Rebirth Into My Second Chance novel Chapter 246

I jerked to my feet, grabbing the arm of the bodyguard next to me. "Save them!"

But the bodyguards just looked at each other, confused. "Mr. Price only ordered us to protect you, saying we can't leave your side no matter what happens."

Desperate yet afraid of revealing my identity - what would happen to Hannah then? All I could do was hope that the help Claude promised, Ronald, would arrive soon.

But even without revealing myself, Hannah already knew I was there.

Holding a microphone, she shouted in my direction, "They're about to be burned alive, and you're still not showing up?"

My lips pressed together in a thin line; she had known all along that I would come.

Facing the enemy who had killed me in my past life was inevitable sooner or later.

"So, it's really my little Claire." Upon seeing me, Hannah surprisingly stood up from her wheelchair and walked towards me, making a show of it by twirling around. "Walking on a mountain road in high heels isn't easy, hence the wheelchair."

I managed a tight smile, already bracing myself for her current demeanor.

"Not greeting your Headmistress Mom? Claire, all these years, is this how Richard taught you? Or is it that the Hart family manners are lacking?"

"Hannah, you have no right to call yourself my Headmistress Mom."

My firm tone seemed to shock her. "Claire, I cared for you the most, gave you the most opportunities. Is this how you repay me?"

I scoffed. In my last life, I died so miserably; she never gave me any chance then.

"What will it take for you to let them go?" I didn't want to waste any more time talking to her. I needed to force Hannah's hand, waiting for Ronald and the others to get here.

"I might consider exchanging their lives for yours," Hannah said, caressing a bracelet on her wrist. "This bracelet was one of a pair, shared between your mother and me."