Beth's eyes were full of disappointment. After a long time, she shook off Kevin's hand, walked to the sofa and sat down. Her voice was dry and hoarse. "I have nothing now. What's the difference between death and not death? What do you want to say, Miss Cassandra?"
She had come to the end of the road. She was not even afraid of death. What else should she be afraid of?
Cassandra looked at Beth and said, "it's said that you need a good doctor to cure your heart disease. I'm afraid that Miss Beth's heart disease has gone deep into your bones. If you want to cure it, you have to cut a layer of skin off. I wonder if Miss Beth is willing to do that."
Hearing this, Beth's face turned pale and her eyes were bloodshot. She put her hands on her knees and gripped the hospital gown tightly. Her voice was trembling. "What... What do you want to say?"
Cassandra raised her head and stared at Beth without blinking. Then she said in three words slowly, "Lucian."
Beth's pupils contracted sharply. She covered her ears with her hands and curled up on the sofa. She shook her head and said, "I don't know who you are talking about. I know nothing. Don't ask me. I know nothing... Please let me go... Please..."
In the past, she got everything by illegal means, and then she was taken away. Now she was sick and couldn't live or die. This was her retribution. She admitted it. But once that matter was exposed again, wouldn't it add insult to injury and force her to die?
"Back then, Lucian trusted you so much and wanted to support you, but you were ungrateful. You joined hands with Roger and pulled him down from the altar, and even almost destroyed him..."
Speaking of this, Cassandra's voice paused and her face darkened. Her deep eyes were like an invisible hammer, hammering Beth's nerves. But before she could finish her words, she said in a cold voice, "for so many years, you have dreamed about him at midnight. Won't your conscience hurt?"
Her last sentence was like a thunderbolt, hitting Beth's heart.
Beth's face was distorted in pain, and she even stopped breathing. Her heart was heaving violently... I beg you, stop it..."
She thought she could hide the good from the bad and become rich from now on, but in the end, she became a chess piece in the hands of others, allowing others to play with her, and finally ended up with nothing.
Cassandra's eyes fell on her, like the coldest and sharp knife in the world, rolling across Beth's heart. The pain spread, and life was worse than death.
Cassandra sneered, "Miss Beth, are you finally afraid now?"
Beth trembled like a lamb. With great difficulty, she buried her face into her palm. Tears drops went through her fingers and fell down along her fingertips.
Sometimes, only those inner demons trapped in the bottom of their hearts could break the last glimmer of hope.
Beth choked with sobs and said in a hoarse voice, "how can I not be afraid? It was my wishful thinking that I agreed to do that to Roger. In the past few years, as long as I fell asleep, I dreamed of him. He asked me why I hurt him, but I couldn't answer... I can't answer it..."
She wanted to redeem herself, but she didn't know what to do. Therefore, she fell down step by step, and finally destroyed everything she had stolen. She almost lost her life.
Cassandra exhaled a long turbid breath and said, "I have said so much, but in fact, I just want you to do one thing. I want you to personally announce the fact that you and Roger framed Lucian years ago, and return the justice you owe him."
It was despair.
How could she not know what it felt like.
There seemed to be ice exploding in Cassandra's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. She closed her eyes and looked deathly silent. "You just need to tell me whether you want to save yourself or not. If you want, I'll deal with the rest. This is the only chance for you to redeem yourself. Think it over and tell me the answer."
Beth's heart skipped a beat. She gripped the hospital gown tightly, which was wrinkled and stuck to her body.
Cassandra didn't mean to force her. She stood up from the sofa and was about to leave. But after two steps, she heard the hoarse voice of Beth behind her, "I promise you, I have lost everything, even if no one will believe what I said... I just want to fulfill my wish."
Cassandra took a deep breath and said, "Okay, have a good rest here and wait for my news."
Beth smiled bitterly, "Okay, thank you, Miss Cassandra."
Cassandra just nodded slightly and told Kevin to take good care of Beth. No one was allowed to see her, let alone anything happened to her.
Kevin scratched his head and was confused. "Sister in law, your taste recently... It's a little mysterious."
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