Lahat ng Kabanata ng Revenge of the Hideous Lady: Kabanata 2071 - Kabanata 2080

Stanley Batton instantly answered when he saw the caller was Sebastian Brenand. “What’s up?”“Rachel Wood is missing,” Sebastian said without much preamble, sounding very worried.Stanley could even sense his desperation through the phone.Frowning deeply, he asked, “When did she go missing?”“She’s been gone since last night," Sebastian answered. "All she left behind was a letter, telling me not to look for her. I only saw the letter after my meeting, but she might have left it in the morning.“I don’t know what time exactly she left because the indoor surveillance cameras lost signal in the morning while the exterior ones also failed to capture Rachel leaving. I’ve searched for her at the airport and train stations. I’ve looked everywhere. There were no signs that Rachel left,” he added in desperation.Hearing this, Xyla Quest moved closer to Stanley’s phone with a shocked expression.“What else was in the letter? Did she tell you why?” Stanley asked.Sebastian took a deep br

Xyla Quest was rather fond of Rachel Wood, despite not spending much time with her before. They got along quite well when they met. Xyla hoped nothing had happened to her.“Look, Rachel was crying when she wrote this letter. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but here’s a tear mark," Xyla said, pointing to a faint smudge on the letter. "What does this mean? It means she was reluctant to leave you and possibly forced to do so.”Sebastian Brenand immediately grabbed the letter to scrutinize it.Indeed, he managed to see the tear mark under the light.At that point, he became extremely upset as he found Xyla’s analysis made sense.His parents must have forced Rachel to leave him. That was the better scenario. In another, Rachel could be locked up somewhere or worse.The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt. His knees were so weak, he might fall at any second.Seeing his reaction, Xyla slowly got out of bed and gently touched his arm. “These are all just my guesses. Per

“Who told you about that?” Xyla Quest asked.Sharon Lindt answered truthfully. “A friend of mine owns the place Rachel used to work at. He was the one who told me, but I don’t know if Sebastian’s family found out about it.“I think that might be why his parents disapprove of their relationship,” she added.Xyla frowned upon realizing that they couldn't keep it a secret after all.No matter how hard Sebastian Brenand tried to hide it, the secret still ended up surfacing somehow.“You have no idea how the women in our circle talk behind each others' backs. They talk about Sebastian and his family all the time. I guess his parents probably couldn’t take it any longer," Sharon sighed.“For me, I’d give in no matter how much I disliked the girl as long as my son wants to be with her and nobody else," she went on.“Not all hostesses are immoral. Some had no other choice. I heard this was the case for Rachel. I also heard that she lost her virginity to Sebastian, and nobody else slept

“Rachel was captured after she left the house. She's still alive, that much we know. Sebastian’s parents told him Rachel would stay alive as long as he was obedient. Otherwise, she would have to die.“She even said they would occasionally send him voice notes from Rachel to let him know she was still alive.“Sebastian’s mother personally admitted to all this,” Stanley Batton said.Hearing all that made Xyla Quest's heart ache painfully. Although she wasn’t there when it happened, she could only imagine how Sebastian Brenand and Rachel Wood must have felt.Rachel, especially, must have been terrified.Most importantly, they still had no idea where she was being held hostage.“How are we sure that they have Rachel?" Xyla questioned with a thoughtful frown. "Maybe they don’t have her at all, but they’re only saying it to threaten Sebastian?”Stanley shook his head. “They contacted the person who was keeping an eye on Rachel right in front of Sebastian and allowed him to hear her vo

Sebastian Brenand’s phone instantly broke into pieces.His world had become quiet.There was dead silence around him.Although it was warm in the house, Sebastian felt chills all over his body.Leaning weakly against the couch, he stared lifelessly ahead, feeling like he couldn’t cope anymore.It was the first time he ever hated his identity.None of this would have happened if he had come from an ordinary family. He would be able to spend the rest of his life peacefully with the woman he loved.He regretted not taking Rachel Wood out of the country when his parents objected to their relationship. They would’ve been out of their reach.If they’d left sooner, none of these tragic events would’ve happened.Sebastian hated himself for still caring about his family and thought he could wait a while longer.Why did he have to wait? Where was Rachel now?His parents had lost their minds.Perhaps, Rachel was being tortured by them right now.The longer it took for Sebastian to fi