During the rainstorm, my ex-husband, Darren Smith, threatened me with my child, Tina, to live in my house to avoid the rainstorm.

His family forcibly occupied my house, eating my food and living in my house. And they drove me and Tina out of the house, causing us to drown.

After I woke up, I found I was reborn and returned to the day when my Darren called me.

I agreed without hesitation to his request to bring his family home.

"This time, I'd like to see what your fate would be."

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"According to experts' predictions, there will be heavy rains in the next ten days. It may cause serious floods. Please take precautions..."

The weather forecast was playing on TV.

It was raining heavily outside, and the sky at ten o'clock in the morning was already as dark as night.

I stood in front of the window and watched the rainstorm outside.

I was a little worried about Tina.

Just when I was about to get some water, my phone rang.

After I picked up the phone, Darren said anxiously,

"Ada, it's raining so heavily that our house is about to be flooded. Can we go to your house to take shelter from the rain?"

I didn't want to agree, but he asked Tina to say to me, "Ms. Green, can we go to your house to avoid the rain?"

"No, you should call her mom." Darren quickly corrected Tina.

"Mom, could we go to your house?"

"Ms. Green." I sneered.

In my previous life, Darren threatened me with Tina to bring his wife, Annie Lee, his mother, Linda Smith, and his sister, Lucy Smith, to my house.

Actually, they hadn't contacted me for a long time before this.

In the third year of my marriage to Darren, I caught him in bed with Annie.

I immediately divorced him, but unfortunately, I didn't get the custody of Tina.

It was all because I believed Darren's words that he would support me, so after graduation, I became a housewife.

Later, he not only designed to make me divorce without getting anything but also required me to pay him to support Tina every month.

That was my most difficult time. I finally found a job with a monthly salary of three thousand dollars.

Most of it had to be paid to him as child support.

But even so, Linda still didn't let to meet Tina.

Once, Tina broke her bone in a car accident. Darren called me in a panic.

He said he needed five thousand dollars to treat Tina.

I asked him how he spent the child support money I had given to him over the years and why he couldn't pay five thousand dollars.

He hesitated and refused to answer me, only saying that if I didn't give him money, he wouldn't treat Tina and that he would let me raise Tina if Tina became disabled.

Listening to Tina's heart-wrenching cry on the phone, and I couldn't bear it.

I borrowed two thousand dollars from a colleague and gave it to Darren.

Later, I found out that Darren had no money to treat Tina because he used the money to marry a new wife.

It was a pity that the money I saved for Tina every month was all given to that vixen.

This incident made me realize that only the mother was the child's family.

In order to get Tina's custody back from Darren, I worked hard to earn money.

Gradually, I had savings and bought a house, but I didn't expect that they wouldn't contact me.

It was not until this rainstorm hit that I realized they were actually in their hometown.

It turned out that Darren had to sell his house in the city to pay off his debts because of his failure in stock trading.

Darren was afraid that I would fight with him for custody of Tina after I knew this, so he and his family moved to their hometown.

I didn't know how they knew I bought a house. They wanted to come here for refuge.

I was unwilling until he asked Tina to answer the phone and call me Ms. Green.

Only a mother could know the pain.

After all, Tina was my daughter. If anything happened to her, I couldn't just ignore her.

So, I gave them the address.

What I didn't expect was that the next day, not only Tina and Darren came, but also Annie, who was pregnant, Mrs. Brown, and Lucy were there.

The whole family moved in.

They didn't consider themselves outsiders at all. They even ate my food and bullied me and Tina.

In the end, they drove me and Tina out of the house, causing us to drown.

I begged Darren at the time, asking him to keep Tina, at least for the sake of the blood relationship.

But he couldn't persuade Annie, so he locked me and Tina outside the door and let the flood sweep us away.

The water rushed in from all directions. I tried my best to lift Tina above my head.

But it was no use, and I closed my eyes in endless regret.

When I thought of this, the suffocating feeling of water filling my lungs came over me.

I coughed hard twice before I felt better.

I didn't answer for a long time, so Darren called me loudly, "Ada! Ada!"

I sneered and replied, "No problem. Since you and your Tina will come here, why not bring Annie, Mrs. Brown, and Lucy to my house?"

"Really?" Darren was joyful. Actually, even if I didn't ask him, he would do this.

I might as well try to impress him. "Thank you so much. We will definitely not cause any trouble."

"You're welcome. After all, we were a couple. I'm missing you, and I won't think you are a bother."

Darren paused. He must think he was so attractive that I missed him even though it had been so long.

He lowered his voice. "Actually... I'm also missing you..."

I guessed he said this after running to the door to hide from Annie.

"Then, Darren, bring your family here."

"Okay, okay..."

"This time, not only would I take Tina back, but I would also let you beasts know the feeling of being drowned in the flood."

