Scarlett's POV:
I wasn't sure if it was because of seeing Nancy during the day, but I had a nightmare around midnight.
In my dream, she took away my kids, and even mocked and humiliated me in front of Charles.
To make matters worse, Charles asked my three kids to call Nancy their mother.
When I woke up screaming, he was awakened.
He immediately got up to turn on the light. Then, he embraced me from behind and attempted to comfort me. "Were you having a nightmare, Scarlett? There's no need to be afraid. I'm right here."
The sound of his voice was soothing to my ears, and I could feel just how worried he was for me. Sadly, it wasn't enough to appease my apprehension. It only made me feel more terrified.
As I recalled what happened in my dream, tears fell from my eyes.
By the time I composed myself, I found myself holding onto Charles.
I quickly let go of his hands.
"Hey, hey... are you alright, Scarlett? How do you feel?" Charles was staring at me with worried eyes.
I shot him a glare and turned my back to him.
If I ever get the chance to leave this place, I would certainly take all my kids away!
Never would I allow my kids to call Nancy their mother.
Not long after, Charles turned off the lights again, and embraced me once more.
"There's no need to be afraid, honey. I'll always be by your side." As he hugged me from behind, he wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes.
His embrace was warm, but my entire body felt cold.
"Charles, stop calling me that. We can't get back together!" I tried to shake his arms off me, but he held me even tighter.
"If you keep moving your arms like that Scarlett, I can't guarantee that I won't do something to you!" Charles warned.
His words were enough to scare me. Fearing that he would actually try to escalate this into something sexual, I decided to give up on struggling.
The following morning, Charles told me that he had to go to a meeting at the company.
Once he was gone, I took out the phone that William gave me last time.
The only thing on my mind right now was to leave here as soon as possible, and get the hell away from Charles.
Nervously, I turned on my phone, only to find that there was no signal. It turned out that I couldn't even send out a text message.
Charles must've planted a signal jammer in the room somehow.
He was leaving me no chance to contact the outside world.
The last glimmer of hope in my heart was extinguished. Despair overwhelmed me, and tears fell from my eyes.
'What am I supposed to do to escape this place?' I wondered.
I sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, holding the phone.
This ward seemed ordinary, but it was actually heavily guarded. The thought of it alone was enough to make me feel suffocated to the point that I could hardly breathe.
For me, this wasn't a ward; it was a cage.
I opened the door, and there I saw three guards waiting outside.
Janet and Tracy walked up to me when they saw me at the door.
"Scarlett, is there something I can do for you?" asked Tracy.
"I feel stuffy inside the room. I wanna go downstairs to breathe some fresh air," I answered.
Janet and Tracy exchanged awkward glances.
At this time, Richard approached me and said, "Mrs. Moore, you're allowed to go outside, but please allow the three of us to accompany you." After a moment of hesitation, I figured Tracy would be the best one to accompany me. "Can you just let Tracy follow me around? It's too eye -catching if all of you come with me."
"Please don't make things difficult for us. Mr. Moore has tasked us to follow you wherever you go. If anything bad happens to you, he's going to punish us for it," Richard responded, seemingly having read my mind.
Because of that, I had no choice but to agree.
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