At the same time, in Amaya’s hospital room.
Amaya was biting her lips and pacing anxiously around the hospital room. Even so, her gaze remained fixed on the phone in her hand.
She was waiting for a call from Felix.
Felix had accepted her proposal to divorce without much hesitation.
He was an excellent businessman and excelled at negotiation.
Wouldn’t Felix be able to persuade Lola well and get a smooth settlement?
Amaya was secretly hopeful and felt a glimmer of hope.
All she needed was a statement from Lola that she didn’t want to press charges. Then, the case would be closed without going through the indictment process at the police stage, so Amaya firmly believed in Felix’s abilities.
‘But why haven’t I heard from him yet?’
Just as she was gnawing at her fingernails and staring intently at her phone.
Rrrrrr.
Amaya couldn’t help but be delighted when the phone rang, the call she had been eagerly waiting for.
Touching the receive button for a long time,
“Honey, how did it go?”
She asked in a soft voice, which was very different from her usual tone.
-Hey! Amaya. You’re not human. A human wouldn’t be able to do something so dog-like. But as soon as a sharp voice scolding her came from the other end of the line, Amaya’s face instantly crumpled.
Even so, Felix’s harsh and fierce words poured out like a flood.
-Even the devil is better than you. I shudder to think that I lived with such a terrible woman like you for two years.
“Stop talking nonsense and tell me what happened.”
Amaya, angry at Felix’s attitude, which was different from what she had expected, breathed roughly and snapped sharply.
-The point?
Felix snorted once and warned her sternly, firing off like a machine gun.
-Amaya, just shut up and stamp the papers. And you clean up the mess you made! Don’t call me again about this. If you don’t stamp the papers by next week, I’m going to file a lawsuit. Then you won’t get a single penny of alimony!
Without giving Amaya a chance to speak, the call was cut off.
“Felix! You son of a bitch!”
Amaya’s face turned red as she cursed, overwhelmed by the rising anger.
“Aaaaaah!”
Unable to control the emotions of anger that were constantly rising from within, she began to wreak havoc, smashing things in the hospital room.
Then, exhausted, she collapsed weakly to the floor.
Thinking that she couldn’t just die like this, Amaya called someone with trembling hands.
If they didn’t answer this time, she was going to try everything, even if it meant they both died. Amaya’s expression as she waited for the signal to connect was ominous and terrifying.
The beeping sound was chillingly close to her ear. For Amaya, the waiting felt like an eternity.
As soon as the person on the other end picked up, Amaya burst out, spewing curses as if venting her pent-up anger.
“Nia, you rotten bitch! Why are you ignoring my calls?”
One might expect her to be taken aback, but Nia’s voice, flowing through the speaker, was calm, laced with a clear warning.
-This one’s got a filthy mouth. If you keep flapping that trap of yours, I’m hanging up.
“Nia, you can’t do this to me. Did you forget our deal? I’m not going down alone! If something happens to me, you won’t be able to escape responsibility either.”
Amaya twisted her lips, snarling as she spoke, but
-What’s with the sudden outburst?
Nia acted as if she had no idea what Amaya was talking about.
Amaya found Nia’s feigned innocence utterly detestable.
If Nia were in front of her, she would grab her by the hair and shake her senseless.
Suppressing the rage that was rising to her throat, Amaya muttered through gritted teeth.
“I tormented Lola to my heart’s content, just like you wanted!”
-So, did Lola die or something?
“That woman got hurt! That’s why I’m being sued for assault now.”
Whose fault do you think this is?
I did what I had to do, so I was trying to make it clear that it was Nia’s turn to step up, but
-Oh, that’s too bad.
Amaya couldn’t hold back her anger at the sarcastic tone.
“What! You rotten bitch! You said you’d take care of everything!”
-When did I say that? Do you have proof?
“Ah, ah! So, you’re going to play it like that, huh? I can tell Lola everything. You won’t be safe either.”
A rough, panting sound, whether from suppressed anger or murderous intent, escaped from Amaya’s tightly clenched teeth.
Silence hung in the air for a moment on the other end of the line, before a haughty voice came through.
-Amaya, you were quite famous back in school, weren’t you? Always causing trouble, bullying others, making a scene. Your parents must have suffered a lot because of you.
“…….”
Amaya hadn’t expected this kind of counterattack from Nia, and her mind suddenly went blank.
-You know how big of an issue school violence is these days, right? If this blows up, it’ll be a huge blow to your parents, too. They value their reputation so much, do you think they’ll just let you off the hook? Amaya, I have all the evidence. Did you really think I’d make a deal with you without any insurance?
Amaya’s heart clenched at the sound of her giggling.
It was Nia’s scheme.
Only now did Amaya realize that she had been foolish and pathetic, caught in Nia’s trap, and was being helplessly taken advantage of.
A painful groan escaped from Amaya’s bloodied, tightly clenched lips.
-How foolish!
Clicking her tongue, Nia hung up the phone.
Only loud static could be heard on the other end of the line.
“Aaaaaah!”
Amaya screamed, a sound that was somewhere between a shriek and a roar, and began to tear at her hair.
Her situation was like going to get rid of a wart and ending up with another one.
Her parents were already displeased with her because of the divorce, and if a bad scandal broke out on top of that, they might disown her.
No, her parents were capable of even worse.
It was a desperate situation, but the police kept calling, so she had to put out the immediate fire first.
Amaya resolved to pull herself together and picked up her phone again, starting to enter someone’s number.
