“Esme, she’s your mother,” Hank said in a tone full of fatigue. “You’re too brutal.”“Ha!” Although Esme managed to inject drugs that could keep her appearance in time, some of her original features were exposed. But her face was all swollen.Hank then said, “I can accept that you want to hurt Louise because you’re my daughter. My only daughter. But I never thought that you would kill your own mother! She gave birth to you! She loved you! How could you do it?”“You forced me!” Esme said viciously. “It’s because you didn’t side with me! You made me into what I am today!”Hank was absolutely disappointed. “You’re mad. I shouldn’t have come to visit you!”“Then scram!” Esme howled. “I didn’t want you to visit me anyway! Scram!”Hank got up and left, crying as soon as he turned his back on her.Esme looked at his father’s back which was getting hunched, and she couldn’t help but silently cry as well.The next one was Peter. Despite it being winter, he wore a short-sleeved shirt and
Esme could only stare at her, dumbfounded. The only person who treated her with some sincerity in the entire Thomas household was her.“You bought so many things for me, and they’re all my favorites,” Mrs. Thomas said as she wept.Esme simply said numbly, “If my mom was like you, I… I wouldn’t have ended up like this.”Ever since she was little, she had always been scolded by Beth. Saying that she had to be the best. That she had to claw her way out in the world!That she had to be in the spotlight! That she had to be the apple of everyone’s eyes!Beth taught her to steal, to be ruthless, to be fake. No one taught her to be compassionate.Even Fia. Perhaps, she and her mother did once treat her as family. But her mom would always tell her not to lose to Fia. No matter where she would go with her, her mother would always prepare the prettiest clothes for her so that she wouldn’t lose to Fia.Beth would quietly tell her that Fia was a child without a father. That she couldn’t lose
Bang!Silas immediately opened his eyes. “Sir!”Conrad was not in the ward, but the window was open.In that instant, Silas could feel cold sweat drenching his back as he ran directly to the window.Then, he saw Conrad on the ground below the window getting up with difficulty. He then dragged himself away with his already injured leg.Silas wanted to curse.He didn’t know what was happening to his boss! It was as if he was being possessed!And he was also torturing himself more and more!As soon as Conrad got out of the hospital, he didn’t care about the cars at all and simply walked on the streets.One by one the cars all avoided him. Some of them even rolled down their windows and cursed at him.He didn’t react to them at all and simply walked further ahead on the road.There was a screech, and a van stopped right in front of Conrad.The driver gripped the steering wheel tightly, and her face was filled with hatred.She gritted her teeth and was going to step on the gas.
The driver got out of his car with shaky legs. He had already taken out his phone to call for an ambulance.He didn’t want this to happen either. He kept on apologizing, and even his voice was shaking as his tears flowed out.“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry… Please don’t let anything happen to you!” The driver kept on begging as he looked at Conrad coughing out blood.Silas held Conrad’s hand as he whimpered.“Sir, you can’t leave us. Without you, what should we do…?”Five years later.An island on the equator.The sea was turquoise blue, the weather was quite hot, and the leaves of the trees were quite cold.A slender figure walked out behind some trees as she walked on the beach barefooted.She had thick black hair that was tied into a braid behind her.As she walked, her braid would flail behind her left and right by her waist.It looked pretty scenic when put together with the long white dress that she was wearing.Because of the long exposure to the sun, her skin was of a hea
The girl took the fish in Fia’s hand and walked ahead. “Just sleep.”The man hugged Adrian and Irene, and said with a sigh, “Adrian, Irene, have you all noticed?”“What?” The two children looked at him innocently.The man said, “She’s angry at me.”“Mommy won’t get mad at you!” Irene hugged the man’s neck and kissed the man’s face. “Mommy likes Daddy a lot!”The man smiled happily. “Then do you like Daddy?”“Yes! When I grow up, I want to find a husband just like Daddy!”Adrian frowned and stretched out his small, plump hand to hit Irene’s arm hard.“Ah, bro! Why did you hit me!” Irene’s eyes were filled with tears as she felt extremely aggrieved.“You’re talking nonsense. There is only one Daddy! No one would be like Daddy!”“Alright.” Irene sniffled aggrievedly. “I was wrong.”The woman walked ahead; a smile lingering at the corners of her mouth.Each day, as long as she heard the voices of the two children, she would feel very content.In the middle of the night when ev
“Yes. I was afraid that I would not make it back. I was afraid that my children would lose their mother.”She turned to look at the man. “However, I owe you my thanks.”The man looked at her deeply.“When I was in training, you brought Adrian and Irene up very well.” During those days, she would be fearful while she was training, worried that this madman would hurt her two children.In the beginning, after the training was done each day, he would carry the two children over to see her.Her body was covered in wounds, and she wished for nothing more than to lie down and never get back up.However, every time she saw him carrying her children over, no matter how tired she was or how much she suffered, she would struggle to get back up.Carrying her son and daughter in their swaddles with trembling hands, she would not feel she suffered.“Am I amazing?” the man asked.Fia smiled, her smile cool and indifferent.“If you aren’t amazing, how would I be here today?”She spread her
She kept wanting to ask Lucifer how Sophia was.Was she still alive or was she dead?However, she did not dare to ask.Since the day she decided to shut the screen, close her eyes, not listen nor look, she had already given up.She had given up on Sophia, so why was there a need to ask? How hypocritical!“I’m going to bed.” Fia got up, patted the gravel behind her and left.Lucifer sat where he originally was without moving. A few minutes later, another figure walked over.“What did you get Madam to do?”Lucifer raised his head to look at Sophia, his eyes full of mockery.“She doesn’t even see you as a friend. Are you still willing to follow after her?”Sophia was expressionless. “It was us who had let her down and did not protect her well.”“Haha, how interesting.” Lucifer used his index finger to scratch the back of his ear. “Do you know why I’m allowing her to bring the two children out on this mission?”Sophia was silent.She was worried, but did not dare to reveal the
At that moment, Silas wanted to stop it.Even if Fia was gone, Conrad should not be caught up in such a deceitful scheme.However, Beryl warned, “Do you want to watch as he follows that b*tch to death?!”He had personally witnessed how Conrad did not dodge or even try to evade when he was struck by a big truck.On the operating table, he was even less cooperative, having no will to live.For the sake of keeping him alive, he gave in.He helped Beryl wipe away all the traces of Fia.As long as he was alive. It was fine as long as he was alive.“Silas?” Conrad looked at Silas in displeasure, not understanding how he, who was always cautious and serious at work, would suddenly space out.“I’m sorry, Mr. Maxwell.” Silas was in pain. He stared at Conrad and could not help but ask, “Do you like Miss Parker?”“Yeah?” Conrad tilted his head. “Why would you ask such a silly question?”Silas gritted his teeth, no longer wishing to ask, as he thought of Fia’s suffering, and Sophia as w