“Initially, I wanted to help you, since we’re sisters, after all. “As long as Luna died, the real heiress of the Landry family won’t be able to return, but now…“It’s all my fault. I already knew how incompetent you were, yet I still let you take on such a challenging task. Now, you have no other way of getting out… If Joshua comes searching for you, you won’t be able to hide from him in Banyan City.“Even though I’m your sister, I’m too far away, and I can’t help you much…”Aura bit her lip when she heard this. “Don’t worry, Sis.”She narrowed her eyes and continued, “If I’m going to die, I’ll drag Luna and her three rascals down with me!”The woman on the other end of the line sniffed. “But Aura, I still want you to come home alive…”Aura narrowed her eyes but did not reply. Instead, she hung up the phone. When she hung up, the camera on the TV screen had shifted onto Joshua, who had one arm wrapped around Luna’s shoulder tenderly. He was talking about hosting a memorial s
Lynch Mansion.Alfred, the butler, was instructing some of the servants to decorate the venue.A van arrived to deliver white flowers for the service.A female driver wearing a cap and face mask got out of the driver’s seat and handed the receipt of the goods to Alfred.Alfred glanced at the invoice, then instructed the servants to confirm the order amount. As he was doing this, he frowned and glanced at the driver. “Why are you dressed like this?”The driver lowered her voice and let out a small cough. “I have the flu, and I heard that there will be many people here at the memorial service, so I didn’t want to spread it to anyone.”As soon as he heard this, Alfred took a small step back and maintained a safe distance from her.The servants soon finished counting the vases of flowers. Alfred signed the receipt, handed the driver a payment slip, and directed her to the accounting department in the backyard.Aura, dressed in a cap and face mask, turned and entered Lynch Mansion,
“My father…has never fulfilled his responsibility of a father, and instead, always backstabbed me.”With that, he turned around and added, “Still, there is one piece of good news: he finally confessed the location where he had hidden Aura. I’m bringing my men to find her in a while.”Luna paused for a moment, then nodded. “Please be careful.”Joshua curled his lips and murmured a reply. Then, he helped Luna up from her chair and said, “You should go back home with the children and get some rest. I’m guessing that Aura must’ve seen the news about Adrian’s capture, and she must be trying to escape.“However, that place is rural and desolate, and she can’t have gone far. It’s just that it might take some time to find her, so please don’t wait for me.”Luna murmured in approval, then stood up and walked out of the yard with Joshua’s help.It was getting late.After sending off the final florist’s van, Alfred suddenly caught sight of a van that had yet to leave.It had already been
Aura, who had been following behind Alfred, froze when she heard this.She released her clenched fists and stuffed them into her pocket.Inside the pocket of her black coat was a pair of hedge trimming scissors, which she had wiped clean of bloodstains. She had used this pair of scissors to kill the actual driver just mere hours ago.Aura had even mentally calculated the distance between her and Joshua and Luna. If they got any nearer, she would be able to lunge forward and stab the shark edge of the scissors into Luna’s belly. Neither she nor her child would be able to survive this!She heard Joshua’s footsteps grow nearer and nearer.Joshua furrowed his brows as he stared at Aura’s figure. He could not help but feel as though she looked familiar.“Sir.” Just as he was about to make his way to Aura, however, Alfred let out a small cough and said, “This is one of our regular suppliers here at Lynch Mansion. Your grandmother used to love the flowers from this woman’s nursery, and
“One for Nigel, one for me.“One for Neil, one for me.“One for Mommy, one for me.“And the last slice is for me…”Neil, sitting in his wheelchair close by, watched his sister in amusement as his lips curved into a smile at the sight.Nellie was indeed the one who had resembled Daddy the most among the three of them. She was just as intelligent as Joshua.Luna returned home just as the three of them were playing.As soon as she entered the door, Luna hid the tired expression on her face and smiled at the three children in the living room. “Why haven’t you gone to bed yet?”Nellie pouted and proffered the plate of orange slices to her. “We’ve been waiting for you to come home.“I was worried sick yesterday, but Daddy didn’t let me go with Aunty Bonnie to visit you in jail, so I didn’t want to sleep until you came home today!”Luna took the plate from Nellie and was about to praise her when all of a sudden, Neil wheeled himself over and took the plate from her. “Get some rest.
Nigel and Nellie rushed to Neil’s side.The van parked outside their house was none other than the missing florist’s van!Also, Nigel noticed that the rear tires of the van were stained with blood.When the three children were peeking through the glass, a woman dressed in black walked toward the back of the car. She opened the door and took out a white bucket that was filled with liquid.She turned, went into the garden, and came out from the other side of it. She opened the bucket and poured out the clear liquid into the bottom of the villa.Nellie suddenly realized that when she thought she smelled gasoline, she had been right.It was the smell of gasoline, after all!“It’s Aura.” Although Nigel did not see the woman’s face, he already knew who it was. “She wants to burn down the house and kill all of us inside. With that amount of gasoline, it’ll be impossible to put out the fire once she lights it.”With that, Nigel said calmly, “Nellie, look for the butler, get the butler
Lily let out an exhale, clenched her teeth, and said in a choked voice, “I know she’s always been a light sleeper and that she’s been too exhausted lately…so I gave her some sleep-inducing tea to drink before bed.“If everything goes right, she’ll be asleep until tomorrow morning…”Nigel’s entire body stiffened when he heard this. After a moment, he pursed his lips and let out an exhale. “Alright then, Zach and Yuri, plan B. We don’t need to wake Mommy; we’ll take her away right now!”Yuri nodded. Then, as soon as he wrapped Luna up in a blanket, a smokey, burning stench wafted in from outside.“It’s too late…” Zach, who at this moment was looking out from the balcony, bit down on his lip with a pained expression. He stared at Aura, who was standing near the back door, brandishing a pair of hedge trimming scissors and forcing the butler, the servants, and the two children back into the house. “She’s discovered them.”Not only did Aura discover them trying to escape, but she even s
According to her personality, Aura would not usually be so easily triggered by Luna’s deliberate taunts. Since she had no other means of turning her life around, however, Aura lost her usual calmness and instead lifted her head to glare at Luna, who stood on the balcony across from her. “Do you honestly think I’ll never be able to kill you?”“Yes, you’ll never be able to kill me.” Luna snickered. “Even if you force the rest of them back into the burning house and kill them, you won’t be able to escape prosecution either.“Even after you get sentenced to death, I’ll still be living happily ever after with Joshua and bear more children for him!”Something snapped inside Aura when she heard this.She bit down on her lip and glowered at Luna. “Are you planning to give your life in exchange for these people’s?”Luna sneered. “What do you think?”Aura let out an exhale and immediately stormed toward Luna. “You can’t escape now, Luna!”Seeing that Aura had finally been diverted, the bu