All Chapters of Too Late For Remorse: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Suddenly, Maria recalled her husband's words. As she turned her attention to the report on the floor, something clicked in her mind.When Lincoln showed her the report and she saw his name together with Gillian's on it, anxiety flickered in her eyes. A second later, she snapped back to attention, sat on me, and started scratching my face viciously."How dare you do something like this while Leonard works so hard to feed the family! You're shameless! I'll ruin your face! Let's see how you'd go out seducing men after this!"When Lincoln saw this, a smile finally flickered on his face. "Yes, teach her a good lesson! She's shameless, and her child is a bastard. They've been mooching off us all these years! Kick them out of the house! Just looking at them disgusts me!"Hearing that, Maria struck me even harder. I blocked her blows with my arms, but couldn't avoid getting scratched. Hot, searing pain spread across my cheeks. Mustering as much strength as I could, I pushed her away

"You're not my daughter!"A four-year-old girl was still too young to stand against Leonard's violent slap.Gillian collapsed on the floor from the impact, looking blankly ahead. Blood trickled from the corner of her lips onto the floor, the dripping sound like a clap of thunder in the quiet room.I let out an agonized cry and fled toward Gillian, carefully scooping her up into my arms. When I saw the finger marks on her cheek, I sobbed brokenly."Leonard!" I roared, anguished. "Are you even human? How could you bear to slap Gilly?! She's only four!"However, he glanced indifferently at Gillian. "She's nothing but an illegitimate child, no better than a dog to me. I should beat her to death so she doesn't embarrass me. What a bother."Maria's eyes lit up at Leonard's words. "Yes! Beat her to death, then all this will be over!"With that, she lurched forward and strangled Gillian's neck. Veins popped up on the back of her hand as her face twisted savagely. Gillian's face was turn

"But…" I interrupted them, "since you violently attacked Gillian and me yesterday, I'll bring this matter to the court all the same. Oh, yes. The court might ask for other witnesses or relatives. Do call Mom and Dad's relatives over to make a stand."At my words, Maria's face turned pale. She nudged Leonard, urging him to sign."Leonard, sign it, quick! We'll be thoroughly humiliated if we go to court! How are we going to face others when we return to our hometown? Sign it, quick!"Leonard clenched the divorce papers in his fist. He glared at me wordlessly, wishing he could tear me to pieces.Seeing Leonard standing there, unmoving, Maria kept stuffing a pen in his hand. "Don't forget, you slapped Gillian and your father hit Madeline. Do you want to go to jail? You'll lose your job and your entire life! Sign it, please!" she begged.The tears falling relentlessly down Maria's cheeks almost made me believe she was a kind mother who loved her son deeply.A pity that it wasn't Leo

Passers-by who saw us threw us curious glances.I dragged Leonard away and snarled through gritted teeth, "We're divorced now. Stay away from us!"He kept following me, muttering under his breath, "Gillian is just four years old. Can you bear for her to be fatherless? I was possessed and believed my parents' words. They paid for their wrongs. Take it as our compensation for you. Please give me one more chance, won't you?"He pinned the blame on his parents with just a few words, as if he were an innocent party in everything.A filthy coward like him wasn't fit to be Gillian's dad."Honey, I was wrong," he went on, trying to coax me. "Dad is in the police station, and Mom is in the hospital right now. We're family…"I refused to waste my breath on him and quickened my pace, wanting to leave. Leonard followed closely behind me, refusing to let up.More and more people were gathering around, their curious stares making me furrow my brows.I was getting increasingly frustrated with