Scarlett's POV:

I wasn't sure if it was because of seeing Nancy during the day, but I had a nightmare around midnight.

In my dream, she took away my kids, and even mocked and humiliated me in front of Charles.

To make matters worse, Charles asked my three kids to call Nancy their mother.

When I woke up screaming, he was awakened.

He immediately got up to turn on the light. Then, he embraced me from behind and attempted to comfort me. "Were you having a nightmare, Scarlett? There's no need to be afraid. I'm right here."

The sound of his voice was soothing to my ears, and I could feel just how worried he was for me.

Sadly, it wasn't enough to appease my apprehension. It only made me feel more terrified.

As I recalled what happened in my dream, tears fell from my eyes.

By the time I composed myself, I found myself holding onto Charles.

I quickly let go of his hands.

"Hey, hey… are you alright, Scarlett? How do you feel?" Charles was staring at me with worried eyes.

I shot him a glare and turned my back to him.

If I ever get the chance to leave this place, I would certainly take all my kids away!

Never would I allow my kids to call Nancy their mother.

Not long after, Charles turned off the lights again, and embraced me once more.

"There's no need to be afraid, honey. I'll always be by your side." As he hugged me from behind, he wiped away the tears from the corner of my eyes.

His embrace was warm, but my entire body felt cold.

"Charles, stop calling me that. We can't get back together!" I tried to shake his arms off me, but he held me even tighter.

"If you keep moving your arms like that Scarlett, I can't guarantee that I won't do something to you!" Charles warned.

His words were enough to scare me. Fearing that he would actually try to escalate this into something sexual, I decided to give up on struggling.

me that he had to go to a meeting at

I took out the phone that

to leave here as soon as possible, and

no

signal

chance to contact the

of hope in my heart was extinguished. Despair overwhelmed me, and tears fell from

do to escape

sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, holding

The thought of it alone was enough to make me feel suffocated to the point that I could

me, this wasn't a ward; it was a

and there I saw three

up to me when they

can do

inside the room. I wanna go downstairs to breathe some fresh air,"

and Tracy

time, Richard approached me and said, "Mrs. Moore, you're allowed to go outside, but please allow the three of us to accompany

to accompany me. "Can you just let Tracy follow me around? It's too eye-catching

don't make things difficult for us. Mr. Moore has tasked us to follow you wherever you go. If anything

that, I had no

first time I would leave the ward and go downstairs since I

going. Finally, I laid eyes on an old woman sitting on

stared at the phone in her hand, hope

Calmly, I approached her.

I

I stifled my excitement and sat next to

her, I thought of how I

I noticed that she was afraid when she saw Richard and the others behind me. This was when I realized that

you guys give us some space? You're scaring

and watch over Mrs. Moore." I could tell that Richard was concerned about leaving me alone. After a moment of hesitation, he left Janet

for I was dissatisfied with his

"I'm really sorry about this, ma'am. But Mrs. Moore is in poor health, and we can't leave her on her own. I hope

Richard and Tracy were far away, I scoffed at Janet and asked, "Did Charles order you

We're looking after you." Janet frowned

ruse of "looking after me" was just a term for

sounds like your husband cares about you very

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