A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

“Hmm.“ The dolls were made of soft fabric that she loved so much. Her eyes moved from one doll to another, admiring the
workmanship of each one. Her heart skipped a beat as she still couldn't believe that Jacob had done this for her. Without taking
her eyes away from the dolls, she asked, “Why did you suddenly think of doing this? We are just having dinner. Don't bother
surprising me like this.“
Jacob smiled, pleased with himself. “That's okay. I like seeing you happy!“ Seeing Emily's reaction to the surprise that he had
planned, he realized that he wanted to witness it more in the future. “I want to surprise you every day if I could,“ he said.
Emily turned to face him, her eyes a little teary. Every woman wanted to feel cherished by the person they loved, and Emily was
so lucky to have Jacob, who truly cared about her feelings, by her side. Despite being married, Jacob did not stop making her
feel loved, as if they were still a new couple.
“I already ordered the food. Come on. Let's have dinner first, in case you're hungry.“
Moments later, the dishes were served one after another. Emily always liked trying new food she had never eaten. Jacob had
already tasted a lot of this food before, so it was not difficult for him to explain each dish to Emily as they ate the whole course.
Emily had such a good time listening to Jacob that she did not notice the time passing by very quickly.
As soon as they finished their dinner, they decided to leave the restaurant. And as a souvenir, Emily took a doll from the pile that
she was looking at. It was the most attractive one that Jacob had picked out for her. So while walking on the road with the doll in
her hand, Emily attracted the attention of many passersby.
She whispered to Jacob a little too loudly, “I feel a little embarrassed.“ As if she was a little girl, Emily's ears turned red on the
tips because of embarrassment. Although Jacob found her cute like this, he didn't want her to worry about other people. “Hey, it's
okay as long as you like it. Don't care about what other people are thinking.“
Emily looked at Jacob and nodded to show him that she understood. Jacob smiled at her reassuringly and even squeezed her
hand a little as they continued walking hand in hand. After getting into the car, Emily put the doll on the seat. She said to him,
“Please, ask them to deliver the rest of the dolls to our house, or else it will be a waste of money.“
“Okay, if that's what you want.“ Jacob started the car and put its roof down. It was already getting colder outside and they felt the
cool breeze stroke their cheeks. Welcoming the chill of the night, Emily closed her eyes.
When they arrived at home, Emily went in first while Jacob drove the car to the garage to park it. When he walked into the
house, nearly ten meters away from their living room, he heard a scream.

A scream? Emily? Adrenaline taking over his body, he ran to the room feeling frightened. The room was a mess when he
stepped into it. The cabinet and the drawers had fallen to the floor. Pieces of clothes were also on the floor while some were on
the bed. When Jacob found Emily, she was not moving and her eyes were wide in shock. He went to her, immediately holding
her into his arms. “Are you okay? It seems like a thief broke into our house,“ he said, trying to keep his voice steady while
thinking about how this could have happened.
Emily took a deep breath to calm herself. She answered, “I'm fine. Where are the others?“ Emily walked past the mess and went
to the kitchen. Jacob, on alert, followed her. The kitchen was a mess too, but not as messy as the bedroom they had just come
out of. Emily found their female servant lying on the floor, so they both hurried to check on her. Jacob immediately checked her
breath and was relieved to know that she was still alive. “Maybe she just fainted,“ he said to Emily.
Emily, although shocked and still a bit lost, managed to calm down. She let Jacob support the servant first, holding her head up a
little while she took out her mobile phone. “All right, I'll call the police.“
Jacob nodded. “Okay.“ Jacob got down to clearing up the mess, and Emily helped clean the house up. The housekeeping
service company and the security company had also come, so Jacob asked Emily to go to the study instead.
The mess downstairs was nothing compared with the mess in the study. Everything had been thrown to the floor, including the
books, the lamp, and the papers. The safe next to the bookshelf had been dragged to the window. It seemed that the person who
broke into the house had intended to open the safe but failed, so instead, the thief had planned to take the safe away.
Sighing, Emily asked with a little exasperation, “What should we do?“ She looked around and found that other valuable things
were still there. This meant that the person hadn't come to steal money, but for other purposes, and they thought that the safe
would contain important things aside from money.
“It's Darren,“ Jacob said in a firm tone. “It seems that he was so impatient that he had to break into our house. He has gone too
far.“
Emily also knew about the key. She touched Jacob's arm to comfort him. “Hey, look at me,“ she said. Jacob turned to her and
saw her calming eyes. Now that she had gotten his attention, she hoped that he would listen to her. “He is impatient, but we
know that it is also because he is too flustered. Take it easy! We can't give him any chance to set us up.“
He looked into Emily's eyes and knew that he could not act too rashly. But that didn't stop him from ordering the security
company to get some more guards, and to strengthen the security system of his house. Fortunately, no one was hurt this time.
And more importantly, Emily was safe. Otherwise, Jacob would probably have wanted to kill someone.

