Chapter 4
With my phone broken. I had nowhere to go, so I found a shady spot to rest with my daughter.|||
She leaned softly against me and asked in her sweet voler. “Mommy, who were those people? Why were they saying mean things? When is Daddy coming to get
1 kissed her forehead and patiently explained. Those were bad people, sweetie. We shouldn’t pay attention to them. Daddy will be here soon–we just need to vait a little while, okay?
My daughter nodded vigorously, looking so adorable that I couldn’t help kissing her again.[]
As the weather grew warmer, I told my daughter in wait while I went to get some water.
When I returned, I heard my daughter’s heat wrenching screams: “Mominy, help me! Let me got“]
What I saw made my blood man cold.]
inst the ground[]
ley was gripping my daughter’s neck, violently slamming her against.
In an instant, rage consumed me, obliterating all rational thought
I rushed forward and slapped Ivy hard across the face
I had herrly rescued my daughter when Mason charged toward us
try was crying miserably, holding her swollen cheek as she fell into his arms. “Mason, I just say her daughter sitting alone and wanted to keep her company But this little devil suddenly hit me, and when I scolded her. Natalie came out of nowhere and slapped mer
Looking at the handprint on Ivy’s face and the bloody bite mark on her hand, Mason’s fury erupted, his eyes filled with deadly coldness.]
“Natalie, you dare touch my woman? You’re dead!”
He grabbed my hair and kicked me hard in the chest
The force was so powerful that I coughed up blood
The felt like my internal organs were being ripped apart
“Mommy Mommy” My daughter cried out behind me
Not satisfied, Mason turned and slapped her too, knocking her to the ground.[]
“You little bastard. If your mother can’t discipline you, I will.
My daughter les out through ma like a krufe.||
I crawled toward her, but Mason yanked my hair and pinned me to the ground
bvy picked up my crying daughter and covered her mouth forcefully, suffocating her cries and making her face turn red ||
“Natalie, since you can’t raise your child properly, and she’s suffering with you anyway, why not let w take care of her? |
Mason glanced agar with contempt. “Don’t waste words on her. Shers undit to be a mother. I’m taking the child today, and she’ll never see her again. “[]
His shoe ground into any back as he continurd with visceral disgust “You can’t even control your own daughter. Maybe I should just kill her now and save her from growing up to be a disaster like you. ||
“MASON 1 streamed, digging my mails deep i
into his ankle as
as I finally revealed the truth.]]
She’s only three years old–she is NOT your child! She’s Jackson Reed’s daughter. And I am Jackson Heeds wile the Reed family hostesar||