“Damn it!” A furious roar reached my ears.
But I couldn’t wake up.
I was trapped in terrifying darkness, enduring torment day and night.
Ezra threw off his helmet, his eyes bloodshot, staring at me in disbelief.
Isaac and Harper stood up too, exchanging shocked glances, their expressions twisted with horror.
Harper’s voice trembled as she cried, “Wasn’t Scarlett’s adoptive father supposed to be an honest farmer? How could he…”
Isaac’s eyes gradually reddened. Without saying a word, he put his helmet back on.
I was still trapped in the nightmare.
My memories were murky, like the overflowing river in the village.
The river always flooded, just like the suffering that was everywhere.
Finally, when the river flooded once again, my biological family
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found me.
The town leaders came in person, along with people from charity organizations.
I could finally go home.
David and Lydia were both shocked and frightened, but they also harbored malicious thoughts.
They pinned me down in the cattle shed. David pressed a knife against my heart and said viciously, “Listen carefully, you little bitch. Your biological parents are famous and wealthy. What they fear most is losing face.
“If you tell them what happened in our house, they’ll be completely humiliated and won’t want you anymore. Then you’ll
have to come back here.”
I’d have to come back?
I started trembling, shaking with my eyes closed.
David smiled and tore open my clothes with one swift motion. “I’m delighted to see you scared. If you don’t obey, we’ll die together. I’m not afraid of going to prison. Even if I die, I’ll expose everything about you.”
I cried, “Please don’t…”
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I didn’t want Isaac, Harper, and Ezra to know I was the Bunny Lady.
Seeing that I had submitted, David put away the knife and began writhing on top of me like a maggot.
