In the room, lissa Greenwood was trembling as she opened the bag, preparing to take out the white powder, when she heard Yolanda Greenwood knocking on the door outside.
Frustrated, she decided to ignore it and gently pinched a bit of powder with her fingers, placing it in the crook of her hand.
The knocking grew louder, and Yolanda seed determined to keep knocking endlessly.
lissa Greenwood gritted her teeth in hatred and yelled at the top of her lungs, "Yolanda Greenwood, do you want to die? What kind of crazy person doesn’t sleep but keeps knocking?"
"lissa Greenwood, open the door. It’s sothing important," Yolanda signaled Noah Coldson and Cooper Coldson, and the two imdiately moved to hide to the side.
"Whatever it is, talk about it tomorrow. I’m going to sleep." lissa Greenwood was furious and almost wished she could kill Yolanda.
"No way, open the door now. I can’t wait until tomorrow." Yolanda kept knocking persistently.
lissa Greenwood was about to lose her mind. She glanced at the powder in her hand, hesitated for a mont, then poured it back into the bag.
If she took it now and then opened the door for Yolanda, her state would undoubtedly give her away. She couldn’t take that risk.
She could only deal with the annoyance first: "Wait a mont, I’m coming. You better have a good reason, or I won’t let it go."
lissa Greenwood looked around before getting up to fetch a tissue. Then, she pinched so powder onto it, folded the paper, and hid it in her palm.
If push ca to shove, this thing could also be used as a weapon.
A cruel smile curled at the corner of her lips. Hugging Little Gabriel, she opened the door.
She didn’t open the door fully, just a crack, her tone impatient as she stared at Yolanda Greenwood, "What do you want?"
"I forgot to change Gabriel’s diaper." Yolanda looked anxious. "He needs it done before he can sleep."
"What’s with all these damn rules? Don’t forget, you’re my hostages now. Be grateful you’re even alive." lissa Greenwood was extrely annoyed and started closing the door.
Yolanda pushed against it, preventing her from closing it. "It’s not okay. Gabriel’s delicate. If he doesn’t get changed, he won’t handle it. Just let change him. It’ll be quick. Once I’m done, I’ll leave and stop disturbing you."
"No!" lissa Greenwood felt uneasy and coldly refused.
"Please. Otherwise, it’ll get too dirty. Think about it—you have to sleep with him on the sa bed. What if it gets on you..."
"Enough!" lissa Greenwood couldn’t take it anymore. "Fine, but do it quickly, and don’t try anything funny."
"I won’t, I swear." Yolanda quickly stepped inside, intentionally leaving the door slightly ajar behind her without fully closing it.
lissa Greenwood held the child close, showing no intention of putting him down. "Hurry up and change him already."
"..." Yolanda was speechless. "You’re not going to put him on the bed?"
"Are you going to do it or not?" lissa’s expression darkened even further. She yawned, clearly drained and uninterested. "If not, leave. We’re trying to sleep."
"Alright." Yolanda could only comply. Carefully, she unwrapped Little Gabriel’s small blanket, then removed his pants.
lissa Greenwood glanced at Yolanda apologetically. "Gabriel pooped. Are you sure you want to hold him while changing? It might sar on you!"
"Gross." lissa Greenwood wrinkled her nose and imdiately placed Little Gabriel on the bed, instinctively warning Yolanda, "I’m telling you, don’t try anything—otherwise, you’ll regret it badly."
"Got it." Yolanda began cleaning up Little Gabriel while keeping an eye on lissa Greenwood.
lissa Greenwood continued yawning but remained cautious, standing close by and keeping her eyes locked on them both.
Yolanda grew tense, carefully adjusting her movents to block lissa Greenwood’s view as best as she could.
"Hurry up." lissa Greenwood urged impatiently.
At that mont, Yolanda was just finishing up changing Little Gabriel and putting on a new diaper. Suddenly, she cleared her throat.
In the blink of an eye, the door was abruptly opened. Noah Coldson stord in with a gun raised, shouting, "Don’t move!"
lissa Greenwood realized sothing was wrong and lunged forward to grab the child, but Yolanda imdiately turned and began grappling with her.
"Don’t you dare touch a single hair on the child!" Yolanda clenched her teeth, every bit of her strength poured into the fight.
Just then, the door burst open again, and Cooper Coldson rushed in, grabbing Little Gabriel away.
"lissa Greenwood, it’s over!" Noah Coldson kept his gun trained on lissa. "Surrender now, and maybe I’ll say a few good words for you in court."
lissa Greenwood had been pulling at Yolanda’s hair, but hearing this, she laughed weakly. "Oh, really? So good, so good—I can’t beat you all in this ga... can’t beat you..."
She slowly released her grip on Yolanda’s hair, but almost instantly, with her other hand, she frantically opened the paper packet containing the white powder and hurled it straight at Yolanda.
Yolanda didn’t have ti to dodge and began choking violently from the powder. "Cough, cough, cough..."
"Hahaha..." lissa Greenwood’s laughter turned to wild glee. "Yolanda Greenwood, you’re done. You’re finished! If I’m dead, you won’t live well either. Hahaha..."
Noah Coldson stepped forward like lightning, forcing lissa Greenwood down and pressing her face hard against the ground.
"Hahaha..." She continued laughing hysterically, increasingly manic. "You love her, don’t you? Fine. After I die, I’ll make sure you see her turn into an addict. Then let’s see if you’ll still love her!"
Yolanda was still coughing, struggling to speak. "What the hell was that stuff?"
"What stuff?" Thinking about the white powder, lissa Greenwood grew even more frenzied, her entire body trembling uncontrollably. "The good stuff—it was a favor to you!"
"Are you okay?" Noah Coldson looked at Yolanda with concern.
"Hahaha... She’s fine. She’s perfectly fine!" lissa Greenwood strained to lift her head, her eyes fixed on Yolanda like a predator. "Yolanda Greenwood, don’t you feel euphoric now, like you’re floating? You’ll thank for this one day."
At that mont, Cooper Coldson re-entered.
He was still holding Little Gabriel, and his expression showed equal concern as he gazed at Yolanda.
Spotting the traces of white powder scattered on the floor, he crouched down, pressing a finger into so of it and bringing it to his nose for a cautious sniff.
lissa Greenwood saw this and grew even more maniacal. "Cooper, taste it—try it with your mouth. It’s amazing stuff!"
Cooper didn’t detect anything unusual, but glancing at lissa Greenwood’s deanor, he already knew what it was.
"lissa Greenwood, you’re downright depraved!" He stood up and looked at Yolanda with even greater anguish.
"What do we do now?" He turned helplessly to Noah Coldson. The thought of Yolanda possibly succumbing to addiction horrified him. "Brother, is there anything we can do?"
Noah Coldson frowned. He had investigated nurous cases involving this substance before, and without exception, no one had managed to truly overco it.
"Think of sothing, Brother." Cooper’s desperation grew. "Should I call 911 now? Or contact a rehab center?"
"No need." Yolanda Greenwood’s face appeared much more composed than theirs.
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