“I know you must be short of money as your group goes bankrupt. It’s OK! I can give you as much money as you need. I will call Derek now, and he will call you. Just, please, please let go of my daughters!”
Serina said anxiously.
Zoe said that she was desperate. Therefore, Serina guessed that enough money for a good life would calm Zoe down.
“Money?” Zoe laughed hysterically. Her laugh resounded in the empty factory which was creepy.
Cherry cried out in fear once again.
Hearing such laughter, Serina realized that Zoe’s mental condition was worrying. Zoe seemed to have lost her mind.
Zoe’s laughter finally came to a stop.
Zoe looked at Serina in a sinister and ruthless way.
“Because of you and Derek, I have lost my dad, my mom, and our group! I have nothing left now! NOTHING!”
Zoe grabbed Serina by the collar and pressed a pistol against her temple, “I want to shoot each of you dead!”
“Calm down! We will offer whatever you want!”
“I want you and Derek Maynard to live in pain for the rest of your life!” Zoe squeezed those words from her teeth.
At that moment, Zoe’s eyes contained nothing but hatred. The infinite hatred almost drowned Serina.
“I have you and two children. I’m sure Derek will do everything that I ask!”
Zoe grabbed Serina by the collar and forced Serina to stand up. Zoe dragged Serina to the door on the other side of the factory.
She kicked the door open and pushed Serina in!
Serina saw a carefully decorated room with a large double bed and rose petals.
The color of those petals was as crimson as blood.
It was like two different worlds compared to the empty factory workshop.
“What do you want?”
“What do you think of this place as the marital room for Derek and me?” Zoe looked up and down at her masterpiece.
“Marital room? You must be dreaming!”
“I know you two will get married. Before your wedding, I want you to witness Derek and me in bed, having sex. I promise you can watch the whole process clearly.”
Serina stared at Zoe. Looking at the almost crazy smile on her face, Serina felt more and more horrified.
“Impossible. Zoe, Derek will never touch you.”
“But I have you and your two kids. He refuses to make love with me, and you die one by one.” Zoe laughed hysterically again.
Serina became increasingly horrified. She could not come up with any other option for Derek except for compromising when Zoe had her and their children.
Moreover, Zoe had a gun. It led to a more complex condition with or without the intervention of the police.
Zoe had been in an impasse. She had nothing to lose and was pleased to die with all of the others.
Serina felt terrified and tried to negotiate,
“Zoe, I will ask Derek to give you a large sum of money and let you go abroad to live a carefree life. You can spend money however you want. I guarantee that your life will be the same as when you were Miss Zoe of the Webber. I can also ask Derek to help you win back the Webber Group. Is it OK for you ?”
Zoe smiled and shook her head, “Serina, save your words. I have told you. I want nothing except for the everlasting pain for Derek and you. I guess you will be in deadly pain when you witness your beloved one screw with another woman, right?”
“You…”
Serina felt that Zoe had already been overwhelmed by her suffering!
“But you can’t get anything this way! Don’t be silly! You are young and beautiful. You don’t need to destroy us by destroying yourself!”
“That is what I want! I have been destroyed! I have! I haven’t been to my dad’s side at the last moment! And my mom! I saw her hanging in the middle of the room when I opened the door!”
Zoe recalled everything that had happened in the past few days.
“Do you know what it feels like? All of your closest relatives have left you! You are the only one left in this world. Do you know how painful I am!”
Zoe pointed to the position of her heart and said with her crooked smile, “I will double my pain on you two! Your daughters. They will not leave here alive. Believe me! I will kill them one by one. I will kill them before you and Derek!”
Serina looked at Zoe. She suddenly realized that Zoe didn’t try to leave alive when she kidnapped the kids.
Zoe had been overwhelmed by the desire to take revenge.
…
Ernest had been waiting at the entrance of the kindergarten until there was no one, and it had been dark.
Because Serina would get lost even when she had driven to the kindergarten many times, Ernest didn’t get worried or suspicious.
It was time for the teachers to get off. When Mary, the teacher of Cherry and Blueberry, went out, she saw Ernest waiting there.
“Haven’t you left yet?” Mary asked curiously.
“Ms. Mary? Yes, I am waiting for Cherry and Blueberry? But they seemed to have left? Do you know who picked them up?”
“Their mom, Ms. Serina. Of course!”
“It’s impossible!” Ernest frowns, “Serina has been with me all the time. She asked me to come and pick up the children.”
Mary was puzzled. She shook her head and answered, “I don’t know then. Ms. Serina didn’t get off. She greeted me in the car. It was Ms. Serina’s car. I have seen it before. So I didn’t get suspicious.”
“How could you be so careless! You should make sure it was their mom or someone they knew before they left!” Ernest was increasingly confused.
“She talked with me. It was Ms. Serina’s voice. And she looked like Ms. Serina. A woman with Ms. Serina’s voice and face drove Ms. Serina’s car and came at the same time that Ms. Serina would come. Who else could she be?”
“Impossible! Serina has been with me all this time. You should have seen it more clearly!” Ernest began to panic.
Ernest was sure that it could not be Serina. If Ms. Mary thought it was, there must be someone who did it by design.
It could be a kidnapping!
Ernest called Serina time and time again, but it kept calling busy!