Chapter 296 One Cannot Lie

• "Hurry up, or I'll come and take you away." Isaac's patience had entirely run out by now, and if she didn't come down any sooner, he might go up and bring her down himself.
• Patricia stood up abruptly. "Don't. I'm on my way down now." After saying that, she hung up the phone, stuffed it into her pocket, opened the door cautiously, and peered outside to assess the situation.
• She stayed on the second floor with her three children, while Josephine's room was on the third floor. Then, she looked down at her feet, took off her shoes, and held them in her hands as she walked silently through the house barefoot. She could walk around the house barefoot without her feet getting cold because the temperature inside the house was warm and had floor heating.