He grabbed my hair and ruthlessly kicked me in the chest.
The kick was so heavy that I coughed up blood.
My chest throbbed with excruciating pain, as if my whole body was falling apart.
Mommy! Mommy!”
My daughter’s heartbreaking screams came from behind me.
Marcus didn’t seem satisfied. He turned and slapped my daughter, sending her sprawling onto the ground.
“You little brute! If your mom can’t control you, I’ll teach you a lesson!”
Hearing my child’s cries, my heart twisted with pain.
9:20 AM
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I struggled to crawl towards her, but Marcus stepped on my head, pinning me to the ground.
Vanessa walked over, hugged my crying daughter, and clamped her hand over Lily’s mouth, forcibly muffling her cries. Lily’s face turned bright
red from holding her breath.
“Sister Aurora, since you don’t know how to raise a child, making her suffer so much, why don’t you let me take her?”
Marcus looked down at me with a cold sneer. “Stop talking nonsense. This woman doesn’t deserve to be a mother. The child belongs to me today. You’ll never see her again.”
His leather shoe pressed down heavily on my back, and he continued with his cruel words: “She can’t even control a child. If this keeps up, this little brat will grow up to be just like you, causing trouble. Might as well get rid of her now.”
“Marcus!” I shrieked, suddenly grabbing his ankle, my nails digging into his flesh. I screamed the truth hysterically-
“She’s only three! She’s not your child at all! She’s Caleb Hayes’s child! And I’m Caleb Hayes’s wife, the current Mrs. Hayes!”
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As my voice echoed.
Everyone’s faces instantly changed.
Then, piercing laughter erupted.
“Hahaha, Mr. Sterling, what is this woman spouting? If she’s Mrs. Hayes, then I must be the richest person in the world! Are you serious? Is she
out of her mind?!”
“What nonsense! Everyone knows Mr. Hayes’s wife is a beautiful, elegant woman. This tramp, picking up garbage, thinks she can compare?”
“Yeah, and the Hayes family only has one young master. That little girl beside her isn’t even fit to carry Mr. Hayes’s son’s shoes.”
Amidst the noisy laughter, Marcus grabbed me and yanked me off the ground.
“Aurora Hayes, you really don’t prepare your lies, do you? Someone as high–and–mighty as Caleb Hayes, do you think he’d even glance at a woman like you, a woman I tossed aside?”
Marcus’s eyes were full of contempt, as if I were a piece of dirt on the ground.
“I was actually wondering if you were genuinely remorseful, if I could take you back. But it turns out you’re not only unrepentant, you’re also trying to cling to Mr. Hayes. Aurora Hayes, your very essence is worse than this trash. No matter how much you wash, you’re still garbage.”
Before he finished speaking, Marcus picked up a nearby garbage can and dumped it over my head.
The putrid smell quickly enveloped me, making me gag.
The surrounding managers pinched their noses and laughed.
“Well done! That’s how you teach people like her a lesson.”
One man offered a suggestion.
