Chapter 39 Desperate Banging


    Chapter 39 Desperate Banging


    Lilian pounded for a long time and finally slid weakly down on the floor. The small, narrow utility


    room was pitch dark.


    It was so quiet as if the air was still.


    The overwhelming darkness enveloped her like countless cobwebs entangling her, making it hard


    for her to breathe.


    She squatted on the cold floor, hugging her knees tightly.


    The only sound in the room was her breathing and heart beating.


    Francis asked her to reflect, but she didn''t know what to reflect on. Should she reflect on her waiting


    for five hours in the restaurant or on taking Fabiana home?


    She didn''t know what she had done wrong.


    Lilian rummaged in her pocket and took out her phone. It was dead and couldn''t be turned on.


    She curled up behind the door, her eyes shut and her ears covered, imagining she was in her


    bedroom at night.


    Back then, Ruby, Francis''s younger sister, had also locked her in a utility room like this, and she had


    stayed there for a day and night. There were asional mice and bugs crawling over her body. For


    her, a six-year-old, those things were undoubtedly the most terrifying.


    The most tragic thing was that she couldn''t make a sound to vent her fear. She could only


    desperately scratch or bang on the door. With her scratching, her fingers bled, but no one came to


    save her.


    In the end, Francis opened the door and took her out.


    This was the first time Francis had hugged her. The hug was still vivid in her memory, and she could


    still remember its warmth.


    The smell of sunshine with a hint of mint. That was his scent.


    Now he had personally thrown her into this abyss, bringing her back to the starting point.


    His image appeared in her mind. On it, there was a crack.


    Lilian remembered everything that had happened to her. Her heart seemed to be held by an


    invisible hand, and those bugs burrowed into it, gnawing at her memories. She gasped for air.


    She grabbed her cor, panting heavily. Her heart was beating faster, and she felt it harder to


    breathe.


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    She knelt on the floor, hitting the door with thest hope. In the end, her movements even slowed


    down.


    But Francis had already left by then. He couldn''t hear her asking for help from inside the room.


    He was on his way to hispany when his phone rang. It was Courtney calling him. After a


    nce, he tossed the phone onto the passenger seat.


    Courtney kept calling for a long time, but he didn''t answer her call. She frowned, knowing that he


    wouldn''t answer her call.


    So she started banging on the door again in the room. "Juan! Juan!"


    Her voice was so loud that Juan, the housekeeper, rushed upstairs and asked respectfully at the


    door, "What can I do for you, Miss?"


    "Where''s my brother? Ask him toe here. I need to talk to him!"


    "Young Master Lester hasn''te back yet. Miss, don''t waste your energy. Even if hees, he


    won''t let you out."


    Courtney was infuriated by his response. She shouted at the door, "You better call him right now


    and ask him toe home, or I''ll jump off the third floor!"


    Juan was shocked. Miss Courtney was willful. She might actually do something like that.


    So he could only appease her and then go call Lester.


    Lester was in a meeting with a client. Receiving Juan''s call, he pinched the spot between his


    eyebrows in annoyance and got up, going out of the meeting room to call Courtney.


    "Can''t you stay at home peacefully for a few days, Courtney? It''s Dad''s order to lock you up. I can''t


    do anything about it."