The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella) novel Chapter 1754

Serena sobbed uncontrollably, "I really had no idea they were my real parents, and I had no clue what they've been up to all these years, working in secret for the Collins family. I've made a terrible mistake, and I admit, when Arabella came back home, I was scared and jealous. I did things that are unforgivable. Mom, I can't even begin to hope for your forgiveness. Just let me have it. I don't deserve to live in this world anymore."

"You think I'm going to let you live??"

Louisa's fury drained the color from Serena's face, sending chills down her spine.

Her mother, once so indulgent and doting, now looked as if she truly wanted her dead.

Those eyes were filled with a murderous rage and intense loathing.

Serena was genuinely terrified, her mind a blank slate and her body trembling as she looked up at her mother.

"You wanted Bella to beg you, didn't you? You wanted her to bow her head to you ten times?" Louisa's anger rose uncontrollably, "You want to live? Then beg for it—properly."

Panicked and with tears streaming down her face, Serena was already kneeling on shattered glass, but her mother still wasn't ready to let her off the hook. Worse, she was being forced to bow her head in apology.

She knew her mother was venting for Arabella, but at that moment, she had no other choice.

"I'm sorry." Serena's tears fell as she sobbed, bowing her head to her mother.

Her pale forehead hit the ground, littered with broken glass, and instantly, several spots of blood appeared.

"I've been ungrateful for the years of care from mom and dad. I've been worse than a beast." Serena cried as she continued, "I've been deluded, I'm sorry for all the hurt I've caused my sister, sorry to the entire Collins family, I was wrong, terribly wrong, for doing something so heartless."

Blood was now streaming from her forehead, the droplets merging and growing larger before streaking down her face.