Chapter 2

"So what if her watch is the real thing?" Hailey screeched at the top of her lungs. "She only has it because she seduced my husband into buying it for her!

"It's just a stupid watch that alerts the police. Did you think I'd be afraid of that?" she scoffed in disdain. "The Montiagos are the biggest force in this city, and everyone has to treat them with respect, even the authorities!

"My husband can deal with the consequences of getting rid of a bitch like you! He can afford to pay you off!"

Hailey continued screaming as she suddenly yanked my hair and slapped me across the face.

I immediately tasted blood. And with her starting the violence, everyone else began kicking, punching, and slapping me fearlessly.

The alarm on my smart watch got louder and louder.

"Jessica Stallone! What the hell are you trying to do?"

A long while later, Rhett's voice suddenly sounded from my watch.

I shuddered hard. Suddenly, I recalled that I had set him as my primary emergency contact. My smartwatch must have automatically called him to come and save me.

"Vivi's going to die!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. "If you don't hurry here, Hailey is going to kill both Vivi and me!"

Rhett took a deep breath and descended into silence.

I quickly said, "I'm at the preschool! Hurry up and—"

"Are you out of your mind?" Rhett suddenly growled, interrupting me. "I don't care if you want to die, but how dare you insinuate Vivi's death as well? Did you really think that a stupid emergency phone call would get me to focus more attention on you? Did you think I'd actually believe you?

"Hailey's a timid and kind person, and you'll still have to go through me if you want to harm her! And if I ever find out that you've been harassing her again, I swear to god, I'll kill you!"

Rhett then hung up on me in a huff.

I quickly dialed his number again, but I realized that he'd blocked me.

"Is that Daddy?" Vivian suddenly asked, her voice trembling. "Daddy doesn't hate me… Daddy… Come save me and Mommy…"

I held back my tears and didn't dare to look into Vivian's eyes anymore.

She had always thought that she was Rhett's darling little princess. I couldn't possibly tell her that her beloved Daddy had another family and also had another son. It would be too cruel to her.

"But where's Daddy? I…"

Vivian's voice trailed off. Suddenly, her smartwatch screen turned bright red as the alarm went off even louder than before.

Her heart rate had skyrocketed to 150! Her heart was failing!

I was shocked. At once, my emotions exploded in my head.

"Her meds! My bag! Give me the meds!" I screamed, trying my best to push myself out of the human barricade. I was worried to death that something bad would happen to her, so I had prepared all of her medication inside my bag.

"Is this all you meant by alerting the police?" Hailey asked with a scoff, still getting in my way.

She had tensed up when she heard Rhett's voice earlier. But now, she looked down on me with a condescending look and said, "I thought it would be something more than that. But look, Rhett doesn't even want to see you. How pathetic."

I was so frantic that I didn't even bother looking at her. I just wanted to find my bag that someone stole from me.

"Were you looking for this?"

Hailey suddenly produced my bag and raised it high over her head.

"Give it back to me!" I screamed, trying to rush at her, but the other employees kept holding me down.

Hailey laughed in delight.

"Of course! But first, you have to get on your knees and grovel!"

I immediately did as she said and begged. "Please! Please give the meds to me, please! I'm begging you!"

She was only satisfied after watching my blood drip onto the floor.

"Such a pathetic bitch. You mistresses are all the same!"

She then unzipped my bag and dumped out all the contents onto the floor.

"No!" I screamed. "The meds are in a glass vial! It'll break!"

Before I'd even managed to finish my sentence, Hailey flung the entire bag to the floor with all her might.

I felt my soul leaving my body when I heard the sound of glass breaking.

"What is this?" Hailey suddenly asked, her eyes doubling in size.