Chapter 19

Even so, Hannah wanted to make a last-ditch effort before her seemingly inevitable fall to ruin. She held her phone tightly and called Keanu's mother, Betty Caldwell. She cried for help pitifully over the phone. "Mrs. Lowe, Keanu… He went too far and…" Hannah deliberately kept her words vague so that there was plenty of room for Betty to liberally interpret what she had said. Upon hearing Hannah's hoarse and aggrieved voice, Betty was enraged. "Stay where you are, Hannah. I'm coming right over. How dare he take advantage of you and refuse to take responsibility for it? I never raised him to be such a scoundrel!" Betty hung up and rushed over. Keanu glared at Hannah furiously. If looks could kill, she'd be dead on the spot. "How dare you slander me, you worthless bitch?" He could no longer maintain his gentlemanly composure. He gripped Hannah's jaw and squeezed so hard that bruises formed on her skin right away. Still, Hannah clung to her phone as if it were her last hope and