The Woman From Hell



I did not get much sleep the entire night.

It was dawn when I finally lightly fell asleep.

There was the sound of the door opening, which woke me up. I got up. Matthew had entered the room. "You have five minutes to wash up. I'll come over later."

He immediately ordered me to wash up in five minutes. After yesterday, his attitude toward me had completely changed.

I cleaned myself up as quickly as possible. Matthew was really punctual. He immediately entered my room five minutes later as if he knew for sure I was done washing up. He cut to the chase without hesitation.

"We're leaving."

I followed him out of the courtyard and into the car.

We were driving smoothly on the road. I looked out the window. It was only dawn, and many of the shops were not open yet. Only a few were. To be honest, I still felt a little sad given Aunt Nessa was a kind person.

"Did you not tell Aunt Nessa anything before leaving like this?"

"We have to leave as soon as possible after you exposed yourself like that. It's not like you two were familiar anyway." Matthew's tone was cold. He did not even look at me.

I did not speak anymore and swallowed all my words into my stomach.

There were fewer and fewer shops on both sides. It looked like we were about to leave the village.

Suddenly, Matthew stopped the car.

In front of the car, I could see Theo taking the lead. Behind him were rows of cars, including the police.

He really came!

I was delighted. Without waiting for Matthew to speak, I unbuckled my seat belt, opened the door, and got out of the car. Just as I got off, however, Matthew also reached for me at the fastest speed possible and prevented me from moving forward.

"Theo."

Theo looked a lot thinner, perhaps due to his illness. His face was haggard, and I could see the dark circles under his eyes from such a distance. He also wanted to rush over when he saw me, but when he saw Matthew next to me, he stopped in his tracks.

The police that had been brought over surrounded Matthew as he held me tightly. "Stay away, or I won't show any mercy." Matthew had taken me hostage.

"Don't hurt Wanda." Theo's voice came from a distance.

A policeman who looked to be the leader stopped him before turning to us. "Matthew Zimmer, you're surrounded now. If you let go of the hostage, we can give you a chance to reform."

"If you don't go away, I won't hold myself back. He pulled a small dagger out of nowhere and pointed it at me. He looked at Theo with a smile on his lips. "If I can't get Ker, then I choose for us to die together." Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.

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Theo looked flustered as he stepped forward. "All of you fall back first. Don't make him hurt Wanda."

"Retreat." The police chief gave the order to retreat.

"Let me talk to him," Theo said to the team leader.

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Seemingly having attained his agreement, Theo walked forward. He spread his hands out to show that he was unarmed. "Matthew, Wanda has been with you for so many days. You should be satisfied now. Give her back to me."

"Give her back?" Matthew smiled and shook his head. "No, I want to take her away to a place where you can't find her!"

"But she doesn't want that. Otherwise, we wouldn't have found this place this time."

Matthew looked at me and then turned to Theo. "Time will change everything. I'm confident that I can make her accept reality. Now back up. Or I'll end both of us."

He was not lying. His dagger was already close to my throat.

"Okay, we'll retreat as long as you put down the knife and don't hurt Wanda." Theo raised his hand, signaling them all to retreat and make way for Matthew.