A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 579

The choices before Brinley were agonizing. The smooth path she had once walked was now lost in a dense fog, and she couldn't see what lay ahead. She didn't know what Felix would do to her if the child died. And she couldn't see a way for the child to live… Not according to Starla’s terms. Without Justin, the child had no hope. But Starla would only help if he was Faraday’s, and he wasn’t.

Faced with Fairfax’s relentless questioning, Brinley looked at him with tear-filled eyes. “Would it solve everything if I just died?”

Fairfax stared at her, speechless.

“If I died, would we be able to skip the paternity test?”

At that moment, Brinley truly wished she could die. Everything Starla was doing was aimed at her. What if she were gone? Would the test no longer be necessary? Living like this was simply too hard.

“I never thought that after your brother died, just living with dignity would become a luxury,” she lamented.

“This has nothing to do with my brother’s death,” Fairfax said flatly. “And your suffering isn’t because of him.”

Brinley’s head snapped up, her eyes wide with disbelief. It was the first time Fairfax had ever so directly contradicted her.

Her expression froze.

She stared at him, her voice barely a whisper. “So, you also believe I did something to wrong her, and that’s why we’re in this mess?”

It was a calculated, leading question. She was still trying to maneuver him, to make him trust her again.

This time, however, Fairfax didn’t react as she expected.

He slid his hands into his coat pockets and glanced into the distance. “We all wronged her.”

Brinley was stunned.

What did he just say? We *all* wronged Starla?

But he didn’t trust Starla, did he? Why would he say something like that now?

“Once you’ve decided, go and tell her.”

“I…”

Go and tell Starla herself?

What was he saying? Did he actually trust Starla’s word now? Brinley wanted to argue that Starla was probably just bluffing.

But Fairfax had already turned and walked away, leaving Brinley standing frozen in place.

He was telling her to go directly to Starla… Did he truly believe her? After she had thrown the entire Yelchin family into chaos, he still believed she would keep her promise?

Brinley trembled, from the cold and from sheer, unadulterated rage.

Suddenly, with a loud *splash*, a bucket of icy water drenched her from head to toe.