Chapter 57 Animal in Disy
Chapter 57 Animal in Disy
She was nothing more than a clown–something for others tough at.
Tess’s fingers curled tighter and tighter.
“Mrs.”
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Before Zane could prompt her a third time, Tess yanked off the mask covering her face.
Her pale, delicate features were exposed for all to see: A faint pink scar, raw from healing, ran down her cheek–an unmistakable reminder of suffering.
It was as if the entire world had hit pause.
Everyone stared at the woman in the center, and the noisy whispers from just a moment ago faded into utter silence.
“Oh my God! That’s Ms. Tess!”
Someone gasped and quickly covered their mouth, but in the hush, the soundnded like a stone in water–sharp and echoing.
Dozens of eyes turned her way, each with its own reaction, all locked on the woman who kept her head lowered.
She seemed to have lost all strength and sound, like a withered flower, limp and lifeless against the ground.
Her face betrayed no emotion, but her knees were trembling, her joints aching from the cold that had begun seeping in.
In that moment, she felt like she was back in prison again–stripped of everything, dignity and all.
Her eyes squeezed shut as a bitterugh escaped her lips.
“She’sughing? After all this?”
“That’s the woman who dared steal confidential documents from Mr. Lock. Shameless<b>.</b><b>” </b>
“Tess, yourugh is hideous. Honestly, crying would be better.”
Nadine giggled, her hand pressed to her lips in mockery.
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Zane, watching it all unfold, felt a chill sink into his bones. That wasn’tughter–he could see it inly now; she was crying.
No, it’s something far worse.
If Mr. Lock see this…
Frantically, Zane sent him a message. “Mrs. Lock is here. It’s bad.”
The response came instantly. “I’m outside.”
Tess instinctively tried to cover her back, pressing her palms down to offer even the tiniest bit of warmth.
But her back had gone stiff and numb, crawling with invisible ants biting through bone.
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She looked around, dazed. Anyone who met her gaze flinched in shock before dropping their heads, whispering behind cupped hands.
More people entered the lobby by the minute, the quiet soon reced with murmuring voices and passing footsteps.
“How … how did Ms. Tess end up like this?”
A whisper floated by, only to be swallowed up by the noise of approaching footsteps.
Tess had endured countless nightmares in prison.
That ce was hell.
Everyone said she came back a different person, but they had no idea. That year in prison had nearly killed her. She would’ve lost all reason–if not for La.
She clutched her knees with both hands as a creeping chill slithered up her legs like tangled
vines.
The cold crawled from her knees to her chest, then stretched out wed limbs that sank their teeth into her heart, wrapping around it tight, refusing to let go.
Prison had been a pit of demons.
The moment she arrived, she became a target.
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They bullied her, made her wash their clothes, and scrub their dishes. One mistake, and it was verbal abuse–or worse, they left her outside in the dead of winter.
Within a year, Tess went from pride of the elite to a breathing shell.
She’d gone from rage to despair to numbness.
Tess squeezed her eyes shut and forced herself to pull away from those memories.
Her legs had once been broken. Every time they got cold, they throbbed with a phantom pain–as if the bones were shattering all over again.
Two hours for bowing was torture.
Before long, cold sweat had soaked through her back.
The chill in her knees spread up through her thighs and calves, and soon, she could feel the stiffness creeping through both legs.
Across the room, Nadine narrowed her eyes. She scoffed at Tess’s contorted expression.
<i>Seriously</i>? <i>Just </i><i>from </i><i>bowing </i><i>for </i><i>a </i><i>while</i><i>? </i><i>You </i><i>made </i><i>it </i><i>through </i><i>prison</i>, <i>and </i><i>now </i><i>you </i><i>can’t </i><i>handle </i><i>this</i><i>? </i>
Nadine crossed her arms and snorted.
Zane’s eyes darted around the exits, searching anxiously for any sign of Finn.
“What’s Ms. Tess doing here?”
“Still calling her awyer? She’s been cklisted for ages.”
“Tsk. Is she here to beg Mr. Lock for forgiveness?”
The mocking was relentless.
Tess’s spine slowly curled inward, her strength buckling under the emotional weight.
Sweat clung to her forehead, stering wisps of hair to her face.
She felt like an animal on disy, poked and prodded in public–right here in the very ce where she had once made her mark.
A bitter smile crept across her lips.
Nadine’s cruelty had no limits. And yet Tess could do nothing.
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Then, the sound of footsteps–strong and sharp–cut through the air, silencing every whisper.
A tall man strode in, surrounded by suited bodyguards andpany executives.
The crowd immediately lowered their heads! “Mr. Lock.”
Finn’s brows furrowed slightly as he scanned the lobby for her.
As if moved by instinct, the crowd parted, leaving a clear path.
And there, finally exposed in the open, a woman bowed in the center of the lobby.
Finn’s pupils contracted.
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The sight of her hit him raw. His chest seized with pain as the image burned into his mind.