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Patricia, terrified, scrambled up and began kowtowing frantically to Lisa,
“Madam, I was wrong, I was wrong. Please spare me, spare me! I have an old mother and a sick child at home.”
Matthew’s eyes were red. He kicked her again and cursed, “Fool! Is that your excuse for harming oth- ers?
You deserve to die!”
Patricia kowtowed again, begging, “I was wrong, Madam, I was truly wrong. Please spare me!”
“I didn’t mean to, I really didn’t mean to.”
Her cries were filled with despair.
The butler watched the scene, bewildered, not knowing what was going on.
How had Patricia become enemies with Madam?
He could only retreat quietly and quickly call Miss Angela.
Lisa walked up to her and looked down at her, her
eyes dark.
“Patricia, if you don’t say anything, I can guarantee you’ll spend the rest of your life in prison, never to
come out!
And don’t even think about your old mother or your sick child.”
“Tell me, who made you do it?”
Life in prison?
Patricia was so scared that tears streamed down her face.
“Madam, I’ll tell, I’ll tell!”
She continued to kowtow as she spoke,
“It was Mrs. Parker!”
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“She made me do it!
She said if I did it, she’d give me a huge sum of money so I’d never want for anything for the rest of my
life!”
“She said you’re unworthy of bearing Mr. Ford’s child, that only her daughter deserves to bear the Ford family’s… heir!”
It was actually… Cynthia!
Vivian’s mother!
Lisa’s adoptive mother!
Uncontrollable fury surged from her core, threatening to consume her sanity.
Lisa got lost at six, ended up in an orphanage. Cynthia brought her to the Campbell family, giving her four years of luxury.
She’d believed this was her savior.
At ten, Cynthia found her biological daughter and discarded Lisa.
Simple abandonment would’ve been one thing.
But Cynthia had her knocked out, nailed into a crate, and thrown into the river to drift out to sea.
This was outright attempted murder!
That day, twelve–year–old Alexander spotted the drifting crate from his car and ordered his driver to fish
it out.
Soaked and feverish, he begged a nearby farm family to take her in, leaving money for medicine.
He promised to return, to take her to Seattle.
But that night, their car crashed on the highway. Alexander’s father died instantly.
She waited two years… then twelve–year–old Lisa ran away to Seattle to find him!
Heart–wrenching memories flooded her mind.
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An invisible fist gripped her heart, stealing her breath.
Inexplicable cold crept from her feet, chilling her to the bone.
She’d thought debt and hatred could cancel out.
But now… the scales would never balance.
No more weakness.
The Campbells will pay for my child’s life!
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Matthew clenched his fists. “That mere Campbell family dares this? I’ll deal with them starting tomor-
row.”
Just then, the butler entered cautiously. “Madam, may I assist?”
“I’m taking this woman. Handle the aftermath,” Lisa instructed tonelessly.
“Understood, Madam.”
At his nod, two bodyguards hauled Patricia upright.
Patricia wailed, “Madam, I was wrong! Please spare me! I’ll never dare again! I’m sorry!
Waaaaaah…”
Matthew stepped forward, slapping her hard. “Shut it!
You viper!”
A filthy rag stuffed her mouth.
Bodyguards dragged her out; Matthew would personally deliver her to the police.
Lisa stepped outside, pausing at the fragrant Memorial Pavilion.
Pristine white lilies glowed, their heavy perfume filling the air.
Now their scent filled her with icy revulsion.
“Butler, do we have gasoline?
Bring two cans.”
Startled, he waved urgently. “Fetch two gasoline cans! Now!”
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Soon, four servants lugged over two cans.
Without hesitation, Lisa drenched the vibrant lilies.
The overpowering stench instantly smothered the floral scent.
“Madam!”
“This…”
The butler gasped. Didn’t the mistress love this Lily Garden most?
These were rare lily varieties the young master collected worldwide.
A match scratched, its tiny flame dancing before landing on those pristine blooms.
Whoosh-
Flames roared skyward.
Delicate petals instantly curled black, crackling fiercely.
Thick smoke billowed, choking the air.
Lisa stood before the blazing lilies, heat washing over her as flames cast light on her pale face. Her eyes held a fire fiercer than the inferno.
The blaze grew wilder, devouring the entire Lily Garden.
Smoke surged upward, piercing the clouds.
Memories intertwined with Alexander scattered like shards,
drifting into the raging fire.
She curved her lips in a smile, turned, and walked away,
Others only saw her icy retreat!
None knew tears streamed down her face…
For the life lost too soon.
For the marriage that reached no destination!
For her twelve years of devotion!
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Step by step, she walked out of this scarred manor, leaving his life behind.
The wail of fire engines pierced the air, growing louder as they approached.
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