The more she thought about it, the angrier and more jealous she felt. Her face was contorted with fury.

"I see." Natalie gave a jeering laugh.

"How would you like to deal with her?" Shane asked Natalie.

Hannah's heart began hammering wildly at the discussion of her fate.

"Don't you dare do anything to me," Hannah warned in a shaky voice. "There are laws in this country."

Natalie is going to have me killed. They have the resources to order a hit on me and clean up my body so that my death will never be discovered.

Sally chuckled. "Do you think we're going to kill you? Incapacitate you, perhaps? As you said, we live in a society governed by law. We're not going to any of those things."

"Really?" Hannah gazed up, her eyes shining with hope.

Natalie nodded. "We're not going to kill or incapacitate you. Though what you did was disgusting, it doesn't warrant a death sentence. However, we are not going to let you off the hook. You'll be taken to the police station and be charged for malicious intimidation."

"Do you intend for me to go to prison?" Hannah cried in a hysterical voice.

Sally rolled her eyes. "What you did was illegal. Isn't prison what you deserve? Well, the other alternative would be for us to break both your legs. How does that sound?"

Hannah shivered as she gazed horrorstruck at each of them in turn.

They are cold-blooded monsters to suggest such a heinous act so calmly as though it's something they do often.

Sally smirked with satisfaction at Hannah's fright. "Think about it. You'll be exchanging your freedom for "

"I choose prison! I choose prison!" Hannah interjected hastily before Sally could finish her threat.

Sally smiled. "You choose wisely. It's better to be going to prison with your legs intact."

Hannah did not reply as the hatred that had been bubbling in her heart rendered her unable to speak.

Yes, having my legs is definitely preferable, but I don't want to go to jail!

It appears my fate has been decided for me. I shouldn't have picked a fight with Natalie.

Filled with regrets, Hannah could only accept her fate in silence.

"Silas," Shane ordered as he pulled Natalie to her feet. "Take her to the police station."

"Yes, sir."

"I'll come along," said Sally at once. "We were classmates, after all."

"Go on, then." Natalie nodded with approval.

It did not take long for Sally and Silas to march Hannah off to the police station with her arms pinned behind her back.

Then, Natalie and Shane returned to their room in the clubhouse with the intention of taking the children for breakfast before going home to their villa.

Now that Hannah has been apprehended, there would be no more unpleasant surprises in the mail.

On the way up to their bedroom, Natalie suddenly lamented, "I'd always thought that Jacqueline was behind this. I did not imagine that it would be Hannah instead."

"I didn't see this coming, either," admitted Shane.

Natalie gave a bitter chuckle. "I was negligent too. I thought that my enemies only consisted of Jacqueline and Jasmine. Since Jasmine was sent away to the mental hospital, the next possibility would have been Jacqueline or Sean. Since I did not account for Hannah's hatred toward me, I had never seen her as a threat."

This incident is a wake-up call. Every grudge must be taken into consideration no matter how insignificant it is. At the slightest misstep, I could be plunged into danger before I even know it.

As Natalie did not have a huge grudge against Hannah, she had never taken the latter seriously as a threat. After getting rid of Jasmine, Natalie thought that she had seen the last of Hannah.

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