Chapter 119
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Alicia looked at the brushes and paper, her smirk cold. “So, Tiffany, you dragged me all the way here just to be your personal painter? You do realize keeping me locked up like this is illegal, right?”
Tiffany chuckled, “Alicia, you’re just an orphan. Nobody is coming for you. As long as you stay trapped here, who is ever going to find out?”
Alicia glared at Tiffany coldly. “Your whole family is completely nuts.”
Tiffany squatted down, grabbed Alicia’s chin, and sneered, “Alicia, you used to promise you’d stay home and paint, help me become Mr. West’s student, and pave the way for my fame. Why did you change? If you had just listened, we wouldn’t have had to resort to this. At least, you won’t mess things up for us again.”
“Get to painting,” she snapped, releasing Alicia’s chin.
“And if I refuse?” Alicia replied, her voice calm and steady.
“Refuse?” Tiffany let out a giggle, her laugh falsely sweet. “Then no food for you, Alicia.”
Alicia stayed silent. Then, suddenly, Tiffany dragged out two cages from the shadows. Alicia hadn’t seen them before, but as Tiffany pulled them into the light, she could see clearly now. Inside were a bunch of rats and snakes.
They seemed content for now, each lying quietly in their cage, having just been fed, looking half–asleep.
Tiffany grinned slyly. “Of course, it’s not just you going hungry, Alicia. These little creatures will have to starve
too.
“You’re so tough, Alicia. I wonder if you will be the one so starved that you eat them or they will get hungry enough to eat you first.”
Seeing those snakes and rats, Alicia couldn’t help but remember how she’d been bitten to death by these things, devoured alive and helpless in her previous life.
The pain haunted her even now, as if her body still remembered every bite.
Alicia quickly said, “I’ll paint. I’ll paint.”
Tiffany patted Alicia’s shoulder. “There we go, Alicia. If you’d just behaved like this from the start, we wouldn’t have to go through all this trouble. Come on. Focus on your painting. I’ll be showing this piece to Mr. West in two days.”
Alicia suddenly spoke up, her gaze steady. “Mr. West asked both of us to prepare a painting. I guess he likes my work too. If he doesn’t see me or my painting in two days, do you really think he won’t get suspicious?”
Tiffany admired her freshly done nails and snorted, “Just stay here and behave, Alicia. This isn’t your business to worry about. I’ll handle Mr. West myself.”
Alicia nodded. “Fine, I’ll paint. But you know this place stinks. I can hardly breathe, let alone concentrate. Any chance you could have someone clean it up here? Otherwise, my head is a mess, and there’s no way I’ll be able
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to come up with anything good. If Mr. West ends up disappointed, then that’s on you.”
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Alicia was just stalling for time, thinking. If the police don’t come here in time, I might be stuck in here a while longer. At least, if the room is cleaned, I won’t go crazy from the filth. That was the real reason she made her request to Tiffany.
Tiffany had no idea what Alicia was scheming. She coolly pulled out a phone and said in a frosty tone, “Alicia, don’t even bother trying any tricks. Your phone and that tracker have already been dug up.”
Alicia glanced over. Sure enough, it was her phone. But the tracker was nowhere to be seen.
Tiffany chuckled, “So, who were you going to send your location with the tracker? Let me guess. Was it Sienna or Hank?”
When Tiffany mentioned Hank’s name, Alicia deliberately acted flustered. Tiffany caught the expression, and her grin widened even more smugly. “Alicia, you really thought hooking that tracker up with Hank would get you rescued?”
“Alicia, you actually thought you were being clever with your little tracker stunt. Self–rescue? You don’t even see you’re just asking for trouble,” Tiffany burst out laughing. “Curious where your tracker is right now? Or maybe you’re dying to know where Hank is at this very moment?”
Alicia listened to Tiffany’s taunting, staring at that smug grin. It felt as if her face overlapped with memories from her previous life.
In her previous life, Tiffany was always like this. Even though Alicia was trapped in that dark basement, Tiffany kept rubbing it in, always showing off what was happening outside.
Alicia kept quiet, staring at Tiffany, waiting for her to spill the beans about what was happening outside.
Suddenly, a voice came from the doorway. “Tiffany.”
It was Aaron. He walked in and cut her off mid–sentence. “Give her the paper and get out. Don’t stick around,” he said coldly.
Tiffany scowled. “Aaron, why are you even here? You’re not supposed to be around. Dad said I’m the only one allowed near Alicia.”
Aaron was clearly annoyed by Tiffany’s tone and the way she treated him.
He couldn’t help but think back to when Tiffany had just come back. She was all smiles and obedient, always trying to curry favor with them. But now she acted like he was invisible.
He frowned and said, “I’m your elder brother. Is that seriously how you speak to me now?”
Tiffany was getting impatient, but she hadn’t grabbed everything she wanted yet. ‘I have to keep my brothers happy for now, she reminded herself, swallowing her frustration and putting on a sweet smile as she said, “Aaron, this place is filthy and messy. I just don’t want you breathing in all that stink. Come on, let’s head out together.”
As she spoke, she walked over and slipped her arm through his.
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