Let Me Stay The Night

Emilia’s words were like a sharp dagger, stabbing directly at Miranda’s heart.

Mortified beyond belief, Miranda couldn’t control herself and slapped Emilia right across her cheek.

The moment her hand fell, Miranda regretted it.

Emilia looked at her mother, her eyes widening in disbelief. “How dare you hit me? What right do you have to hit me?”

Stricken, Miranda pleaded, “I’m sorry, Emilia. I didn’t mean to. I was just too angry, and I couldn’t control myself. Please, forgive me just this once.”

She reached out her hand, hoping to examine Emilia’s cheek, but the latter pushed her away. in disgust.

“Get away from me!” Emilia’s words cut deeper than her actions. “If you had listened to me back then and allowed me to replace Christina and marry Nathaniel, you wouldn’t have been abandoned by the old rascal Gideon and forced to work as a janitor just to get by.”

Staring at Emilia, Miranda gritted her teeth. “Emilia, he’s your father.”

“He doesn’t deserve to be my father. He ruined us. When will you wake up?” Emilia retorted, her grip tightening on Miranda’s shoulder as she spat in a vehement tone, “Look at Sharon, then look at yourself. Are you content with being suppressed by that wretched Christina all your life? Today, she attended a grand banquet, looking all glorious. She caused me harm, and

yet she made me lose my job and even ruined my reputation. I can never work as a model again!”

Overcome with emotion, Emilia burst into tears. “I want Christina dead. I want her dead!”

Her roar echoed through the house, causing Miranda to clamp a hand over Emilia’s mouth in fear. “Calm down, Emilia. The walls here are thin. You need to be quiet.”

Pushing her away, Emilia broke into deranged laughter. “My future is ruined. What else do I have to lose? Even if I was in front of Christina herself, I’d say the same.”

help you back to your room to rest. You’ll think clearer after a good night’s sleep,”

very clear-headed, and I know exactly what I’m doing.” Emilia declared, picking up her purse from the floor and humming a tune

her daughter had changed so

when Emilia had left for work, she had seemed

on, and by morning. Emilia’s elbow wound had

bathed, exposing her wound to hot water for over

got ready

for work early, so Emilia had no

a picture of her wound and edited it before sending it to Christina with a message that read: You injured me yesterday, and the wound has become serious. You need to compensate me for my medical expenses. I’m at the hospital waiting for you. We shall see what happens if

pinging notification on her phone, Christina fumbled about to bring the device into her sight. A

knot of unease welling up in her stomach, Christina replied: What’s the total medical expense?

lead to amputation. They’ve insisted I be admitted immediately. Since you’re responsible

a sense of duty, I’ll cover all your medical expenses, but I’m

to bore a hole through it with her

unresponsive

a familiar figure flashing by at the end of the hallway out of the

and promptly forwarded it to Christina with

that Christina would still act indifferently after this

any resentment, direct

stopped replying to Christina’s messages Concerned, the latter dialed Sharon’s number several

changed her clothes and dashed out the door,

her medicine from the pharmacy, she walked toward the hongeal exa alone with Kilis tailing her from