Chapter 16

Two days later, Yannick finally recovered. Piles of Samantha's belongings were stacked up in the living room. Wearing high heels, Samantha clung desperately to Leonard's arm. Her meticulously manicured nails nearly dug into his skin. "Leonard, you can't treat me like this!" she cried. Her voice was thick with tears, and her eyes were filled with overwhelming regret. "We've known each other for 20 years. Are you really doing this over something so trivial?" Leonard flung her hand off him, and he looked at her coldly. "Trivial? Do you call abusing my children a trivial matter?" He pulled out his phone and played a surveillance video. On the screen, Samantha was viciously pinching Yvonne's thigh. The little girl was crying in pain but didn't dare to make a sound. "And this." He swiped to another video, showing Samantha pouring sleeping pills into the children's milk. "I can't believe you drug them just so they'd fall asleep early for the sake of attending your parties." Samantha's