Seconds later, I found my foolish thought ridiculous. As guilt had overwhelmed my heart, I didn’t even think of fighting back and kept thinking of an excuse to get to my knees.
Perhaps I fell silent for too long, for Rebecca grew increasingly restless. “Will you get on your knees or not? I’m running out of patience. I won’t bear responsibility if something happens to Ashton!” she declared.
Her words acted like a jab of adrenaline that boosted the energy within me before it could fade away. Nothing was more important than Ashton now. My fists balled up as I made up my mind to kneel before her.
Watching as I lowered my body slowly, Rebecca lashed out, “You should’ve done this a long while ago, Scarlett. Even if you kneel here forever, you can’t make it up to what you and Ashton did to me! To be honest, kneeling before me and begging for my forgiveness isn’t enough. That’s nothing compared to what you took away from me. Soon, you’ll find out what it feels like to be in hell!”
Suddenly, something tugged at my nerves. I snapped back to my senses after comprehending Rebecca’s words. Does she mean she’ll never stop taking revenge even if I get on my knees and offer an apology? Even if I discard my pride and dignity, Rebecca will never give in. She wants to see us die a horrible death. I bet she wants Ashton to remain missing forever so we won’t reunite with each other. There’s no way she’ll be kind enough to tell me about his whereabouts.
Coming to my senses, I promptly straightened my back and returned her sharp glare with an equally sharp one. No debts were equal. Just because I had a bottom line, I should be submissive to her? What about my dead child? Who would make it up to me?
“What about the child you killed in my womb? Did he plead for your mercy every night?” I calmed down and returned coolly. She was nothing but an ordinary person to me now.
Surprise flashed across her gaze. Rebecca had to gulp to steady herself. Trying to cover her guilt, she said, “Stop intimidating me with that child. If Ashton hadn’t misled me back then and made me stay with him, I wouldn’t have fallen in love with him and ended up becoming your scapegoat!”
“You want someone to die? Go take Ashton’s life, then! He is the one who deserves to die!” Indeed, she was as unreasonable as usual. I was a fool to think that she’d learn to at least think in someone else’s shoes. Clearly, I was too naïve.
Her pronounced guilt feelings were indicated by extremely exaggerated actions. It was useless to argue with her. Instead of wasting time with Rebecca, I decided to head back to think about my next step.
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