I'll Bring You Home, Vanessa

"Smack!" Patrick smacked Vanessa with all his might. This sudden attack made Vanessa feel dizzy and could only hear a loud buzz in her ears. Slowly, her eyesight became blurry, as if she were being sucked into an unknown, scary vortex. She opened her mouth, attempting to speak, but she wasn't even able to utter a syllable. Everything before her eyes became darker and darker. In the end, she couldn't see anything nor hear anything. It was as if she had fallen into a dark bottomless abyss. "Lawrie, Julien…" Before losing her consciousness completely, only two persons appeared in Vanessa's mind. If she couldn't make it this time, Julien would definitely take good care of Lawrie. Also, Lawrie would slowly accept Julien as his father. "B*tch, do you think you can get away by playing dead?!" Seeing Vanessa had passed out, Patrick covered his ear that had been bitten by Vanessa with one hand. He then slapped Vanessa's face with the other hand. The slap was not enough to vent his anger, so he