My Birthday, My Downfall novel Chapter 50

After the phone was hung up, they exchanged a look, both seeing the terror in each other’s eyes.

“Darling... did you hear... the gunshot?” Dad asked Mom in a quivering voice.

Mom’s face turned as pale as a ghost, her lower lip trembling.

“Yes... it was a gunshot.”

“Not good! Charlotte is in trouble!”

Both of them realized what had happened and screamed out. Dad immediately tried calling the kidnappers again, but the line wouldn’t go through.

They were completely panicked.

“Call the police now!”

When the police arrived, they found Dad staring blankly at his phone, looking lost and in despair.

After giving their statement, they happened to encounter Mia returning.

The moment she saw Mom and Dad, instead of comforting them, she immediately started yelling at them in fury.

“Five million, and you took this long to raise the money? You made me worry for half an hour!”

In the past, when Mia threw a tantrum, my parents would pamper her. But this time, they didn’t try to console her.

When Mia noticed Dad’s bloodshot eyes glaring at her, she instinctively took a step back.

At that moment, James entered with the police and stood in front of Mia, choking up.

“It was her who planned the kidnapping! I heard her tell Charlotte that she wanted to test whether Uncle and Aunt love her more or Charlotte!”

At these words, Dad’s phone slipped from his hand in shock.

He immediately rushed at Mia, grabbing her wrist with a fierce glare.

“Is what he said true?”

Mia, who had never seen Dad so terrifying, immediately broke down into tears.

But she was more scared than anything else, remembering how in the past she would act pitiful when she made mistakes.

Now, she tried the same tactic again, crying in a pitiful tone.

“Dad, you scared me! I’m your most beloved daughter!”

But this time, she miscalculated.

Dad yelled in fury and shoved her to the ground.

“I’m asking you a question! Did you plan this kidnapping?”

Mia instinctively nodded, then shook her head.

“Dad, you didn’t use to be this harsh with me. Don’t you remember? You and Mom always loved me the most.”