Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 832

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This was Elaine's hometown.

It was a small town with a small population, so the news would spread like wildfire instantly here if anything happened.

Therefore, when she got home, the entire neighborhood knew about her return.

Her family lived in a small shop. Her parents operated a small snack shop on the first floor while the entire family lived on the second floor.

When she went home, Nyla, the vendor who was selling fruits next door, greeted her, "Oh, Elaine! Why did you come back all of a sudden?"

With a polite smile, Elaine asked, "Hi, Nyla. Is my mom home?"

"We chatted for a while this morning, and I think someone asked her to play cards at noon, so she closed the shop and went. She didn't come back yet?"

"No, the door is closed..."

The door of the shop was a roller shutter door and it was locked. Elaine didn't have the key, so she couldn't go in.

Nyla quickly invited her into her shop. "Come here and sit. I'll call your mom and ask her to come back quickly."

"Thank you, Nyla."

"You're welcome."

After entering Nyla's house, she took out a chair for her to sit. "Here's some fresh fruits. Eat some."

Nyla took out the cut fruit and placed it in front of her.

"Thanks, but I'll just wait. You can keep it."

Donning a warm smile, Nyla knew that she was always sensible and down-to-earth, so she quickly went to the cashier to make a phone call.

When the phone was connected, Nyla asked for her mom, and after a while, the person at the other end of the line said, "She said that she's busy, so she'll talk to you after she goes home."

Elaine's mother enjoyed playing cards, and she wouldn't end her game abruptly once she started playing.

But she was waiting for her to open the door.

Nyla said to the phone, "Tell her that her daughter is back and ask her to come back soon."

"Wait," the person on the other end uttered, and after a while, the same voice sounded, "She said that she can't leave now and to let the girl come and get the key by herself. It's a bad omen to end the game after only two rounds."

After that, the person growled impatiently, "Anything else? I'll hang up now."

With that, he immediately ended the call.

Holding the phone awkwardly, Nyla lamented, "Your mom said that she can't come back now, so she asked you to go get the keys from her..."

Nodding, Elaine stood up and said, "Okay. Thank you, Nyla."

"You're welcome. You know the way, right? It's the poker room where your mother often goes."

"I know."

"Okay. You'd better go quickly then."

"Hmm."

After Elaine left, Nyla sighed pitifully.

It was a well-known fact that it was Elaine who supported her entire family financially all this while, but they had been treating her badly.

The neighbors often wished that they could have such an obedient and sensible daughter who could earn money in their family.

They wouldn't treat her so badly for sure.

It was such a pity.

When Elaine came to the poker room, she could hear her mom complaining even before she stepped in, "You again! Why do you always win?!"

"It's my lucky day today. Sorry."

"Enough with your bullshit! Hurry, another round. No one is allowed to leave the table until I win!"

The sound of the cards shuffling echoed across the tiny room as Elaine walked over and called, "Mom."

Mrs. Jacob turned around and glanced at her. "You're back."

Her tone was flat and emotionless.

"Yes." She said with a smile, "I just arrived." Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

After not seeing her mother for a year, she looked good.

Mrs. Jacob continued playing cards as she blurted, "The key is over there. Take it yourself and go home. I want to play for a few more rounds."

After taking the key, Elaine saw that she knew the players at the table, so she greeted them politely.

"Good girl. Look at you, becoming prettier and prettier. You look like a city girl now."

Smiling politely, Elaine was about to go out when Mrs. Jacob's monotonous voice resonated.

"Before you go home, go to the market, buy some food, and cook dinner. I want to eat something after the game. Don't be stingy and buy something nice."

With a hum, she extended her hand to Mrs. Jacob, and Mrs. Jacob squinted at her in disdain.

"What?"

"I came back in a hurry, so I didn't bring my wallet. Give me some money and I'll go buy some food."

When Mrs. Jacob heard this, she glared at her. "Oh, you don't have money? And you think I have money? D*mn you, thinking about exploiting our money as soon as you come home! If you don't have money, how did you buy the ticket to come back? You little liar! How dare you lie to your mother!"

She was getting nastier and nastier that her friends persuaded awkwardly, "Forget it. She's still young..."

Without saying anything, Elaine held the key tightly and left.

Before leaving, she heard her mother spit at her and cursed, "D*mn, no wonder I keep losing. It's because of her!"

Exhausted after standing for hours on the train, when she got home, all she wanted was to rest, but when she opened her bedroom door, she realized that it had been transformed into a storage room.

All kinds of things were piled up in it.

She had no choice but to go to Zoe's room, lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and had a rest.

She wondered if Dr. Perkins would be mad at her for leaving Beachmarsh City quietly.

Maybe he would.

He asked her to take care of his grandfather, but she sneaked away...

However, she had no choice but to leave. Once she left, Vincent would not plot against him...

Clutching her phone tightly, she did not dare to turn it on for Dr. Perkins might call her as soon as it was turned on.

As she thought about this, she gradually fell asleep.

In her dream, Howard was questioning her, "Why did you leave?"

Just as she was about to explain, the scene changed and she saw Vincent holding her hand and pulling her into the darkness...

She was so frightened that she wanted to get rid of him, but she couldn't. She asked him what he wanted to do, and he said that he was going to lock her up in an iron cage so that she couldn't run

away anymore...

With a shrill scream, Elaine woke up and felt a sharp pain all over her body.

Her mother's voice rang in her ear, "D*mned girl, why didn't you cook?! You ungrateful b*stard!"

After saying that, she started slapping her again.

Instinctively, Elaine tried to block her assault.

When Mrs. Jacob saw that she had woken up, she shouted even louder, "How dare you block my hand? Where's the food that I asked you to buy?"

She was already in a bad mood because she had lost money on the poker game just now, but when she got home, she was infuriated as there was no food on the table, and the d*mn girl was actually sleeping!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, so she couldn't stop slapping her.

Elaine, who was suffering the blow while lying on the bed, suddenly turned over and glared at her. "Enough!"

Her revolt caught Mrs. Jacob by surprise.

Pushing Mrs. Jacob's hand away from her, Elaine growled, "Are you addicted to beating me? What did I do to piss you off? Is it because you lost money, and you want to vent your anger at me? Am I your daughter? How can you do this to me?! Other parents would be over the moon to see their children come home, but you, on the other hand, went gambling!"