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Chapter 2796
Chapter 2796
Chapter 2796
Queenie showed Jack the markings on top and said, "The owner reserved these for me and made these markings."
Jack snorted coldly and deliberately said, "We bought these for ourselves!"
Returning the things Queenie had given to her only meant that they had bought these for themselves!
Leia's words were well said. If it were someone else's parents, they would be touched by their children giving such nice gifts.
However, the truth was, this was truly nothing.
These supplements were Queenie's sincere intention. They were bought at a high price, yet Leia had the audacity to spout such nonsense.
Did she think that no one would notice since the packaging was more or less the same?
Sura stood beside them, lowering her head innocently.
Sura initially wanted to remind them, but she did not expect Queenie to notice the anomaly. After all, the supplements had the same packaging and were from the same store.
No one would have thought that there would be markings left by the store owner on the packaging!
That was such a coincidence. Leia was destined to lose.
Just when she had finally won Queenie's sympathy by putting on a show, it all crumbled in an instant.
The tears Leia shed and the concern she showed turned out to be futile.
"Hmph! All those sweet talking and you still believed her. Now you know what kind of person she is. She's hopeless, huh?" Jack added insult to injury.
If Queenie could not see the truth, she would still choose to take Leia's side.
That would not be helping Leia, and it would get her in trouble instead.
A loving mother would always end up spoiling her child. Leia was a failure raised by the Norman family. Jack had accepted that. Hence, he had no plans to let her do whatever she wanted.
Queenie fell silent.
The emotions that were stirred by Leia's concern for her vanished the moment she saw the markings.
Leia said she cared about them and was worried about them.
However, she showed such insincere gestures.
Who would show their concern in such a way? Even those who tried to suck up to Jack knew that they should buy new products instead of giving away past gifts.
Queenie's heart grew completely cold toward Leia.
"Dear, let's do whatever needs to be done..." Queenie slowly muttered.
She then picked up the supplements.
"Why are you still keeping them?" Jack thought it was bad luck when he saw that Queenie intended to keep the supplements.
Leia's intentions were nothing but a joke!
"These are all good supplements that I paid for. They shouldn't go to waste," replied Queenie. She emphasized that she had bought them, not because they were a gift from Leia.
Sura grasped every detail of the conversation and understood that Queenie had given up on Leia.
A loving mother would no longer hold on to any hope after her child had disappointed her countless times.
Queenie had been pushed to the point where she could no longer show any affection toward Leia.
Queenie walked into the storage room.
Jack lifted his head and said to Sura, who stood beside him, "You did well. Thank you."
He expressed his gratitude because Sura had deliberately reminded Queenie and made her realize that everything Leia had done just now was an act.
Leia did not deserve any sympathy.
"Mr. Norman, you don't have to thank me. I just can't tolerate Ms. Norman's behavior," replied Sura, somewhat surprised that Jack would thank her.
However, what she did was only something ordinary.
Sura often engaged in similar actions. She would provoke Leia and add fuel to the fire when she was in a bad mood. Also, she made everyone hate Leia when she was in the hospital.
However, it would only work if Leia had such a personality to begin with.
Leia, who was changing her clothes upstairs, had no idea about the situation.
She was still basking in the satisfaction of her emotionally stirring performance just now.
So what if Queenie's affection for her waned? Did she not make herself loved again with her superb acting skills?
As long as Queenie's heart was captured by her, there was nothing Jack could do to her.
After changing her clothes, Leia refused to give up and called Mandy.
Mandy's phone continued to go unanswered...
When did she fly to New York?
Leia was uneasy. There was no way she could hit the timing right and expect when Mandy would land.
After all, Leia had no idea when Mandy left.
At noon, Rain headed to the water room after lunch.
"How's it going?" she asked the man standing guard at the door in a low voice.
"Everything's normal," reported the man. "Mandy's hands and feet are tied, her eyes are blindfolded, and her mouth is gagged. How could anything go wrong?"
Rain walked into the room. She could feel the dampness in the air. It gave her an uncomfortable feeling.
However, Mandy was the one suffering the most.
The air was so muggy that it made her feel uncomfortable. Her weakened nerves kept heightening her senses. She felt like she was drowning in hot water.
The dripping water was not hot, but the heating in the room made her feel wet and hot...
The heat could not dry her soaked clothes either. Her wet clothes made her feel neither cold nor hot but simply uncomfortable. It was an indescribable sensation.
Rain looked at her with disgust and took the cloth out of her mouth. "You've been here for four hours."
Mandy shivered when she heard Rain's voice. She did not say anything and just begged for mercy, "Please, spare me. I don't know anything."
"Do you have any idea what trouble you've caused? Do you think I'm a fool?" Rain could not be easily deceived. She threw the loaf of bread to the man nearby and said, "Feed her."
The man nodded. He split the bread into pieces and shoved them into Mandy's mouth.
Mandy suddenly realized that these people had no intention of killing her. They only wanted her to tell the truth by torturing and interrogating her.
If Mandy refused to eat or drink anything, they would take her to the hospital if her body could no longer take it.
That would be the perfect opportunity to escape!
Mandy immediately spat out the bread even though she was hungry. She refused to eat.
Starving for two days would not kill her.
These people would not dare to let her starve herself. They would be murderers if she died.
Rain sneered when she saw that Mandy refused to eat. "Are you sure you're not eating? I'll only be coming back in six hours."
Mandy did not respond.
Rain snorted coldly. Mandy thought that by doing so, Rain would be left with no options.
She grabbed Mandy's chin and lifted it up. Mandy instinctively opened her mouth.
Rain stuffed the cloth gag back into her mouth. "Starving yourself, huh? Do you think I'll just stand here and watch you die? You're too naive."
She walked out of the water room after that.
It did not take long before Rain returned. This time, she carried a small tray in her hands. There were syringes and a large bottle of nutrient solution.
She instructed her subordinates to set up a stand next to Mandy. The stand did not block the water droplets. They continued to fall rhythmically onto Mandy's forehead.
Mandy could hear the noises around her. However, she did not know what they were doing. The fear of not being able to see anything made her become even more sensitive.âb