"I'm hungry." Hannah turned to Max and said in a peaceful voice, "Max, can you please make dinner for me?"
"Sure. I'm on it." Max said instantly.
It was good that she felt hungry. He was worried that Hannah would never pull herself together again after that.
Hannah did have thought of giving up when she locked herself in the room. She was so negative that she thought she couldn't change a thing, and that she wasn't powerful enough to change God's will.
But she changed her mind the moment she thought of Oscar; she thought of the wonderful moments they had together; she thought of their happy marriage; and she thought of their future. Hannah didn't want to give up.
She had a bright future with Oscar and she couldn't let Charles ruin it.
Her efforts in this life wouldn't be meaningless, she deemed.
Thinking of this, Hannah struggled bit by bit in the darkness and rose from the ashes.
She took a shower and got changed, telling herself that she never give up till the last moment no matter what happened.
So, she opened the door and faced up to it again.
...
In the dining room, Max had made several nice dishes. Max and Jimmy also skipped dinner since they had been too worried about Hannah. At the time, the three of them were having their late dinner together.
Nobody talked much at the table.
Hannah was eating and swiping her phone carelessly.
Since this afternoon, she had got more than 50 missed calls.
Susan was a short fuse and she called 20 times in a row.
Then, it was Manuel. After him, there came Oscar's parents, brothers and her parents.
And some of the missed calls were from the media or unknown numbers.
"Eat some more, Mrs Wells." Max noticed she was checking her phone and reminded her kindly.
Hannah put down the phone.
"I'm good." She said with a smile.
"Master Oscar will be fine." Max said with certainty.
"Yeah, I know." Hannah nodded.
At worst, she knew they could break into the jail and save Oscar.
Manuel told her it was an alternative once they were left with no choice.
But she didn't want it that way.
First, Oscar would be considered guilty if he went over the wall. Then he would be charged with taking brides and rape. She couldn't bear to see Oscar being insulted like that.
Second, they would give in to Charles, and someone behind him, if Oscar went over the wall, which also meant they would have to give up all their family properties and leave their home. More importantly, she couldn't accept the fact that those who had framed them were going to take away everything that did not belong to them and get away with it.
Thus, she told herself that she couldn't give in.
She was a pathetic loser in her previous life but she wasn't going to let it happen again. Instead, she would get back at them.
Hannah said to Max and Jimmy, "Don't worry. I'll get Oscar out of jail, safe and sound!"
Max nodded. He trusted her.
Jimmy wasn't much of a talker, but he also showed his belief in Hannah.
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