The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 777

Chapter 777

Arthur looked at Nicole. can get you a place in the Ark Project. It’s all I can offer you. I hope you’ll take it.”

“Thank you, but I don’t need it.”

Nicole didn’t look at the DNA report. If Arthur was showing it to her, she had no reason to question it.

She needed a father when she was a child.

She didn’t need one now.

“You don’t owe me an apology,” she said calmly. “You weren’t there for me, but you never hurt me, either. I don’t hate you, and I respect everything you’ve done for the people here. But being related doesn’t change anything for me. I’ve moved on. You can let go of the guilt, too. We can go on with our lives.”

There was no bitterness in her voice.

She wasn’t looking for sympathy or trying to make him feel worse. She knew she could take care of herself. She didn’t need anything from him.

Arthur was relieved, but it still hurt. Nicole was his daughter, yet to her, he was a stranger.

He didn’t push. She was doing well, and that would have to be enough.

Then he brought up Irene and Camila. He didn’t ask what Nicole wanted to do about them. He already made that decision.

Whether Nicole considered Irene family or not, she was still her mother.

Arthur couldn’t excuse what Irene did. He also knew Nicole wouldn’t let either woman get away with it. If he simply expelled them, Nicole would almost certainly go after them while she was still angry.

Killing them might feel satisfying at first, but she would have to live with it long after the anger passed.

He didn’t want Nicole to bear the guilt of killing her own mother, so he arranged for Irene and Camila to be taken to the government base in Jazenville overnight.

Simon would turn them over to the authorities there, along with the evidence of their crimes, so the case could proceed through the proper channels.

Whatever happened next was up to them.

Nicole frowned at his decision but didn’t object.

These days, a quick death was often the easy way out.

Irene and Camila didn’t know how to survive without someone powerful looking after them. Being left to fend for themselves might be worse.

Nicole saw what happened to women who traded sex for food because they had no way to protect themselves. Men held them captive, beat them, and raped them until they lost interest. Some even killed and

ate them afterward.

She could live with Arthur’s decision.

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There was nothing left to hide. Nicole didn’t want a relationship with Arthur, and he accepted that.

He studied her for a moment, then sighed. “Take care of yourself. These disasters won’t last forever. Whatever happens, don’t lose hope.”

Nicole got up to leave but paused at the door. “Did you give Irene a crystal pendant years ago?”

He nodded.

The pendant was a Hunt family heirloom. Before he left on his mission, Irene clung to him and begged him to stay, but he couldn’t refuse his orders.

They were already talking about marriage. Arthur promised they would get married as soon as he came home. He gave her the pendant to show her he was serious.

Nicole went still. After a long silence, she said, “I had it the whole time I was growing up. I broke it by accident later. I’m sorry I can’t give it back.”

Arthur was sorry to hear it was gone, but finding his daughter mattered far more.

He smiled. “It’s alright. I’m just glad you’re okay.”

Nicole paused. “You don’t have to feel guilty. You already gave me the best thing you could.”

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