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 voice, “Mommy, who were those people? Why were they saying mean things? When is Daddy coming to get
us?”
I 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 wait 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 to wait while I went to get some water.
When I returned, I heard my daughter’s heart-wrenching screams: “Mommy, help me! Let me go!”
What I saw made my blood run cold.
[vy was gripping my daughter’s neck, violently slamming her against the ground.
In an instant, rage consumed me, obliterating all rational thought.
I rushed forward and slapped Ivy hard across the face.
had barely rescued my daughter when Mason charged toward us.
vy was crying miserably, holding her swollen cheek as she fell into his arms. “Mason, I just saw her daughter sitting alone and wanted to keep her company.
But this little devil suddenly bit me, and when I scolded her, Natalie came out of nowhere and slapped me!”
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 pain 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’s cries cut through me like a knife.
crawled toward her, but Mason yanked my hair and pinned me to the ground.
vy 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 me take care of her?”
Mason glanced at us with contempt. “Don’t waste words on her. She’s unfit to be a mother. I’m taking the child today, and she’ll never see her again.”
lis shoe ground into my back as he continued with visceral disgust: “You can’t even control your own daughter. Maybe I should just kill her now and save her rom growing up to be a disaster like you.”
MASON!” I screamed, digging my nails deep into his ankle 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 Reed’s wife-the Reed family hostess!”
