Raina's POV:
Soon, it was Friday.
Wearing my elegant white dress, I went to the park where Susan and I agreed to meet.
I was waiting for her. And the moment she arrived, she warned me, "Raina, remember one thing. Do not hurt the kids."
"I know what I'm doing," I replied flatly.
"You should listen to me, or Charles will not let you go."
Sick of her nagging, I promised her with a frown, "Don't worry. I am not planning on hurting anyone."
After giving me a nod, Susan took out a small red pouch from her bag and handed it to me.
"This contains blood. Hide it well and you can wait till you get the right chance and break it."
"Alright."
"And watch out for the car with the license number ending with the digits 86. That car will take you to the place you want to go."
Upon hearing that, I nodded and smiled.
With that, Susan turned around and left.
I then walked to the bathroom in the park and put the blood pouch inside my dress. Just when I was about to head out, I bumped into Susan again.
Startled, I wondered why she was still there.
While I was in a daze, Susan pulled me aside and reminded me patiently, "Raina, when you see Alice, act naturally and greet her like you always do. Or else she'd get suspicious of you."
Glaring at her, I reminded her with a frown, "If you don't leave soon, they're going to be more suspicious!"
Only after hearing that did Susan walk away.
Finally, the place fell quiet again.
I waited on the path that Alice was supposed to walk on.
It did not even take thirty minutes for me to see Alice, pushing the baby stroller with the twins as she walked towards me.
However, she did not see me, so I pretended to run into her.
"Alice? I didn't expect to see you here."
"What a coincidence!" Alice also seemed to be surprised to see me. "Raina, I heard what Charles did..." she said in an apologetic tone.
"That was my fault. I was the one that went to the event wearing the necklace that you gave me, irritating Charles in the process. I apologize for the trouble, Alice," I said softly, interrupting her.
Lowering my gaze, I pretended to look guilty.
Deep down, I knew that I was doing exactly what needed to be done to arouse her sympathy towards me.
Just as expected, I heard her soft voice, mixed with a hint of anxiety as she said, "It was not your fault. Ever since Scarlett returned, Charles has become increasingly irrational and unreasonable. He doesn't even listen to me anymore. I am so worried about him and I really don't know if and when he will be able to move on with his life."
"Don't worry. Charles will understand you sooner or later. You are his mother, after all," I comforted her with a smile, but in my heart, jealousy and anger were raging like the stormy sea.
I had been trying really hard to win Charles over, but he had been driving me away and he had even humiliated me in public.
I had been raped by my own father, and I had been forced to shoot a porn movie.
Thinking of that, I felt like I had experienced all the worst that the world offered.
On the other hand, Charles did everything he could to please Caroline.
And she was enjoying all the things that I could not even dream of getting.
What did she do to make Charles so obsessed with her?
The longer I thought about it, the more furious I became, and my palm started to hurt when I heard Alice's voice again, which pulled me back to reality.
Looking down at my hand, I saw blood, which was oozing out from my palm because I dug my fingernails too deep.
"Are you alright?" Alice asked in a concerned voice.
"I feel a little dizzy, and it's probably due to lack of sleep," I explained at once.
"Is that so?" Alice was still looking at my hand.
Giving her a faint nod, I squatted down in front of the stroller, grabbed a toy, and shook it in front of the twins to amuse them. "Jason, Jerry, did you two miss me?"
The twins actually looked adorable with their big bright eyes, and their chubby faces, but for some reason I felt disgusted.
They were Charles and Scarlett's kids, and they were an obstacle in my quest to become Mrs. Moore.
However, I decided to make them my stepping stone.
While I was playing with them and talking to Alice, I kept getting increasingly anxious.
What was Susan even doing? It had been a while, and nothing had happened.
All of a sudden, I felt like God heard my prayers.
I suddenly heard the sound of car tires screeching.
The moment I turned around, I saw a car rushing towards us.
Soon, the car doors flung open, and several men wearing masks, surrounded us.
Alice's expression changed drastically as she stood in front of the stroller and shouted, "What are you doing?"
However, the men did not falter at all.
One of the men pushed Alice to the ground in a swift move.
I hurried to hold her, showing an appropriate amount of panic in my eyes. "Alice!"
With a painful expression, she grabbed her ankle. "Your foot..." Although my eyes appeared to show concern, I was laughing in my heart.
I felt like God had blessed me when I saw that Alice had sprained her ankle, which meant that she was not in a position to ruin my plan. She was not a threat.
Even though Alice could not move, she yelled at the men, "Stop! Don't touch them!"
I turned around and saw one of the men reaching for the twins.
"No!"
I shouted, rushed to them, and pushed the man to the side.
"Raina!"
I heard Alice's worried cries from behind me, but I did not have time to answer her. I quickly ran to the stroller and stood in front of it, pretending like I was protecting the twins.
"You bitch! Move aside at once!"
Cursing and glaring at me, the men rushed towards me.
Although their attacks looked frightening, it did not hurt much.
Twisting my body as I groaned in pain to keep up with the act, I never let go of the stroller.
Seeing the scary scene in front of them, the twins began to cry along with me.
"Stop!"
Alice tried to hobble over, but the men stopped her effortlessly.
One man threatened, "What's going on here? Are you that eager to die?"
Alice shook her head. "Please stop! Don't beat her! Is it money that you're after? I'll give you however much you want!"
I had been observing Alice the whole time, and when I noticed that she was on the verge of a breakdown, I knew that it was time for the climax of the show.
"You can kill me! But don't lay a finger on the babies!" I shouted and sobbed. Those words were the signal that we had agreed upon, so the moment the men heard that, one of them lunged towards me with a sharp knife.
"No!"
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