Chapter 7
She fell to the stone floor and screamed loudly, “Joanna, if you want revenge, go after Colin! He’s the one who made you lose your baby, not me. Please, let me go.”
Colin glared at Irene, his eyes full of fury. “So you lied to me?”
Seeing things fall apart, Irene stopped pretending. “If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for being stupid. I just posted a couple of random photos and claimed they were Joanna’s, and you believed it.”
Colin, fueled by rage, suddenly found the strength to break free from the bodyguards‘ grip and lunged at Irene.
“Bitch, you’re the one who brought me to this point! I’m going to kill you!”
The two quickly became tangled. Irene wasn’t as strong as Colin, but her skills weren’t to be underestimated. She aimed for the wound on his face.
I took a few steps back, watching the messy fight unfold. In the end, Colin overpowered Irene, pinning her down and choking her with both hands.
Irene’s eyes were rolling back as she gasped for air, on the brink of losing consciousness. I signaled the bodyguards to step forward and pull Colin
away.
“I told you I’d avenge my child.”
I walked up, dragging an iron rod. Both of them looked at me in terror, shaking their heads. “No… Please…”
Just as I raised the iron rod to strike, Bryan hobbled forward with his
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cane, urgently shouting, “Joanna, spare them!”
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Colin saw Bryan as his savior and cried out, “Grandpa, she’s going to kill me! Please save me!”
In just one night, nearly all of Bryan’s hair had turned white, his face showing signs of exhaustion and weariness.
He stepped in front of me, gasping for breath, and looked at me with guilt. “Joanna, Colin killed your child with Wallace. He deserves no
forgiveness…”
I gripped the rod tightly and stared coldly at Bryan standing in front of
- me.
Colin’s parents died young, so Bryan basically raised him. Bryan was very fond of him, so it made sense that he’d come back to plead for him.
His life was valuable, but my child’s life wasn’t?
me,
Yesterday, I felt the sensation of my child struggling inside desperately begging for help. Today, no one’s plea would make a difference.
But unexpectedly, despite his age, Bryan dropped to his knees in front of me. “Colin lost both his parents at a young age, and I.raised him. If he’s made such a terrible mistake, it’s because I failed to guide him properly.”
“Today, let me die with him to atone for my deceased grandchild.”
Colin instantly panicked. “Grandpa, I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!”
He broke free from the bodyguards‘ hold and rushed to Bryan, trying to pull him up.
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“Grandpa, how can you beg her? Get up and take me away!”
Bryan shook off Colin’s arm and struck him with his cane without hesitation. “You ungrateful monster, get on your knees and beg for forgiveness from your aunt and the child you killed!”
Colin, defeated by Bryan’s blow, or perhaps realizing that Bryan could no longer protect him, finally complied, dropping to his knees at my feet, repeatedly apologizing.
Bryan also bowed to me and said, “If you’re going to kill someone, kill me first. That way, when I go to hell, at least I’ll have the dignity to face Colin’s parents.”
I stumbled back a step, still holding the iron rod. This old man, who had once dominated the business world and lived a life of pride, was now begging me. A rush of conflicting emotions flooded my heart.
