Everyone was stunned by the situation happening before their eyes. Jane was so frightened that she was frozen in place. She was a gentle woman and has always stayed far away from fighting and killings. She also had never offended anyone. Who would have thought she would have such an encounter when she was just out shopping with a few friends and her child? Jane was truly scared out of her wits.
However, the two-year-old boy, Ricky, did not feel the slightest bit of fear. When he saw the shiny knife, Ricky used his hands to grab it instead.
On the other hand, Sabrina, who was at the side, was very calm. She did not want to frighten Ricky, so she rushed over as fast as she could and wanted to use her body to block the knife for Ricky.
Everything happened in a blink of an eye, and there was no room for anyone to think much about anything. Just as Sabrina shielded Ricky, someone already moved quicker than Sabrina to block in front o f both Sabrina and Ricky, and with a swift lift of a foot, that knife was kicked away. Immediately after that, with a backhanded horizontal pull, that person dislocated the arm of the woman manning the stall, who was holding a knife, in one fell swoop. By the third move, the woman, the vendor, was already forcefully pushed to the ground. She rolled on the ground and shouted in pain. "Ouch!" One of her arms,
however, was not able to move at all.
"You, who are you?" The woman on the ground raised her head in pain to look at the woman who beat her u P-
Isadora looked down at her from up above. "Lily Parker! Never mind if I don't find you, but you actually came to me yourself! Do you think that because you've already gotten used to bullying Jane, you can't spare her for even a moment and you can't even spare her two-year-old son? Then, let me tell you something! Don't even think about it in this lifetime, Lily Parker. I, Isadora Yeatman, will be by Jane's side twenty-four hours a day. I will use my life to protect her and her son. Even if it were anyone else, nobody should even think of doing anything to Jane, let alone you! Don't even think about laying a finger on Jane!"
It was after they heard Isadora saying so that Jane, Sabrina, Ruth, Yvonne, and also Aino realized that the person who was struck to the ground turned out to be Lily. All of them were stunned. That was because the woman on the ground had a head full of white hair, and her white hairs even more than her black hairs. Also, her face was covered in freckles and looked old. The skin of her face was even sagging severely. How could that be Lily? No matter what, she was only 30 years old, so she could not have aged that quickly.
Seeing the way the few of them were stunned, Lily was so resentful that tears streamed down her face. Even after being stepped on by Isadora, Lily still gritted her teeth in anger. "All of you! Every one of you is making fun of me, aren't you? Yes! That's right! I am Lily Parker! Thanks to you, the group of demons, the part in me that could showcase my femininity had been long gone! It had long been taken out of me by that devil, Holden, so my hormones have been imbalanced for a very long time! That's right! I am aging very rapidly. I, Lily Parker, am the descendant of an eminent family in Kidon City who had been practicing medicine for generations. However, I was set up by a bunch of shady things like you guys. I won't have it! I just won't have it!"
Yvonne was the most naive, so she blurted out asking, "How are you still alive?" 1
After asking that, Yvonne looked at Jane and asked again, "Jane, you guys...this woman had done so many evil things and had harmed so many people. How come you and Mister Poole still let her live?"
Jane sighed. "She had indeed done plenty of evil, but her father is a good man and a good doctor who had helped countless people by practicing medicine. Also, the Parker family and the Poole family had been friends for generations. Originally, Alex was also going to punish Lily...however, her father came and pleaded for mercy. He asked Alex to spare Lily's life at the very least, and let her fend for herself. Lily's father also said that the Parker family would cut all ties with Lily and they would not let Lily inherit a single share o f the Parker family's properties. Lily's father only wanted her to live. The old man was already so old, so Alex could not say no to him. Therefore, he spared
Lily's life and she was not allowed to leave the borders of Kidon City. This way, it would be also easier to keep an eye on her and see if she had turned over a new leaf. Who knew that she would still want to kill my child even when she has already ended up like this! How vicious!"
At that moment, Jane had already regained her senses. She held her precious little child and glared at Lily while still feeling frightened.
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