Chapter 100: Are You Dead?

Fred still thought Claire was in the hospital and hadn't been discharged yet. He couldn't believe she'd gone to stay in a rough neighborhood. He thought, “First, she pulls that lake stunt and badmouths Caroline to get my attention. Now, since that didn’t work, she’s hiding out in some sketchy area by herself. Claire, you’re just trying to make me care, aren’t you? Not going to happen!”

“Don’t worry about her for now. Just keep an eye on her. She will come back in a few days.” Frederick narrowed his eyes slightly and hung up the phone.

“Yes, General Hawthorne,” Richard said, nodding respectfully after hearing Frederick’s order.

After hanging up, he sent someone to watch Claire and told Nora, “She is very important to us. However, we cannot alert her. Let’s see what she wants to do.”

A few days ago, the Kingstown Security Department had received news that a terrorist had infiltrated the Kingstown slum and intended to create a major riot. There were many people there, and the terrain was complex. Once something happened, it would be out of control.

“Okay, sir. Don’t worry. I will do as you say.”

Nora didn’t know what had happened. But when she heard Richard’s words, she patted her chest proudly.

“Well, to prevent her from getting suspicious, you should go back now.” Richard felt a little annoyed by Nora’s demeanor, so he urged her to leave. Then, he had been leading people to look for that terrorist.

Claire relaxed her vigilance, no longer worried about Richard bringing soldiers to the slum. However, Nora became more outrageous. Maybe it was because of Richard’s order. Nora felt she had a backer, so she started to bully Claire. Every day, when she woke up, she would ask Claire to do many things.

Claire was tired. But she chatted with the people in the rental house and learned that every newcomer had to work for Nora. So she no longer had any doubts. Every day, the first thing she did when she woke up was to clean the yard. Then, she started cleaning the rental house and even the toilet. Nora kept ordering Claire around.

Three days later, Frederick finished handling the riot case. Richard found the terrorist in the slum. Then, Frederick remembered that Claire was still there.

“How is Claire doing in the slum these days?” Frederick asked Richard after the morning meeting.

“General Hawthorne, since Ms. Prescott moved into the slum, she has been working nonstop for Nora without complaint, from morning till night every day.” Richard told Frederick everything that had happened in the past few days, including Claire’s humble life in the slum.

“What?” Frederick couldn’t believe that Claire would be like this. With that, he immediately ordered Richard to go to the slum.

After being arrogant for a few days, Nora became even more aggressive. “I didn’t make things difficult for you because you’re a young lady. Do you know that those people served me on their knees before?”

When Frederick arrived, Nora was teaching Claire a lesson with a cane. “Do you still not know what to do? Or do you want to be caned?” Nora was a slum landlord, but she had lived there all her life and had never had a good life, let alone being served by others. She felt that Claire was easy to bully and wanted to experience the feeling of being a wealthy lady served by others, through Claire. The cane in Nora’s hand was about to fall on Claire.

“Claire, are you dead? Don’t you know how to fight back?” With that, Frederick rushed over in a flash.