Taking it from his hand, Xavia then took a deep breath before starting to read…
‘Hey Xavia, it’s Jenna… I’ll probably be long dead by the time you read this, but… I don’t know. I’m not particularly afraid of dying for this cause, but I think you deserve to know the full story all the same… Let’s start from the very beginning.’
‘At the start, I was overjoyed when I learned that Lady Burton wanted to arrange a marriage between me and Zivon, but… on the very next day, I learned that the actual woman that she meant was you. That was the first time I learned about your existence, and I was left somewhat surprised and happy. After all, I had no friends at the time in Darlsbury. Regardless, I immediately met up with ‘mother’ to ask about you.’
‘Naturally, she wasn’t about to tell me the truth, and she simply said that you were born at an inauspicious time, which made her think that she had the right to leave you at that foster home. What’s more, she even said that you’d steal half of my things if you ever returned! I didn’t really care about material things, but… I didn’t want you stealing Zivon. Because of that, I selfishly pretended that I never learned about your existence…’
‘However, I couldn’t stop thinking about you, and I ended up hiring a private investigator to look into your daily life… I soon discovered that you were living in a remote mountain village, and that your foster mother constantly made things difficult for you… However, though you never had enough to eat and barely had any proper clothes to wear, you were genuinely loved by Mark and your foster mother…’
‘You have no idea how angered I was when I found you hiding behind those curtains. Zivon, for one, would never tell a woman to hide herself unless he really cared about her… and terrified that my schemes would come to light and my efforts get wasted, I began trying even harder to get rid of you.’
‘From that point on, I began committing even more horrendous deeds, and… even though I knew that my evil deeds would eventually come to light one day, I couldn’t stop. Not when my marriage with Zivon was on the line…’
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