"Don't beg me. If begging worked, I'd have begged Ben not to leave a long time ago," Winnie said as she wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes.

"Here's the deal. I called to make one thing clear. Everything you owe me, I'm going to take back, bit by bit, through Charlie. He's your son, and they say the sins of the mother fall on the child." With that biting remark, Winnie hung up without hesitation. Clutching her phone, her chest ached with a deep, lingering pain.

The masked man approached, standing by her side. "Winnie, what's the point of all this? You're clearly full of hate for Jamie, but instead of taking it out on her, you're here looking after her kid. I don't get you sometimes.

"If it were me," he continued, "I'd grab this opportunity and make her suffer. Why are you holding back?"

Winnie shook her head. "Charlie calls me his aunt, and besides, it's not right to blame a child for the mistakes of adults."

She might despise Jamie, but Winnie couldn't bring herself to abandon her principles.

"Sure, the kid's innocent. But what about your child? The one you lost? Shouldn't that matter more than someone else's

Winnie snapped, turning to leave. "This is

the masked man's eyes darkened with

*

Charlie. Her anxiety had reached a

the door opened, and an

you some nourishing soup. It's good

not interested. Take it back," Jamie replied flatly. Her

She stepped closer, blocking Jamie's way. Her smile remained, but her tone carried an undercurrent of insistence. "Miss Lewis, this soup is really for your own

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