With Ricki\u2019s jealous streak, if I held Kevin\u2019s hand, he\u2019d get upset,\u00a0<\/p>\n
wouldn\u2019t he?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But if I ignored Kev\u2026 I\u2019m his mother, I couldn\u2019t bear it!\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a fierce internal debate, Madeleine grabbed Kevin\u2019s hand\u00a0<\/p>\n
and placed it in Roderick\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s okay, I don\u2019t need to. You two can hold each other\u2019s hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll just pinch my thigh!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The father and son, whose eyes had been full of anticipation,\u00a0<\/p>\n
glanced at their hands now forced together, both wearing the\u00a0<\/p>\n
exact same look of exasperation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The check was just for peace of mind. Seeing that no one was\u00a0<\/p>\n
physically harmed by the milk, Madeleine could finally relax.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the days waiting for Nanette\u2019s trial, she didn\u2019t go to the\u00a0<\/p>\n
office, nor did she let Kevin go to kindergarten, staying home to be with him completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One day, Roderick came back looking a bit serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Madeleine could tell something was wrong, so she sent the\u00a0<\/p>\n
child away first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid something happen?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNanette said she wants to see us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick didn\u2019t have to pay any attention to this, but Mariah had\u00a0<\/p>\n
said that if they could get a letter of forgiveness from Nanette,\u00a0<\/p>\n
the matter of Madeleine hitting her could be resolved quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, Roderick was a little hesitant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t want to see her, we don\u2019t have to go. I\u2019ll have\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mariah handle it. Trust Mariah, she won\u2019t let anything happen to\u00a0<\/p>\n
you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I want to go see her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to see what she looks like now. I want to ask her why\u00a0<\/p>\n
she was so cruel, to harm a child she had been with for over\u00a0<\/p>\n
two years!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s eyes grew colder, showing a maturity that didn\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
belong to an eighteen\u2013year\u2013old.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick looked at her, momentarily dazed, unable to tell what\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 131\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s mental age really was now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long moment, Roderick finally nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll go with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette had been held in a detention center for the past few days. Madeleine was a little curious and searched for Nanette\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
social media accounts on the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The accounts were already banned. In the remaining clips from\u00a0<\/p>\n
her livestreams, there was nothing but insults directed at\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Netizens are like a gun. Whoever holds it has a weapon to\u00a0<\/p>\n
attack people with.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She scrolled a bit more and found someone had revealed that\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette was a repeat offender who had made money this way\u00a0<\/p>\n
in another province years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The number of children whose conditions worsened under her\u00a0<\/p>\n
care was countless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The last trace of pity in Madeleine\u2019s heart vanished.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A person like that doesn\u2019t deserve to be a psychologist at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inside the detention center, Mariah had already arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had been busy running around these past few days and\u00a0<\/p>\n
looked quite tired.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve been working hard, Mariah.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t mention it, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Livingston. It\u2019s my job.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette is inside. She\u2019s confessed to her crimes without\u00a0<\/p>\n
reservation, but\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mariah pushed up her glasses and sighed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe still refuses to agree to a settlement.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine nodded, \u201cI understand. Take us to her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the meeting room, Nanette\u2019s face was ashen, her clothes\u00a0<\/p>\n
were wrinkled, and her eyes looked lifeless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until she saw Madeleine and Roderick enter that her\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes focused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She curled her lips into a triumphant smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew you would come. Madeleine, you\u2019re scared too, aren\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 131\u00a0<\/p>\n
you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA person like you? What\u2019s there for me to be afraid of?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine moved gracefully, walking over to sit across from\u00a0<\/p>\n
her, a stark contrast to Nanette\u2019s miserable state.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing Roderick protectively by her side, never leaving her,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re not scared, why are you here? Isn\u2019t it to beg me to\u00a0<\/p>\n
write you a letter of forgiveness?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I won\u2019t write it. I\u2019ll find the best lawyer to have you sentenced\u00a0<\/p>\n
and imprisoned!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the side, Mariah pushed up her glasses and sneered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Clark, you\u2019re overthinking things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u104b\u00a0<\/p>\n
She narrowed her eyes. \u201cI can tell you with my twenty years of professional integrity, I will never let my client go to jail. As for\u00a0<\/p>\n
you, if you don\u2019t cooperate, I\u2019ll make sure you rot in prison.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The smug look in Nanette\u2019s eyes instantly vanished.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had learned from her lawyer in the past few days about Mariah\u2019s skill; she never lost a case she took on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 131\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what? I\u2019m not writing a forgiveness letter. I\u2019ll die before I\u00a0<\/p>\n
do!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSuit yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was unfazed, her cold gaze fixed on her as she\u00a0<\/p>\n
struggled to suppress her disgust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow the hell did you guys find out!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nanette clenched her fists, asking resentfully, \u201cBut I was\u00a0<\/p>\n
flawless. All the psychological suggestions and conditioning I\u00a0<\/p>\n
gave Kevin\u2026 no one should have been able to find out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the milk, how did you know I drugged it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine narrowed her eyes, borrowing a line from Mariah.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 132\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 132\u00a0<\/p>\n
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