When Krista heard Lydia say she could save her, she was so shocked. For a second, she couldn’t believe it. Then hope flared up inside her and she tried to sit up, her hands clutching at the sheets. But her body was too weak. She barely had the strength to move, let alone sit up on her own. As she started to fall back, Lydia caught her, steady and gentle.
Lydia held her up, one hand supporting her back, the other wrapped around her wrist. Her eyes were so calm and sure. “I can save you,” she said, her voice soft but certain.
That was it. Krista broke down, tears streaming down her face. For a moment, it felt unreal, like she was stuck in another one of those dreams she’d had a hundred times before. In all those endless nights, she’d wished for someone to come out of nowhere and pull her out of this nightmare. Just once, she wanted to remember what it felt like to be alive and healthy.
She wasn’t asking for much. Just a few more months, enough time to get back at those who’d hurt her. If she could do that, she could die with no regrets.
“Are you serious?” Krista’s voice trembled. “You really think I really have a chance?”
She knew her own body. She’d begged every doctor she could find, but in the end she’d been left in this lonely, crumbling courtyard, just waiting to die. She’d thought about ending it all so many times, but every time she remembered the Bland family, she just couldn’t. She couldn’t let it go.
Lydia nodded. “Yes. I mean it.” She paused for a moment. “But the real reason you’re sick… it’s because you were poisoned.”
Krista stared at her, stunned. She felt her whole world tilt. “What? What did you say?”
Lydia was quiet, giving her a moment to let it sink in.
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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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