It felt as if thunder had erupted in her head. Deirdre’s eyes widened, and they slowly turned red. She felt like an invisible blade was stabbing her and her soul was being stripped away.

She gasped heavily and grabbed Maeve’s hand. “What did you say!?”

“Deirdre!” Glenna shouted as she hugged Deirdre nervously. She had never seen Deirdre lose her composure before.

“We’re in a residential area right now. You need to calm down.”

It was only then Deirdre came around to her senses. However, her lips were still trembling as she mumbled, “What did you say?”

Maeve looked at her in compassion and said helplessly, “It’s getting late. My daughter is coming back from school…”

Deirdre walked out of the residential area in an animatronic stiffness. She felt as if she was not in command of her own body. Her brain was repeating the things that Maeve had said, and she realized how ridiculous she was.

She could not believe that she was so naive as to think that Maeve was the only reason Charlen