Chapter 206

Scarlett finally understood that this place was a den of vipers, a carefully orchestrated conspiracy. There was no point in trying to explain, not with the cold barrel of a gun aimed at her. The police wasted no time slapping handcuffs on her wrists as she turned to look back at Elena through the iron bars. Despite all the chaos, Elena hadn't stirred. Scarlett was certain they had drugged her. She couldn't begin to imagine how much her mother had suffered before this. Scarlett's heart ached with regret. She had trusted the Quinn family, believing their promise to care for Elena. But in the end, they had abandoned her in this horrific mental institution, completely neglected and forgotten. She would've preferred Elena to stay in the countryside. Anywhere would've been better than this place, a thousand times over. Elena's death in her previous life was probably tied to this place, too. Her eyes red-rimmed, she swept a cold, piercing gaze across the faces around her, silently comm