My Deceased Wife Wants a Divorce (Hannah) novel Chapter 163

Lionel drove to Sandra's house.

He found her curled up on the sofa, clutching a pillow in terror. The moment the doorbell rang, she scrambled to her feet and threw the door open.

"Lionel!" Her eyes and nose were red from crying, but her expression softened the instant she saw him. "Won't Hannah be upset that you came over this late?"

"Don't worry about her. Tell me what happened."

He walked in as if he owned the place and sat on the sofa.

The moment Sandra closed the door, a triumphant smirk flickered across her lips before she quickly composed her face back into a mask of distress.

"This morning," she began, "a man called me. He said that when Zack first hired them, it was only to scare me a little. But right after Zack left, Hannah approached them. She gave them money... and told them to rape me."

As she spoke, a single tear rolled down her cheek and landed on the pillow in her arms. She took a shaky breath and wiped it away.

"I didn't want to believe him at first. I mean, no matter how much Hannah dislikes me, I never thought she'd do something so horrible. But... but..."

She paused, her delicate brows knitting together in a look of terrified confusion.

"Lionel, do you think... do you think because she was raped, she's holding a grudge? And since she doesn't know who was behind her own kidnapping, she decided to take it out on me?"

Her voice broke, and she buried her face in the pillow, her body wracked with sobs. "I don't know what I ever did to her," she choked out. "Why would she do this to me? I wasn't the one who had her kidnapped. Why is she punishing me?"

"You should get some rest. Let me know if anything else happens."

Lionel stood up, ready to leave. When he'd stormed out of the bedroom earlier, he had deliberately walked slowly down the stairs and driven off at a crawl, half-expecting Hannah to come after him. She never did.

And now, after all this time, not a single call or text.

Had the woman completely lost her mind?

Seeing him about to leave, Sandra panicked and rushed toward him.

"Ah!"