I didn’t want to hear any more. I snatched the charm and
stomped on it viciously.
“Shut up! You don’t deserve it! You don’t deserve my love! Every word you say now makes me sick!”
“Forgive you? Will forgiving you bring my parents back? What right do you have to ask for forgiveness?”
Rylan stared intently at my foot, his lips quivering for a long
time before softly uttering three words.
“I’m sorry…”
Those three words made me laugh.
“Sorry? Then kill Lily, use her life and your own to apologize to
me, then I’ll consider forgiving you.”
“Two for two, Rylan. It’s a fair trade.
Rylan raised his head, looking at me in disbelief.
“Britta, do you really hate me that much?“I slammed the door
shut violently, not saying another word to him.
bones to make a skull!
I don’t know when Rylan left, I only knew that when my brother
and I went out the next day, he and the talisman were both gone from outside the door.
In their place was a divorce agreement.
In the end, Rylan had signed his name.
A few days later, my brother and I boarded a plane back home. Before takeoff, a sum of money appeared in my account – a 10–digit figure.
When the plane landed, the airport’s big screen was playing the
news.
“Sterling, CEO of Su Corporation, recently turned himself
in, confessing that seven years ago he deliberately caused a medical accident that resulted in the death of victim Britta. Her
wife, unable to accept the tragic news, committed suicide the same day. Additionally, Sterling admitted to the murder of his sister–in–law Lily.”
“According to Sterling’s confession, police have found the body of his sister–in–law Lily. The body had multiple wounds, with the abdomen hollowed out, suggesting she may have suffered inhumane torture before death. Sterling may face the death penalty.”Sterling had liquidated all his company shares before turning himself in, and the eldest son of the Su family has taken
My brother stared in disbelief. “That beast, has he gone mad?”
I grabbed my suitcase and headed for the door.
“Let’s go, the Su Group hasn’t gone bankrupt yet.” A week later, the news reported again.
“Mr. Sterling, Miss Bennett is already six months pregnant.
You’ve done so much for her over the years, why do you still torture yourself like this?”
“Fintan” My brother and I stood by the hotel’s massive floor–to–ceiling windows, gazing at the brightly lit nightscape
below.
“The Su Group is finished for good.”
“But Britta, Rylan is dead. Are you really not upset?”
I stared blankly at the flickering car lights below, my thoughts drifting back to the day Rylan proposed to me.
That day, Rylan’s eyes were so bright, as if all the stars in the sky had leaped into them.
“Britta, marry me. I want to have a family with you, our own family.”
At that time, I truly believed he was sent by my parents to save
I also thought that he and I would really have a home, a place to call our own.I’m not sure if Rylan was serious when he said that. But that day, I was.
I pulled my shawl tighter around myself, feeling the air
- me.
I also thought that he and I would really have a home, a place to
call our own.I’m not sure if Rylan was serious when he said that. But that day, I was.
I pulled my shawl tighter around myself, feeling the air
conditioning was set a bit too low.
The past is past.
Rylan, never to be seen again.
(The End)
