"That's right! I'm no longer the naive Charlotte Green you once knew. After you left quietly with Autumn Aunt and my brother, after you staged your own kidnapping just to use my worry to extort a large ransom, I woke up completely! I will never foolishly trust a father who sees his daughter as a tool to make money—there's no way he would suddenly be so kind as to bring me a midnight snack out of the goodness of his heart!" Charlotte Green struggled to remain calm as she shouted at him, hoping to delay things a little, although she knew it might enrage him even more.
"Heh... you really have become something! Seems like you've grown bolder by Kevin Cliff's side, haven't you!" Jay Green ground his teeth, patting her cheek, then suddenly raised his hand as though to slap her hard...
Charlotte Green struggled fiercely, thinking she couldn't avoid the slap, but, unexpectedly, the slap didn't come; not until a cold, chilling voice rose from the darkness—