It seemed that it was that time of the day when everyone was the most energetic. Everybody in the prison cells were chatting,
exchanging one story after another, so the sneers from one cell didn't attract much attention.
“What bad luck! How can we stay with such a woman?“ A woman leaned against the edge of the bed, playing with her fingers
lazily, but her eyes were fixed on the bed opposite to hers.
The cell was nearly empty aside from the bed. It even had no windows and the beds were put next to each other. The narrow
space of the cell was a little crowded because too many prisoners were in it. Although it was not ideal, there were just so many
law-breakers that the prison could not hold them all anymore.
In the room, a group of women gathered together, occupying most of the space. However, in one bed near the corner, there was
one petite woman sitting alone who seemed to be in a daze. She was quiet as she always was, looking at the space in front of
her blankly.
“She looks gentle and quiet, but in fact...“ Another woman in the room sneered, “She is really filthy.“
How could Bonnie not know that these people were talking about her?
An inkling of bitterness appeared on her face, but she was quick to conceal it. No one could know what she truly thought about.
Especially since it was not the first time that they had observed her and been against her since a few days ago, they looked at
her like she was weak, and she did not like that. But fighting back with words was shallow. They wouldn't get on her nerves.
And she was no longer a little girl who would cry for help whenever she was bullied. She knew she could stand up for herself.
Moreover, what could she do if she was bullied there? If she reported to anyone that the other female prisoners were bullying
her, they would just come back for her twice as harder. They would make her life inside the cell a living hell and she didn't need
that.
Through the daze, she thought of asking Darren for help. But like always, she hesitated to bother him whenever she recalled
how exhausted he already was with his business every day.
Deeply immersed in thoughts, Bonnie didn't notice that the women in front of her had already exchanged glances with each other
several times over that short period of time. They were done eyeing her. They needed answers.
One woman rolled up her sleeves and stood up. She walked to Bonnie and nudged her. She winked her right eye and ridiculed,
“Hey, how did you hook up with your man? You can share it with us.“

As soon as the woman finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the room.
Bonnie didn't want to talk to these people. She did not want to engage, so she stood up to go to the corner. But when she turned
around, she felt a palm slapping her back. Before she could react, she staggered and bumped into the iron rack beside the bed.
“Hey, I'm talking to you. Why don't you answer my question? Don't think that you can break the rules here just because you're
beautiful. After all, you are just a shameless whore!“ the woman shouted. With her eyes wide open, she pulled Bonnie's hair and
raised her other hand high, about to slap her on the face.
The woman was attracting not only the attention of some other women in her cell, but also the attention and interest of the
prisoners in the opposite cells. Every one of them looked excited, and the laughter was eerily loud as all of them watched for fun.
“Slap her!“ one prisoner shouted.
Another voice from the opposite cell was heard. “Be quick!“
“What the hell are you doing?“ Bonnie couldn't free herself from the woman's hand, and she could feel the tears forming in her
eyes. She didn't want to cry because that would just give them another reason to hurt her. But it seemed like every bit of her hurt.
She closed her eyes, bracing herself, but the slap didn't come. Instead, she heard a harsh voice.
A woman in uniform walked into the cell and pushed the strong woman away. “It seems that you need a more practical lesson.
You just don't learn, do you?“ She sighed. Then, she turned to look at Bonnie and said in a softer tone, “Someone has come to
see you.“