Sebastian Brenand unbuckled his seatbelt and pointed at the river next to the bridge they were on. “I’ll jump off and kill myself. Do you want to watch me die?”
Rachel Wood shook her head frantically. “No! I don’t want to!”
He laughed bitterly. “Then do as I say. I will send you someplace safe, and I'll protect you and your parents. You don’t have to care about anything else.
“I’ll protect everyone I’m supposed to. As for those who hurt you, I won’t let anyone off the hook.”
Drying his tears, Sebastian stared straight ahead, gritting his teeth.
Even his parents weren’t allowed to hurt Rachel. What they did was unforgivable, and he was about to teach them a lesson today.
Rachel nervously grabbed his arm while continuously shaking her head. “Don’t do that! They’re your parents. Do you want to hurt your parents because of me? You won’t feel good about it.”
“Let all this end here,” she added.
He pushed her hand away, however. “I’ve never thought about forgiving them. They need to pay for what they’ve done.”
With that, he drove even faster.
“I don’t want you to hurt your parents because of me. Hurting them is the equivalent of hurting yourself,” she insisted.
“You need to stop being such a saint. It doesn’t work on me.”
“Listen to me, please, Sebastian,” she pleaded.
He didn't respond any further and continued to drive. It was as if he had blocked out everything else.
No matter what she said next, he didn't seem to hear her.
He was going to confront his parents, and nobody could stop him.
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