This rainstorm was not what everyone thought it would be and that it would be sunny in ten days or half a month.

Instead, it lasted for three months. The water level rose sharply, and the water finally flooded the third floor.

My house was on the second floor of the high-rise building, with a large flat outside. I was attracted by the balcony at the beginning.

At that time, I bought this house because Tina could play here.

But now, it seemed that this house couldn't resist heavy rain.

Fortunately, I bought a house on the top floor just to give Tina more choices.

It was difficult to walk on mountain roads, and it was raining now, so it would take Darren at least two days to get here.

I took this time to buy supplies needed during the rainstorm.

There were many foods, including fast food, frozen foods, snacks, fruits, and drinks.

In addition, the power and water may be cut off because of floods after heavy rains.

Hence, I installed a water purifier and a water storage tank.

As for the electricity, I bought a few household batteries.

Then, I reinforced windows and bought a lot of water-blocking sandbags, as well as oxygen tanks, small kayaks, and self-defense weapons.

The household registration rate wasn't high where I live, and there were only two households in the building, so it didn't draw much attention.

Looking at the house that gave me a sense of security, I felt very satisfied.

God gave me a chance to live again, and I must seize it.

I would take Tina away from that evil family.

When I saw off the movers and returned to my home, I found the door was actually open.

I cautiously pulled out the electric baton from my waist.

"You're back." Darren appeared at the end of the corridor and grinned at me.

I let out a long breath.

"How did you get in?" I asked unhappily.

"How dare you say that!" Linda scolded me while wiping her hair with my bath towel.

"We've been here for half an hour. It's raining so hard outside that we're all soaked. But you weren't at home and didn't answer the phone. We were almost freezing to death. If I hadn't called the locksmith company, I'd have died you got back."

As expected, Linda was still the same as before. Even if she did something wrong, she would blame others.

I wanted to go into the room to change clothes, but Darren stopped me at the door.

"Annie is pregnant, and she's delicate. She tossed all the way. Now she's sleeping in your bedroom. Don't mind."

Just when I was about to say something, Lucy came out of the bathroom wearing my silk nightgown.

"Ada, your electric water heater isn't working. I just used it for a while, but now, there's no hot water. You should change it to a gas one as soon as possible."

"That's right. Ada, since you've enough money, you should decorate the house to make it comfortable.

Look at the furnishings here, the sofa and the TV aren't good. The wall is only whitewashed...Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk."

I smiled unhappily. They were always being that, having grandiose aims but puny abilities.

Their house in the village was just a rough construction, but they looked down on my small flat in the city.

I didn't bother to argue with them, so I just asked, "Where's Tina?"

They exchanged glances, and Darren humbly said, "Playing... on the balcony."

"It was raining outside. What did Tina play?"

I had a bad feeling and rushed to the balcony of the living room.

Because it was double-layer soundproof glass, Tina's crying couldn't be heard.

The two-year-old child stood at the door, crying helplessly.

Tina had no place to hide on the open balcony, so she could only be exposed to the rain.

I anxiously tried to open the glass door to save Tina, but to my surprise, the door was locked.

At this moment, I realized that it was not Tina who wanted to play outside, but they deliberately locked Tina outside.

I quickly brought Tina in. She was soaked and couldn't stop crying, with her body shaking.

Originally, I thought Darren and his family had taken care of Tina for many years and that I should spare their lives. But it seemed that it wasn't necessary.

"It's okay. Stop crying." Darren tried to cover Tina's mouth, and he looked towards the master room from time to time.

He might be afraid of waking up Annie.

I slapped his dirty hand away. Then, I held Tina and coaxed her gently.

"Mom, she's your granddaughter. It's raining heavily outside. How could you let such a small child get wet outside!"

I roared with all my might, and my words were full of grievances.

Linda ignored me as if she didn't hear my words, and she turned on the TV and watched it on the sofa.

Darren lowered his voice. "Don't make a fuss. Mom didn't throw Tina outside. Tina kept crying, which annoyed Annie.

None of us could comfort Tina, so we locked Tina outside to calm her down."

"Noisy! It's really annoying. I just fell asleep!" Annie supported her belly with her hands and came out of my master bedroom.

She was not the same woman I had caught in bed, and she was younger and prettier.

"Tina is just a little girl, but I'll give birth to a boy.

She disturbed me, so I had to lock her outside."

Seeing her self-righteous look, I wanted to slap her.

But I have a child in my arms.

"My little ancestor, you're pregnant now. Sit down and take a rest."

Linda was more concerned about Annie than Darren. She helped Annie sit on the sofa.

"Mom, your grandson is hungry. He wants to eat beef."

Annie said coquettishly, making Linda smile.

