Her Revenge Was His Regret (Shirley and Gilbert) novel Chapter 285

As long as she wanted it.

Sherry stood outside Yelena's door.

She hesitated for a long time before knocking.

Then Yelena opened it herself. "Come in."

Her eyes were redder than a rabbit's. In just that short time, her face was completely ravaged from crying.

She couldn't even muster a smile.

"About Hector and me—"

Sherry stopped mid-sentence. Yelena's phone was on the table, still displaying the trending topic.

She'd clearly already seen the photo of Sherry beating Hector up.

"You shouldn't have touched him."

Yelena had never spoken to her in that tone or with that look.

Sherry valued this friendship more than anything. In that moment, she couldn't read her at all.

Was Yelena blaming her?

Sherry had spent years preparing herself for this—telling herself she'd be okay no matter who left her. It was the only way to survive people walking out of her life, over and over.

But right now, her heart was racing with panic.

Before she could spiral, Yelena suddenly grabbed Sherry's hand. Her fingers were ice-cold.

"You don't know what Hector's capable of. Anyone who crosses him ends up destroyed. I'm living proof."

Yelena had never looked so broken, like all hope was gone. "My parents died because of him, too."

Sherry went rigid. She remembered Yelena's parents—good people. They'd been kind to her when she was little.

They'd even stopped Sherry's clueless mother from feeding her that toxic formula—the one that was all over the news for poisoning babies. Her mom had bought a whole stash just because the price dropped, which almost killed Sherry.

Yelena's parents were healthy. How could this have happened? "What? How? What happened?"

"Same story as yours, pretty much. You know how much my parents cared about face. The Snyders outranked us.

"My parents thought maybe they hadn't given me enough, that our family wasn't powerful enough. That's why Hector had someone else in his heart. So they started making deals behind my back. Trying to climb too fast. Got scammed.

"They burned alive in the villa. I begged him. I literally got on my knees and begged him to save them. He didn't believe me!

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