Reborn Fake Heiress Watch the Whole Family Burn novel Chapter 839

But he was her son. Even a cornered beast doesn't eat its own young.

She couldn't do it.

She rushed Daniel to the hospital. When he finally woke up, something miraculous had happened.

He had amnesia.

He remembered everything except the events that took place near the study.

At first, she thought he was faking it. But the neurologists assured her it was real.

The trauma from the fall, combined with his young age, had caused retrograde amnesia.

Whether he would ever regain those memories was a complete unknown.

For the moment, her secret was safe.

"After that, I disposed of his body," she continued, her voice eerily calm. "I dragged him back into the study and set the room on fire. The world thought he died in a tragic accident. I remodeled the entire wing of the house. And as for his precious assistant? I had him killed too. I even paid off someone to bury his lover in an unmarked grave on the other side of the country, ensuring their souls would never reunite in the afterlife. Never! Hahaha!"

She let out a dry, haunting laugh that sent a chill straight down Daniel's spine.

"You had a sister. A little girl. I was going to use the pregnancy to win him back, to fix our family. But he attacked me before I could even tell him. My only daughter died that day. Do you understand now? Do you understand why I hated him? Why I hated you?"

Daniel's eyes brimmed with tears. "But Mom, did it never cross your mind that I was innocent? I understand your pain. I understand why you hated him. But I didn't do anything to you! Projecting your hatred for him onto me was cruel."

"And for decades, you pushed me away over a memory I didn't even have. Even hearing it now, it doesn't trigger anything. I think my mind buried it because it was too traumatic to bear. All your paranoia was for nothing."

Hot tears spilled from the old woman's eyes. "I know. It was horribly unfair to you. I've lived my whole life, and only at the very end do I see it. If I had just walked away, divorced him, and focused on raising you boys... my life could have been so different."

"My son, I failed you. I deeply, truly regret what I did to you. I don't have much time left. I was strong my whole life, but I was so overbearing I suffocated my own children. That was my mistake. I am so sorry."