same cloth.


    People like them turn into cowards when faced with greater evil, and in that case all they can do are sobbing.


    But when they stand above someone weaker, they morph in an instant into viins.