Yara had forced her biological mother into a mental institution years ago.
Winnie hardly thought it was fair for the woman to suffer such a minor setback for her misdeeds in the past.
To that end, Winnie hired someone to follow Yara and consequently knew her stepmother’s whereabouts like the back of her hand.
She learned that Yara had gone to the hospital after her huge fight with Hamish.
After leaving the hospital, Yara drank her weight in liquor at a bar, and she ended up booking the services of a driver to send her home.
Said driver happened to be dispatched by Winnie.
Based on Winnie’s instructions, the driver bundled Yara into the passenger seat and drove the car into a secluded alley.
Winnie hid in the backseat throughout the whole process.
She had dressed up as a female ghost, replete with ghastly makeup, a long black wig, and a billowing white dress.
As the driver pulled into a secluded alley, Winnie slowly emerged from her hiding spot.
Quietly, she rested her pale face on the passenger seat and played a pre-recorded audio tape.
An eerie voice filled the air, calling out Yara’s name over and over again.
Yara had not drunk herself into oblivion and was still slightly conscious.
When she heard someone calling her name, she groggily turned around to face the backseat.
She immediately saw a ghastly face behind her. The dark, secluded alley and the dim light in the car merely added to the eeriness of the situation.
Winnie’s prop eyes rolled down her face and fell right into Yara’s lap.
Yara was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat. It felt as though her soul had left her body.
She went berserk and shrieked, “Ahh! Ghost! There’s a ghost!”
Then, Yara tugged on the driver’s elbow and pleaded, “Stop the car! Please! Stop the car!”
The driver opened his mouth, and to Yara’s shock, his tongue fell out.
Yara was petrified. After staring wide-eyed at the scene before her for a good second, she opened the car door and leaped out.
The car was driving so slowly that Yara did not sustain any major injuries. However, fear had taken all the strength out of her legs.
Coupled with her drunken state, Yara failed to get to her feet and could only crawl on the ground at a snail’s pace.
Winnie alighted from the car and easily caught up to Yara.
Her recording continued to play. “Yara, hurting me wasn’t enough. You had to go after my daughter. I want your daughter dead and your family destroyed! Then, I want you to die and rot in h*ll!”
Yara could no longer move at that point. She buried her head on the ground, her body heaving with sobs as she stammered, “Y-You’re Lorelei Garland! Please spare me! Please! I’m begging you! I know what I did was wrong! I’m truly sorry for that!”
Lorelei Garland was Winnie’s late biological mother.
She happened to share the same surname as Hamish. Winnie was only a Garland because she followed her mother’s surname. It had nothing to do with any shred of love she had for her despicable father.
Winnie admired Yara’s cowering form as the pre-recorded audio continued to play. “I want you to pay with your life. I want you to spend the rest of your life in living h*ll.”
Yara quite literally wet her pants from fright.
If Mom can see this, I’m sure she’d be more than satisfied.
However, just as Winnie planned to torture Yara a little longer, a beam of light cut through the darkness.
A car had driven into the alley, and its driver had stuck his head out the window curiously. He demanded loudly, “Hey! What are you doing?”
Winnie frowned in frustration at the unexpected early end to her little ploy.
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