Jenna stood at the foot of Sunshine Mountain, listening to the blowing wind from time to time and the chirping of insects on the mountain, with her heart overwrought.
Without any leads to find Jerry or Zoella, the longer she stayed here, the more she felt restless and uneasy.
She continued to pace back and forth, her heart was burning with agitation.
A gust of wind blew, and the sad and shrill cry of a child drifted into her ears.
Jerry!
Jenna only had this consciousness. She immediately stopped and held her breath.
This cry was so familiar to her that it tugged at her heart.
As far as she could remember, Jerry had never cried in such a miserable way. However, as a mother, she could tell so.
“Jerry, my child.” After she pricked up her ears and heard it twice more, she began to yell in a shrill voice.
“Jerry, Jerry,” she called out anxiously, with her voice growing louder than before. Her voice echoed out through the valley.
After a while, her ears still attuned, but seemed to hear his cries no more.
Jenna became even more anxious. She began to walk frantically through the valley, running and shouting non-stop.
After a while, she seemed to hear a voice calling ‘Mom’, and her eyes lit up.
This was Jerry’s voice. Even though it was hoarse, it was so crisp that Jenna could hear it clearly.
She was ecstatic and quickly replied, “Jerry, Jerry, Mom is here. Where are you?”
She continued to run along towards the cries. Her forehead was covered with sweat, but she didn’t dare to stop. She was worried that if she missed this chance, she would no longer be able to hear Jerry’s cries.
Her mind was filled with Jerry’s tender and pitiful little face. The sound of his sobs slammed into her heart, driving her to the brink of insanity.
“Jerry, don’t be afraid. Mom is here,” she shouted as she ran, and her voice was piercing.
Gradually, the sound became clearer. Jenna was breathing laboriously, and her eyes were shining.
“Jerry, don’t be afraid, I’m here.” She tried her best to shout, thinking that Jerry must have heard her call. After crying for a while, she heard him call out for ‘Mom’ with all his strength.
She was pleasantly surprised.
She finally heard a child yelling ‘Mom’.
She was going to see Jerry.
At least it could prove that her Jerry was still alive.
But where was he?
Jenna followed Jerry’s cries and circled around the foot of the mountain. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t see where Jerry was. All she could hear was his increasingly crystal-clear cries.
Leaning against the tree trunk, she panted heavily.
Her eyes looked far into the distance and were empty. There was no one in sight.
Her heart sank bit by bit.
Jerry’s sobs grew hoarse and weak.
Jenna was so anxious that she was spinning around.
“Zoella, don’t you want the Ocean Heart? Come out, I’ll give it to you, give my child back to me,” Jenna shouted, with tears all over her face.
If something were to happen to Jerry that day, then what was the point of her being alive?
She would rather exchange her life for Jerry’s.
When she was gripped by anxiety, a burst of horrible and strange laughter seemed to come from the sky and echoed throughout the valley.
Jenna stopped shouting, opened her eyes wide, and looked around.
The mad laughter hovered above the forest. She raised her head and looked around.
Finally, she found that the sound came from a cliff halfway up the mountain.
She ran towards it. As she approached it, she raised her head.
At that moment, she saw a woman with unkempt hair, who was thin like a ghost, standing on the cliff with Jerry in her arms. There was a deep cave behind, and below the cliff was the moat.
The moat was gushing and roaring as it rushed towards the city.
“Aria.” Jenna drew near. Only then did she see clearly that the ghost-like woman in front of her was actually Aria. She immediately let out a scream.
Aria let out another strange laugh when she saw Jenna.
“Aria, quickly let my child go.” Jenna screamed and comforted Jerry in a loud voice. “Jerry, don’t be afraid. Mom is here. I’m coming to save you.”
Hearing Jenna’s voice, Jerry’s eyes lit up with joy. He immediately cried out in a hoarse voice, “Mom, come and save me, I’m scared.”
“Don’t be afraid, Jerry. I’m here to save you.” Jenna’s heart was in a mess, and she was crying as she consoled him.
“Aria, let Jerry go first. If you have anything to say, then let’s talk it over.” Jenna thought of a way to stand on a rock in the middle of the river. It was the closest place to Aria. So, she could only use a pleading tone to shout at her.
Aria stood on the rocks of the cliff, facing the wind. Her thin body was shivering in the wind.
She struggled to hold Jerry in her arms. Jerry was heavy for her and her hands were trembling. From Jenna’s point of view, both of them were standing on the cliff, wobbling, and were on the verge of falling down at any time.
The river below was the source of the moat, which had a tremendous and swift current.
Jenna was trembling with fear. If Aria’s hands were shaky, then Jerry would fall into the river and die immediately.
She felt as if her heart was hung in mid-air. Regardless of her safety, she continued to call out to Aria. “Aria, come down quickly. I can give you whatever you want.”
Aria stood on the cliff with Jerry in her arms. Her face was flushed red as she stared at Jenna with her exquisite eyes.
“Jenna, your time has arrived.” She laughed heartily and cried out in excitement.
“Aria, no matter what you’re thinking, the child is innocent. Please let him go.” Jenna felt that her tears had already dried up. In this situation, she could be as dangerous as she wanted. Not to mention begging her at that time, she would not hesitate to kneel down if Aria wanted her to or use her life to trade for Jerry’s.
At that moment, Jerry, who was in Aria’s arms, was scared and frightened. His face was full of tears, and his eyes were looking at the gushing river. He was so scared that his face turned blue.
Jenna couldn’t bear to look at Jerry’s frightened eyes. In Jenna’s eyes, his pitiful appearance was heartbreaking and anxious. She couldn’t wait to jump into the moat to end her life. She just couldn’t stand this kind of torture.
“Jenna, a few years ago, the child in your belly should have died, but he didn’t, and you even gave birth to him. Talk about luck! Now everything should come to an end.” Aria suddenly opened her eyes, and looked straight at Jenna.
In the past few years, what kind of life had she lived? Her father had been sentenced to death, her mother had gone mad, and her life had been ruined.
A wonderful family was destroyed just like that, all because of the b*tch, Jenna. She was extremely frustrated. Every day in the prison, she had been tortured and beaten by the gangsters sent by Zoella. She had already lost all hope of living.
Sometimes she was really crazy, but there were times where she was sober. Every time when the night was quiet and painful to the extreme, she would wake up. Hatred would twine around her like vines, rendering her unable to breathe, lodging her hatred deep within her bones.
She knew that Zoella would definitely get her out of prison to make use of her, so she had to work hard just to wait for judgement day to arrive.
She wanted to regain everything, to serve a dish cold called ‘revenge’.