NovelEnglishChapter 363 Claire stood sdistance away, watching Adah in silence, her gaze clouded with a tangled mix of emotions.
Adah Jones Linwood, have you ever truly reflected on your choices? Just because you fell for a worthless man and rushed into marriage, you managed to drag your entire life into utter ruin.
Your son is behind bars, your daughter is crippled for life, and you yourself lost an eye.
You should have had a brilliant future, but your narrow-mindedness and sheer stupidity have left you with nothing but regret.
You-of all people-deserve every bit of this.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA cold, mocking smile played on Claire's lips. Having a mother like Adah was the greatest shof her life.
She hated Nathan Linwood, but she hated Adah even more.
Looking back on her two decades of misery, Claire knew Nathan was the root of it all, but Adah was hardly blameless.
Her expression hardened as she stared at Adah.
Adah, meanwhile, was gently rocking a ragged old doll in her arms, cooing and pretending to lull it to sleep. Then she started talking softly to thin air.
"Claire, my precious girl," she whispered. "Mommy will protect you. I won't let anyone hurt you again." "You have to believe me, sweetheart. Mommy loves you so, so much." She pressed a gentle kiss to the doll's cheek, as if she were holding her beloved, living daughter instead of a battered toy.
The sight only deepened the scorn in Claire's eyes.
Where was all this love before? Now, after losing everything, Adah finally cherished what she'd taken for granted. But it was far too late. Still, seeing Adah so broken, so punished by life, eased something inside Claire. She saw no reason to linger here. During those dark months when she'd been wrongly imprisoned, Adah hadn't visited her even once. Claire hadn't chere out of concern. She just wanted to see, with her own eyes, the miserable ruin of the woman who had caused her so much pain.
Now she'd seen enough. It was tto go.
But just as Claire turned to leave, a wild-eyed figure suddenly lunged at Adah, snatching the doll from her arms and taking off at a sprint.
In an instant, the tenderness vanished from Adah's face, replaced by panic and fury as her "daughter” was ripped away.
"No-my baby! Stop! Give her back!" she screamed, her voice ragged, as she hurled herself after the thief. But the man was too fast. No matter how desperately Adah chased him, she couldn't catch up.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Give her back! My baby-my Claire!" she wailed, her voice raw with anguish.
After a short distance, the crazed man seemed to realize Adah wasn't gaining on him. He stopped, turned, and- seeing Adah's tear-streaked, devastated face-he grinned, revealing a mouthful of jagged teeth, and burst out laughing.
"She's crying! This is fun-so much fun!" Adah shook with fury, pointing and shouting, "Give my daughter back! Give her back!" But the lunatic only taunted her, "Nope! Not gonna! Why don't you ctake her from me?"
With that, he raised the doll high over his head and slammed it to the m ground again and again. Each blow seemed to land directly on Adah's heart.
Her eyes blazed with rage. "I'll kill you, you monster!" She lunged at him again.
But he snatched up the doll and darted away, laughing madly.
Adah chased him, but once more she couldn't catch him.
In the midst of the chaos, Adah's eyes darted around and then she saw el Claire standing nearby.
The sight of her daughter stopped Adah in her tracks, as if she'd been vel rooted to the spot.
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