"Okay. No matter what my grandson wants to eat, I'll give," Linda turned to me and said,

"Ada, you're ignorant. We've been here for a long time. You're the host, but you don't even treat us.

Annie wants to eat beef. Do you have beef? Stew it."

"Host? So, they knew this house is mine."

I coaxed Tina and pretended to be nonchalant, "Mom, you can see that this house is small.

I bought it with a loan. My monthly salary is completely drained just by paying the loan and paying you child support.

Let alone beef. I can't even afford ham sausage now. All I have left in the house is some expired instant noodles that I stockpiled before Christmas."

Hearing my words, Annie pouted.

"Darren, you said you wouldn't treat me badly. I'm pregnant now, but there's no beef for me!"

Annie was about to leave, and Darren quickly stepped forward to stop her.

"Ada, could you be more sensible? You have no money. Fine. I'll give you some. Go out and buy some beef."

Then, he transferred fifty dollars to me.

During the rainstorm, with fifty dollars, I didn't even buy some pork, let alone beef.

I smiled and gave it back to him, "You go ahead. I don't want to eat beef."

After that, I took Tina into the master bedroom.

Ignoring the shouting and cursing from outside, I locked the door.

I gave the child a hot bath, and Tina's body was covered in bruises.

It was deep purple. I didn't know how much suffering Tina had gone through in that home.

She was also much smaller than other children of the same age.

It seemed that all the child support I gave over the years was spent by that vixen.

The little hands, which should have been smooth and tender, were covered with scars. Tina must have done a lot of housework at home.

While bathing Tina, I couldn't stop crying.

Tina wiped away my tears with her hands and said softly, "Ms. Green, don't cry."

I held her little hand and choked up, "I'm your mom."

Tina seemed to be stimulated by something, pulled back his hand, and said fearfully, "Ms. Lee doesn't let me call you mom. If I do, she will beat me."

Tina's words were like a knife stabbing my heart.

Sooner or later, I would let this knife stick in their bodies.

After giving her a bath, I got her some food from the bedside table and coaxed her to sleep.

At this time, Darren knocked on the door. In case of waking up Tina, I opened the door quickly.

I said impatiently, "What are you doing!"

"Annie has finished his meal and wants to rest."

Darren wanted me to vacate the master bedroom. I sternly refused. But he didn't give in and pushed the door open.

"Ada, can you have a little empathy? Didn't you feel uncomfortable when you were pregnant?"

How dare he mention it.

He just had sex with me and accompanied me to do prenatal checkups at the beginning.

After knowing the baby was a girl, he never came back home.

Linda wanted me to have an abortion, saying that a girl was a waste of money.

I tried my best to keep the baby, but they didn't treat me as a pregnant woman at all.

I was responsible for everything, including lighting the fire and cooking. I even took a taxi to the hospital myself for delivery.

So, it was definitely impossible for me to make allowances for Annie.

Darren supported Annie and squeezed me in.

Annie groaned in displeasure when seeing Tina lying on the bed.

Darren immediately picked up Tina and handed her to me, who was standing at the door.

"You and Tina sleep outside." Then, Darren pushed us out and closed the door.

Tina was half asleep, and I wanted to carry her to the second bedroom.

However, Lucy hugged her shoulders there. "Ada, now that you didn't let me eat well, you'd better let me sleep well. I don't like to share a bed with others."

I looked at Tina in my arms. I didn't bother arguing with Lucy, so I went to the living room.

But Linda was there.

Linda was lying on the biggest sofa in the middle, so I had to put Tina on the smaller sofa next to Linda.

I was thinking of staying here for one night.

But this stinking old woman deliberately turned up the TV.

I didn't tolerate Linda's bad habits, so I unplugged the TV.

"What are you doing? I need to listen to the TV to sleep."

Linda didn't change her irrationality.

"Tina is asleep. Could you stop making trouble here?"

"Why are you talking so harshly? I didn't touch Tina."

While quarreling, Linda spoke more loudly.

All the people who had entered the house came out at once. Even Tina was woken up.

Darren pointed at me. "What are you doing? You let no one have a good night. Mom is elder. Couldn't you accommodate her a little?"

"That's right. Ada, stop making trouble here. If you think we are troublesome, you can move out."

They were the same in my previous life, trying to force me and Tina away and take over my home.

After waking up, Tina started crying again, and Annie covered her ears.

Annie cried out, "You're always crying. Do you want to make me have a miscarriage?"

Once she pinned this crime on me, Linda became angry.

"Darren, transfer some money to Ada so that she can move out with Tina."

They should say this. This was my home.

Darren transferred me fifty dollars like last time.

Then, he picked up Tina and pulled me to leave us outside.

I couldn't resist him and was driven away.

The door slammed shut, and Tina's crying echoed in the corridor.

"Since you want to wait for death here, I'll help you."