Became A Queen After divorce

Until now, Ruth had never called her. She was surprised for a second before quickly answering.

“Ruth, have you finally forgiven me?”

“Sorry, I’ve been too busy lately to explain things to you.”

“That day at the hospital, I…”

Before she could finish, Ruth interrupted her. Through the phone, Pearl seemed to hear the noise of loud music in the background.

“Stop talking!”

Ruth didn’t want to hear anything about her and Sam now. It would only make her more heartbroken and sad.

“Ruth~”

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“I just want to ask you, are we still friends?”

Her voice sounded particularly ethereal, intermittently like she was drunk.

Connecting this with the music she heard earlier, Pearl guessed Ruth was probably at a bar and drunk.

Such places were full of shady characters. Ruth was so innocent and gullible; being there was like a lamb entering a tiger’s den.

“Ruth, where are you? Have you been drinking?”

“Tell me the address, I’ll come get you. If you run into Lord Parker’s people, it could be trouble.”

Pearl’s concern sounded insincere to Ruth.

She didn’t need her reminders; she had already encountered Lord Parker.

When she was suffering in the villa, where was Pearl?

What kind of friend was she?

If Pearl really considered her a friend, why didn’t she answer her calls?

Why hadn’t she cared about her situation all these years?

Ruth wasn’t alone; Lord Parker and his friends, the same men who had violated her, were there too.

The men stared at her like hungry wolves. Lord Parker tapped his fingers on the table, urging her to hurry up.

Seeing his signal, Ruth quickly got to the point.

“I’m in Room 3 at Hotspring Resort. I’ve had a bit to drink. Come pick me up.”

To ensure accuracy, Ruth added:

“Come alone. Don’t bring anyone! Otherwise, we’re not friends anymore. Got it?”

“But…”

Pearl looked at Sasha beside her with difficulty. She couldn’t leave her alone at the zoo; but Ruth wouldn’t let her bring anyone else, and Hotspring Resort wasn’t suitable for children.

“Wait for me. I’ll arrange for the child and then come.”

Ruth feared it was just an excuse and gave her only ten minutes.

“Ah, ten minutes…”

Ten minutes wasn’t enough.

But Ruth insisted: “If you don’t come, you might never see me again. Because I will die, really… die!”

These words left Pearl confused and worried that Ruth might be suicidal.

“What do you mean die? Ruth, what’s wrong? Don’t scare me.”

“I’m coming right now. Don’t do anything foolish, okay?”

Whether Ruth was her friend or not, Pearl couldn’t stand by and watch a life disappear.

So she decided to go find Ruth herself.

Ruth abruptly hung up.

The lingering voice seemed to tell Pearl that Ruth might have already done something foolish.

Pearl was anxious to go to Hotspring Resort, but what about Sasha?

Sasha vaguely heard words like “friend,” “die,” and “hot spring.”

She looked at Pearl with innocent longing and asked softly, “Pearl, aren’t we going to the zoo?”

Pearl knelt down, gently holding the little girl’s shoulders and whispered, “Sasha, I’m sorry. This time I have to break my promise.”

“I have a friend who is in great danger and urgently needs my help.”

“So I can’t take you to the zoo today. Can we go another day?”

She worried Sasha might be upset or throw a tantrum, but the little girl nodded understandingly.

Her small mouth moved as she comforted Pearl: “It’s okay. The zoo won’t run away, but Pearl’s friend might.”

“Don’t worry, Pearl. Your friend will be fine.”

She was so sweet that it was impossible not to love her. Pearl kissed Sasha on the cheek.

“Sasha is so good! Next time I’ll give you a Barbie doll that I made myself.”

“For now… I’ll call your Uncle Sam to come pick you up.”

“Okay.”

Coincidentally, when Pearl called Sam, he had just left to look for them and had forgotten his phone in the study.

On the other end, unable to reach him, Pearl grew increasingly anxious as the ten minutes ticked away.

“Why isn’t he answering…”

Sasha knew she was a burden to Pearl right now.

She felt guilty thinking: “If it weren’t for me, Pearl would have already left to save her friend.”

At that moment, the little girl suggested a solution.

“I can take a taxi home by myself. Don’t worry about me, Pearl. I remember Red Maple Villa’s location clearly.”

“This… can you really do it? No, no, I can’t let a child go alone.”

In Taswya, child abduction cases were far more common than in Chulae or Metshire because they believed in Kuman Thong. Kuman Thong were made from dead infants’ bodies turned into powder or mummies.

Illegal merchants stole infant bodies from hospitals for profit.

But there weren’t enough infants for their needs.

So they started targeting lone children.

They kidnapped lone children, killed them brutally, and made them into Kuman Thong for sale.

Especially children aged 1-5 were prime targets for criminals!

Sasha was so smart and cute; if she got caught by bad people, she would cry herself to death.

“Forget it. I’ll take you home first. As for Ruth, I should still make it in time.”

“Thank you, Pearl. I’m sorry for causing trouble.”

They retraced their steps and took a taxi from the zoo entrance.

At Hotspring Resort, Lord Parker impatiently hung up the phone and stared at Ruth with a chilling gaze.

“I’ve made the call.”

Whether Pearl would come or not was uncertain.

The next second, the man roughly grabbed her hair and punched her in the face.

Ruth’s face immediately became bruised and swollen.

He yelled angrily: “You useless thing! You can’t even get someone here!”

“If Pearl doesn’t come this time, I’ll lock you in a cage.”