He Loved My Sister. I’m Better Off Without Him novel Chapter 27

Chapter 270

The smoke finally cleared, while the sirens wailed closer.

The police officers burst through the gates. They swiftly restrained Adeline, who was still thrashing wildly to hurt me. Even as the cold handcuffs clicked around her wrists, she continued to curse. The officers ignored her, dragging her out of the manor. Meanwhile, medics rushed in with a stretcher. They worked quickly, their hands steady and precise as they tried to stabilize Brian who had lost consciousness. Within minutes, they lifted him onto the stretcher and quickly went to the hospital.” Mark pulled me into his arms, caressing my back tightly as he gently comforted me by saying, “Don’t be afraid, Lilian. It’s all over now. I’m here.“&

The trembling in my body wouldn’t stop. I couldn’t help but buried my face in his chest. When I lifted my head, my gaze fell on the wreckage of what was supposed to be a wedding. My vision slowly blurred with tears.

The next morning, Mark accompanied me to the hospital. Brian was in the ICU, hooked up to countless machines, tubes snaking across his pale body. Behind the glass window, the rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor was the only sign he was still alive.&

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The doctor told me that Brian had lost a lot of blood and remained critical. I stood silently, watching him. But I felt nothing but a deep, empty calm like the last page of a story finally turned.

Outside the hospital gates, a police officer called me. It turned out that Adeline and my parents had been arrested. So, I needed to confirm statements and sign some documents regarding Adeline and your parents.”

When I finally arrived at the police station, I came to see my parents. They were sitting behind the iron bars, still stubbornly acted as if they were still powerful. Once they saw me, they were crying.

My mother rushed to the bars the moment she saw me, tears streaming down her face.

“Lilian! I was wrong! It was Adeline’s fault. She tricked us! She said she’d help us pay our taxes and ensure you married into the Herbert Family to live a good life. We were foolish, we were deceived!“}

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“Please! Tell the police the truth. We didn’t mean any harm. Save us!”

My father’s tone was smoother, more coaxing, like he was negotiating a deal.

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“Lilian, we we know we weren’t the best parents. But we’re still family, aren’t we? Blood is thicker than water. You can’t just turn your back on us now.“”

When I looked at how anxious they were, I recalled how Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt used me as a tool for power. Not only that, but they kept sacrificing me for what they wanted. Even after they knew that Adeline intentionally harmed me, they consciously chose her over and over again.

This time, they had no one. Suddenly, they remembered that I was their real daughter.”

“Family? To you, I’ve never been a daughter. You favored Adeline even when you knew she hurt me. You sold me out again and again and now, when you’ve lost everything, suddenly you remember I exist? It’s too late.”

My mother eventually cried, trying to defend herself.

“No! We did it for your own good! If it weren’t for us, how could you have met a man like Mark?”

“For my own good?”

1 cut her off as I looked at Mrs. Wyatt coldly.”

“Your so–called love has done nothing but consume me until there was nothing left.””

After I said that, I rose up from my seat before glancing at them for one last time.s

“You should reflect on your greed and lies in prison. Don’t expect forgiveness.”}

I turned and walked away without a single glance back. Mark was waiting outside. The moment I stepped through the doors, he took my hand gently.

“Is it done?” he asked softly.

I nodded and leaned against his shoulder. For the first time in what felt like forever, the tension inside me eased. In the days that followed, everything unraveled quickly.”

Adeline was officially charged with kidnapping and attempted murder. Moreover, my parents‘ case of tax evasion moved into the judicial process. The Wyatt and Herbert names that were once symbols of power were now spoken only with pity and

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