Chapter 512
From behind a bush, the sound of rustling leaves broke the silence,
Maurice looked up instinctively, his sharp paze catching sight of a figure standing at the top of the slope from which the Fuller couple had fallen.
It was a young woman dressed in a black windbreaker. Her features were strikingly delicate, but her expression was cool. In her hand were two more
small stones.
“Well, look who we have here,” Maurice said with a playful whistle, grinning from ear to ear.
Felicia’s sudden appearance left the Fuller couple wide–eyed in shock, their disbelief quickly giving way to tears. They had never imagined that the person brave enough to come after them in this treacherous rainforest would be none other than Felicia herself.
But she was just one girl. How could she possibly stand up to this many opponents?
Myra cried out, “Licia, run! Forget about us!”
Dexter thrashed against his captors, shouting with all his strength, “Get out of here, silly girl! Save yourself!TM
It turned out to be quite a touching scene, though it wasn’t entirely clear why they found it so moving.
Felicia’s eyes twitched mildly as she ignored their melodramatic cries. She gave the slope a quick once–over, assessing the height. It was a manageable distance for her to jump across
out with mock concern, “Careful!
With that, she leaped off the edge in one swift, clean motion. However, halfway through the jump, Maurice called out with There’s
‘s a snake!”
“What the.” A thought quickly appeared in Felicia’s mind.
Already in mid–air, she couldn’t adjust her trajectory. The sudden jolt of alarm threw off her landing, and she stumbled, nearly face–planting into the ground
Before she could hit the dirt, a hand caught her around the waist, pulling her forward. Momentum carried her right into someone’s ches
She heard Maurice’s triumphant chuckle near her ear. “See? I told you to be careful.”
His statement left her speechless.
She quickly shoved him away and retorted icily, “You did that on purpose!
“So what if I did? At least I stopped you from falling flat on your face,” Maurice replied, his grin shameless and unapologetic. He was absolutely smug
with his achievement
Felicia decided he wasn’t worth the argument. The more attention she gave him, the more obnoxious he’d get.
She glanced at the Fuller couple who were lying battered on the ground and said, “I’m taking these two with me. I’d appreciate it if you’d let them go, Mr. Glovers.”
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By now, Maurice had put the piece together. The couple on the ground had to be Felicia’s biological parents, and the guy Khopend
He had dug up everything there was to know about Felicia back in the day. Her past, her roots–he knew it all.
Frankly, he couldn’t understand why she’d bother saving these two. They didn’t seem worth the effort. Letting thern rot here in the jungle seemed like a far better idea
Thinking of that, Maurice decided to voice out his thoughts, thinking he could help Felicia solve a problem, “They’ve been nothing but cruel to you. Why not just end it here? I’ll even do the dirty work for you. It’ll be quick and clean. What do you say?”
His suggestion rendered Felicia speechless.
She took a deep breath and looked at him. He wasn’t joking. The cold, indifferent cruelty in his gaze made that painfully clear.
“No thanks. This is my problem, not yours. I’ll handle it myself.”
Meurice seemed aboost disappointed. He took a step closer and said in a coaxing, tone, “Don’t you hate them? They abandoned you and hurt your time again. Don’t you want to get back at than? To make them suffer the way they made you suffer?”
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Felicia met his gaze steadily. There was something unhinged in the way he spoke. At that moment, he was no different from a psychopath. With that, she decided to get straight to the point and confronted him directly, “Maurice, you murdered your own father, your stepmother, and all those half–siblings of yours. And now, you! want me to follow in your footsteps? I’m not you, and I sure as hell don’t want to be a lunatic like you.”
