BookToReadChapter 516:
Mabel finally stepped out of her loneliness and imprisonment after a long time. She opened the door, took a few
steps away from her room, and entered the living room. Sincerely, she wasn’t used to that kind of space.
That wasn’t the case in the previous house. She had to walk down a corridor and a flight of stairs to get to the
living room from her room. This apartment that was thought to be spacious was unbearably small.
On getting to the living room, she looked around, yet there was no sign of Glenda. That was when she turned to
Lanny, who recently seemed downcast as though something was eating him up.
She walked to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of water, and casually asked, “Dad, where did Mom go? When is
she coming back?”
Lanny opened his eyes, glanced at her, and closed them back. “She’ll cback when she wants to.”
His words got Mabel confused. “What do you mean by that? Where did she go to? Did she travel to a far place?”
Lanny didn’t explain further.
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Mabel thought something was off about him, but she couldn't place her finger on what it was. She threw another
question at him, “When will the rebuilding of our villa be completed? | don’t want to live here anymore.”
She quickly shut her mouth and nervously looked at Lanny to see his reaction when she realized that her words
were inappropriate.
Lanny surprisingly didn’t react at all to what she had said. He was completely indifferent.
This attitude of his was extremely odd, she thought. She awkwardly returned to her room in silence with a bottle
of water in her hand.
She messaged Kaelyn when she got to her room, complaining about Lanny’s sudden strange behavior to her.
After a while, Kaelyn replied, “Are you not aware? Weren't you informed by your dad?”
Mabel laid on the bed and typed, “Nope. He didn’t say anything to me.”
Kaelyn’s reply cin immediately. “That's strange. He ought to have told you that your mom had been held
hostage by Jayden.”
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Mabel stared at her phone screen for a while in shock, trying to understand her words. “You mean my mom was
imprisoned? Why? Why would my dad hold back something so important from me?”
“I don’t know why, but you can ask him yourself if you don’t believe me, though | doubt he'll tell you the truth.
You should go directly to Jayden.”
Mabel tightly gripped her phone for stin shock. Then she slowly left her room to meet Lanny, who was
seated on the sofa. “Dad, | would like you to be precise. Where did Mom go?”
After a moment of silence, he answered, “She went out to have fun. She'll be back before you know it.”
Mabel dialed Glenda’s number right there, but her phone was switched off.
She couldn't help but tremble. “Dad, her phone is turned off. Why would she turn it off if she was out having
fun?”
Lanny calmly made up another excuse. “She was probably having so much fun that she forgot to charge her
phone. You can try again later.”
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Mabel could no longer bear it. She flared up, “Dad! Why don’t you tellthe truth? Where is she? Is she being
held hostage by Jayden? | demand an answer!”
Lanny froze for a second, after which he glared at her and demanded harshly, “Where did you get that
information from?”
“It doesn’t matter. What matters now is that | know. So tellif Mom is really held hostage by Jayden. Tell me
this instant!” Mabel screamed at the top of her voice.
She felt tormented more by his silence and indifferent demeanor. She hysterically shouted, “Dad! Mom was
captured and you just sit still? Are you going to leave her there and do nothing? Did you even love her?”
“Shut your mouth! This has nothing to do with you. Stay out of it! Get back to your room and don’t leave there
until I say so!” he thundered, pointing to the door.
Mabel thought Lanny was utterly ridiculous. She couldn't believe any of it. His wife was imprisoned, and he did
nothing, yet he had the guts to command authority over her?
Unfiltered hatred for him could be seen in her eyes. “Mom practically spent her whole life by your side. She
never imagined her husband to be such a coward, did she? It's been days already, and you show no concern, yet
you tellto stay out of it.”
With a scoff, she added, “I won't be a coward like you.”
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