The Abandoned Wife Dumped Him First (Victoria and Elias) novel Chapter 241

Abbey's voice trembled uncontrollably.

On the other end of the line, her mother's pained voice came again.

She said, "Abbey, I'm not lying to you. While your father and I were out, Tamara went to the river alone. By the time we found her, she was already—"

The phone slipped from Abbey's hand.

All the color drained from her face, and a chill spread through her entire body. She couldn't seem to hear what her mother was saying anymore.

The messages!

That's right, her sister had sent her messages. She couldn't be dead. She must be hiding somewhere.

Abbey immediately picked up the phone, her hands shaking as she tapped on the two messages from Tamara. However, the moment the words appeared on the screen, the last shred of hope in her eyes was shattered.

[Abbey, I'm sorry. By the time you read this, I'll likely be gone from this world. My dearest sister, I hope you won't grieve for me. I don't want to live anymore. This decision has been in my heart for a very, very long time, so please forgive my selfishness. From now on, you'll have to be the one to accompany Mom and Dad in their later years.]

[They will surely feel guilty after I'm gone. If you can, please spend more time with them. Tell them I'm sorry for me. I've been a bad daughter. Because of me, they've spent the last few years living in constant fear, never getting a good night's sleep. As their daughter, I am truly sorry.]

[Reading this, you must be wondering why your sister would be so foolish as to end her own life, right? Abbey, I'm sorry. As your older sister, I should have been a role model, but I failed so terribly. I know you rarely came home after starting university, not because you were busy with your studies, but because you were afraid to see the sister you once knew trapped in a living hell, barely existing. You would always avoid me when you came back, but I was always awake when you came to check on me in the middle of the night.]

[Abbey, you once asked me if I hated Victoria. I didn't answer. You then hugged me and said that you hated her, that I had to live on and see Victoria get the punishment she deserved. The reason I didn't answer was because I didn't know how to tell you that I actually don't hate Victoria. There's something I should have said six years ago, but my cowardice and fear kept it buried in my heart for so long, causing you, Mom, and Dad so much pain, and letting Victoria be wronged…]

Abbey didn't know how she managed to read both messages. When she reached the final line, 'Abbey, if you can, please tell Victoria you're sorry for me,' her vision was already blurred with tears.

"Why… why did this happen…"

Abbey bit her lower lip, barely able to stand.

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Sunny leaned against the doorframe, took out her phone, and earnestly began searching for the optimal bathroom time for an adult. Hearing Victoria's question, she looked up and said, "Victoria, it's not that I don't want to believe you. It's that you're too calm. So calm it's scary."

Anyone who saw the overwhelming flood of vicious comments would probably have an emotional breakdown. Yet Victoria, aside from a brief moment of shock when she first saw the trending topics, had spent the last three days eating and drinking as usual, not at all like someone being cyberbullied.

Sunny thought about the articles netizens had dug up about Tamara's behavior before her suicide, and the more she thought, the more she believed Victoria might be showing similar signs.

"Victoria, I looked it up. If you're going number two, the maximum time is fifteen minutes. For number one, it shouldn't be more than three minutes." Sunny then shoved her phone screen in Victoria's face.

It seemed she was determined not to listen to reason.

A vein throbbed in Victoria's temple. With a bang, she slammed the bathroom door shut.

Just then, Victoria's phone began to ring in the living room.