Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Mandy was shaking from head to toe, trembling with rage.

How much more suffering had Claire endured in secret?

"Why are you doing this to her?"

Mandy's eyes grew bloodshot, and to her own shock, tears of crimson streaked down her cheeks.

"What did Claire ever do to deserve this? How could you treat her with such inhuman cruelty?"

Her voice rose to a fevered pitch. "I'll kill you, I swear-die, just die—!"

Mandy snapped. Again and again, she drove the knife into Sophia, each thrust accompanied by Sophia's bone-chilling screams.

"Please don't kill me! If you kill me, you'll never find Claire's child-never!"

Mandy froze mid-strike.

She was right. Mandy couldn't kill her-not yet. She had to find Claire's child first. After that, Sophia's fate would be sealed.

"Tell me where Claire's child is."

Sophia's lips twisted into a crazed, mocking smile, as if she'd just discovered Mandy's one weakness. She burst into manic laughter.

"So I was right-Claire's child really does matter to you."

"You want to know where the little brat is? Then you'll do exactly as I say. Otherwise, you'll never get anything out of me."

"Now, take me to the hospital. I need treatment-now."

Sophia tried to sound commanding, biting back the pain and assuming she held all the cards. With Claire's child as leverage, she was sure Mandy would obey.

But she'd forgotten that the woman before her was no longer just Mandy. Consumed by hatred, she was more demon than human now—a vengeful spirit risen straight out of hell.

Mandy smiled, and with her blood-streaked face and crimson tears, the grin was nothing short of terrifying.

She stood up, walked to the kitchen, and returned carrying a bag of salt.

The moment Sophia saw the salt, her face went ghostly pale; terror washed over her like a tidal wave.

"What are you doing? I'm warning you-hurt me again and you'll never see that brat-ahhh!"

Before Sophia could finish, Mandy, expressionless, poured the salt straight into her wounds.noveldrama

"Well? Are you going to talk?"

Sophia howled and writhed on the floor, her screams echoing through the room. "I'll talk! I'll tell you! Please, just stop-"

Mandy tossed the salt aside. "Talk."

"If I tell you now, you'll just kill me-L

know

YOU!

will! But if you want to see child, fine. I'll take you there

Mandy stared her down, unwavering.

She could see right through Sophia's little schemes.

"You have two choices. One: tell me exactly where Claire's daughter is, and I'll let you live. Two: stay silent and I'll make you suffer just like I did Garnett Brown. Even if you die without talking, it doesn't matter-as long as I tell Sean where to look,

with his resources, he'll find Claire's daughter eventually."

Sophia hesitated, torn between fear and desperation, her eyes darting wildly.

"You'd really let me go? Aren't you afraid I'll go to the police?"

Mandy laughed coldly. "I've killed so many already. Whether you talk or not, the police will come for me sooner or later."

Sophia realized she had a point.

Given the slightest chance at survival, who wouldn't take it? Even clinging to life by a thread was better than dying right now.

After weighing her options, Sophia finally revealed what Mandy needed to know.

"I told you everything. Will you let me go now?"

Mandy's smile was icy, sending chills down Sophia's spine. "At you did one thing right. For

give you a quick death."et

With that, Mandy drove the knife straight into Sophia's heart.

Sophia's eyes widened in shock. "You... you lied to me..."

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Mandy blinked innocently. "I said I'd let you live. I never said I'd keep my word."