Chapter 1070


    “Without it, I would rather die!” Sophia cried out.


    Betty hadn’t had any first-hand experience with medication reliance.


    Though Sophia wore a crooked expression, she gleaned a fleeting insight into the agony of drug


    withdrawal.


    “About Jeffrey… Have you managed to deal with him?” Sophia suddenly inquired in a sly manner.


    Betty’s heart dropped. She replied softly, “I have arranged someone to handle it. The only thing is, that


    person hasn’t gotten back to me till now. I’m afraid that they haven’t done it yet.”


    “So useless! All of them are good-for-nothings!” Sophia opened her eyes wide in fury.


    “Mom, we’re talking about a prison here. It’s good enough that I was able to find someone to do the


    work for you.


    “His movements in there are limited. Unlike the outside, he can’t just do as he wishes. So, please just


    wait a little longer. We should hear back very soon.”


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    “Wait? How can I bear to wait? Each day that Jeffrey is still alive… My heart is just like a cat on a hot


    tin roof. I can’t sleep nor eat well!”


    In her nervousness, Sophia began to pace. She said, “I’m certain that Alyssa and Jasper have met with


    him. Plus, they are surely thinking of a way to make him open his mouth and testify against me!


    “If I let him live… It would only be a matter of time before he rats me out!”


    Betty also knew that the stakes were high. But she truly had no better wuy.


    So, she could say, “Calm down, Mom. Iw cross her fingers and


    Jeffrey wanted to rat you out, he would have done so long ago. Why would he wait until now? I guess


    you’re not the one he hates the most, but Jasper and Alyssa!


    “He had taken so many lives with his hands before he came to work for you. But he was still able to


    come over safely.


    “He probably never expected all his hard work to be ruined in Alyssa’s and Jasper’s hands. That is why


    he hasn’t exposed you to this date.”


    Sophia nodded as she listened to Betty. She also thought that Betty sounded reasonable.


    Suddenly, a knock at the door made both of them jump!


    “Who is it?” Sophia asked as she walked into the living room.


    “Madam Sophia, it’s me,” Rory replied emotionlessly.


    The look in Sophia’s eyes dimmed. She opened the door just a and peeped callously at Rory, who was


    standing at the door.


    Rory greeted her, then said respectfully, “Madam Sophia, Mr. J sent me to pass a message to you.


    Please apany him in attending the horse race this weekend.”


    Sophia yanked the door open. “Javier asked me to go with him? I’m not grounded anymore?” she


    asked. She was so excited that her voice was trembling.


    “You are the one who has always apanied Mr. Javier to attend the annual horse racing event. This


    year will not be an exception.”


    “Great! I will surely attend. I will be there!”


    She closed the door. Tears were welling up in her eyes. She was in a frenzy of delight.


    After a month of being grounded, she was finally about to be able to see the light of day again.


    Was this proof that Javier was no longer mad at her? Was the tension between them alleviated now?


    But…


    Her current awkward condition, the one whereby she would lose control of her dder once she


    stopped taking the medication, came to mind.


    Furthermore, this sort of situation was unpredictable, even to her. She had no control over it at all.


    She would fall into disrepute if she urinated involuntarily at the horse. race. Not only that, Javier would


    also hate her to the bone.


    However, if she didn’t attend, it wouldn’t be respectful toward Javier. This was even more difficult to


    handle.


    She felt like she was at her wits’ end,


    Then, Betty approached her and whispered in a low voice, “Mom, are you worried about your health?”


    “Betty, what do I do? I’m really in deep shit now!”


    Sophia sank to the ground and sat there limply. She put her head in her hands in much pain.


    “If I don’t have it, I will lose control of my dder. Not only that, I will be unable to fall asleep all night


    and lose sleep. My mind is a mess, and I keep hearing things. All that noise is making me go mad!”


    She saw and heard things, and eventually, she would start having hallucinations, too.


    She was losing control over everything. But as long as she injected me any prooviivou vy matun, uni


    It wasn’t just that. She would even feel rejuvenated. Her energy would be renewed. She couldn’t part


    with it. She really couldn’t.