Chapter 380

Why would Hailey talk about her mother, on television?! The little girl mentioned that her mother had gone missing four days ago… could she possibly mean Willow?! Hailey’s voice issued from the television set, adorably earnest: “My mother’s name is easy to remember. It sounds sweet and lovely.” Willow felt as though her soul was ready to depart from this world, so imminent was the peril… Hailey was about to reveal that she was Willow’s own daughter. And here, right in front of her, was Jasper in all his chilling menace, slender fingers clutching her jaw in a vice grip, handsome face glaring balefully at her, cold as ice. She was being pressed down onto the executioner’s block. Her nerves were being stretched to breaking point. “My mother’s name is…” Pow! Just before Hailey could speak Willow’s name aloud, she was cut off when the television screen switched off abruptly—along with all the lights in the living room. Willow heaved a long sigh of relief. Her hair and back