You Are The Pursuit of My Life novel Chapter 215

"You fool! Do you think you can leave here unharmed?"

The grin on Maisy's face only made Deborah feel worse. She had done a lot of bad things and her instincts were telling her that something horrible was going to happen. She reached inside her bag for her phone, planning to tell Lily about her being trapped, but seconds later, all blood drained from her face. Her call was greeted by a pre-recorded message informing her that she had run out of credit.

With his eyes fixed on Deborah, Steven sneered, "Oh, don't bother. My men have made sure that you won't be able to use your phone. The only help you can call is the police! Go on! Call the police! I'll be waiting right here!"

How could Deborah make the call? Her hesitation confirmed her involvement in Myra's death. He took a thick metal bat from a corner of the study and slowly made his way towards Deborah. The latter knew she had to get away, but the driver and Maisy were blocking the entrance to the stairway, so she could not escape from there. At the corners of her eye, she could see Steven grinning and waving his metal bar. Seeing that he was approaching her at a very steady speed, she jumped from the second floor without any hesitation, only wanting to survive.

Deborah's screams filled the air as she collapsed onto the ground beneath. Pain shot over her body. She tried to stand up, but her legs gave in. It dawned upon her that her legs might have been badly injured. Three heads appeared on the second floor. Their merciless eyes observed as Deborah wailed in pain.

Moments later, Steven finally stood beside Deborah. Watching her wail in pain, he raised the metal bar in his grasp and smashed it down on her head.

Deborah's shrieks continued, but Steven showed no sign of stopping. Deborah's disfigured face was soaked with blood. As the exhausted Steven continued to bring down the metal bar, he was pulled back by Maisy, "That's enough, Mr. Cook. She'll die if you go on."

Steven cast the metal bar aside and said, "Send this mad woman to the asylum and lock her up. Make sure to never give her treatment! I want her to spend the rest of her life in there!"

Soon, Deborah was sent to the asylum. She begged the nurses, claiming she was Steven Cook's wife, only to fall on deaf ears.

They all thought it was impossible for a disfigured woman to be Mrs. Cook. It seemed that her mental illness had taken over her completely.

The doctors and nurses all looked at her with disgust and contempt, and that caused her to be sent to the intensive care ward, which was reserved to those who had the most serious illnesses. The nurses threw her onto a bed located at the deepest part of the ward and left.

All the other patients gathered around Deborah, scaring her to no end. Upon seeing their distorted faces and glazed over eyes, she screamed, "Stop! Don't come near me!"

However, no one listened to her. To the patients, she, who was covered in blood, was the most interesting subject in the ward at the moment. Some of them raised their hands to touch her face, while others pulled her hair. One even kicked her injured leg forcefully. She screamed until she felt her voice was completely gone, and she passed out.

It was the evening when Deborah woke up. Near her, a few well- built nurses were distributing dinner. Unable to bear the pain from all the wounds on her body, she tried asking for painkillers from the nurses. They ignored and left after they put down her dinner.

The other patients began grabbing the food, and they even took Deborah's share. The pain in her body was accompanied by the fact that she had not eaten or drank anything. There was nothing she could do about it, and she could only bear with it and fall asleep.

In the middle of the night, she heard a trickling sound, followed by a chilly feeling. She shot her eyes open to find a patient relieving himself in her direction and wetting her blanket. She was so disgusted that she immediately moved away from her bed. A far more disgusting matter awaited her as soon as she had left her bed. Another patient was defecating on the ground.

A stinking smell shot into her nostrils, but the horror did not end there. When the patient was done relieving himself, other patients took up whatever was on the ground and played it with their hands. One of them smeared it onto Deborah's body, offering her to eat it.

At that very instant, Deborah experienced a fate worse than death. She would rather die than to spend another day in the ward. To her disappointment, though, it was hard for her to even die!

After sending out letters to threaten Deborah, Tommy and Cecilia waited for her reply. It had been one week and there was still no news of it. He decided to keep watch around the Cook family home, but he failed to find any traces of Deborah.

Confused, Tommy asked Loraine about Deborah. According to her, Deborah had gone overseas and she had not spoken to her for quite some time. Tommy sighed. He wondered why Deborah had chosen to go overseas before he could blackmail her. How unlucky he was!

Did Deborah run away after reading the letters? The idea was supported by Cecilia after Tommy had told her about it. However, they were not deterred. If Deborah had really gone into hiding, that only meant that she was feeling guilty. She could not continue hiding for the rest of her life.