Before that, she handled Melon's needs first and made sure everything was in order before venturing out into Holden's place.

She already spent quite a bit of time with Adele this morning, but Holden was nowhere to be found. No matter how much she brushed it off, her disappointment was palpable.

All she wanted was answers to her curiosities. The uncanny resemblance of his voice and her late husband's was far too creepy to be ignored, and she wasn't one to ignore such surreal experience.

Initially, she planned to meet him and get a closer look at his appearance to confirm her suspicions via the energy project proposal, but that was still far from materializing. Everything about it was postponed because of the long process of approvals and documents.

Ariana only managed to let out a sigh, then proceeded to keep herself occupied with Adele's recovery.

As the therapy session concluded, and Adele was about to follow Ariana along like last time, they heard a sharp scream that rang from the entrance of the residence.

“What are you doing here?!"

The loud voice reverberated like an announcement bell. As Ariana turned to see who it was, she saw Sadie, standing there menacingly.

Sadie never wavered in glaring at both Ariana and Adele, who were holding hands together.

Ever since the incident of her pulling strings from the background regarding the show, Holden had been purposely avoiding her. He blocked her in all possible communication platforms and would always evade her even when she reached out to Shawn.

Those instances of silent treatment took a toll on her, for obvious reasons. She couldn't bear being left alone with her thoughts, so she rushed over to Mistlyn for her own peace of mind. But what she didn't anticipate was Ariana's presence in that very residence, even holding on to Adele like they were pretty close.

Sadie was having steam coming out of her ears. Her breath raced and she was now fully fueled by rage as she reached out to grab Adele's arm, trying to break away the latter's hold on Ariana.

Sadie's ire ignited, causing Adele to whimper in pain as Sadie's grip on the child's fragile arm turned it red. Despite the searing pain, Adele clung tenaciously to Ariana's clothes.

Seeing this, Sadie's fury surged to new heights, and she seemed to teeter on the precipice of losing all self-control. She persisted in tugging at Adele's arm with a ferocity that suggested a desire to remove it from the young girl's body, leaving all of it red.

Ariana, alarmed and determined, promptly intervened to quell Sadie's frantic behavior. She rebuked Sadie with a voice that rang like thunder, “Have you taken leave of your senses?"

With forceful resolve, Ariana swatted at Sadie's hand, her aim to coax the woman into releasing Adele. But Sadie remained unyielding, holding fast to Adele.

Shawn stood aside, momentarily taken aback, before rushing to intervene. He struggled to get Sadie away from Adele, a battle of wills that demanded every ounce of their strength.

Nevertheless, Sadie appeared utterly unhinged, her voice now a piercing scream directed at Ariana.

"Leave my house this instant!"

Her bloodshot eyes bored into Ariana, brimming with malice.