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Chapter 529
Chapter 529:
Chloe let out a piercing cry of joy and threw her arms around June’s shoulders, tears streaming freely down her face. June leaned back in her chair, and the exhausted tension that had gripped her face for days finally gave way. A genuine, radiant smile crossed her lips — the quiet, absolute pride of a scientist who had just changed the world.
This breakthrough meant Apex Bio would hold an uncontested monopoly in the future oncology market. June’s personal patents would make her worth billions.
She rose and walked out of the lab. The entire research floor stood as one, filling the room with thunderous applause. She was no longer the invisible, abused wife of Cole Compton. She was the undisputed queen of her field.
At that exact moment, the scene shifted to the dim, damp visitor room of Rikers Island prison.
Alycia sat rigid on a hard metal chair, staring through thick bulletproof glass. On the other side, Martha wore a bright orange jumpsuit. Her hair, once meticulously dyed, now showed gray at the roots. Her face had gone hollow, and her eyes were filled with naked terror. In just a few days, she had aged ten years.
Alycia picked up the heavy black phone receiver. Her hand trembled.
𝘛𝗿𝗲ոdі𝗇𝘨 n𝗼𝘷е𝗅𝘀 oո ѕ.𝘤o𝘮
“Mom,” she whispered, her voice barely holding together. “Cole refuses to help us. He cut off my credit cards. The company is bankrupt. Everything is gone p>
The words landed like a blow. Something behind Martha’s eyes snapped.
She lunged forward like a cornered animal and slammed her handcuffed wrists against the bulletproof glass with a hollow crack.
“You useless piece of trash!” Martha screamed into the phone, her face contorting into something barely recognizable. “Aren’t you pregnant with his child?! Why won’t he help you p>
Alycia shrank back in her chair as tears spilled down her cheeks.
“He doesn’t care about the baby!” she sobbed. “He only cares about June! He threatened to push me off a roof p>
At the sound of June’s name, Martha’s eyes flooded with pure, toxic fury. She fixed her daughter with a burning stare.
“Go find her,” she hissed, her voice dropping to a low, desperate growl. “Go to June. Get on your knees. Grovel on the floor. I don’t care what you have to do — make her sign that paper. If you don’t, I swear to God I will kill myself in this cell p>
A loud buzzer cut through the air. Visiting time was over.
Two guards took Martha by the arms and dragged her away from the glass. Her hysterical curses echoed down the concrete hallway long after she disappeared from view.
Alycia stepped through the prison gates. The freezing autumn wind struck her face, and she shivered violently, pulling her coat tighter. She stood still for a moment, gazing across the water toward the Manhattan skyline, knowing the Apex Bio building was somewhere over there, gleaming with success.
She felt like a rat cornered with nowhere to run.
Extreme fear and burning jealousy knotted together in her mind, twisting into something dark. She knew begging June was a waste of time. June wanted her gone. Begging would accomplish nothing.
A cold, calculating light ignited in Alycia’s eyes. She needed something more — the ultimate secret that could flip the board entirely.