‘However…’
Niamh was on her way to the kindergarten when she received Kendrick’s call.
She listened to the cheery ringtone from start to finish without picking up.
Immediately after, someone called her again.
The ringtone was different, so Niamh took a look at the caller ID and saw that it was Ryan.
She picked up and heard Ryan’s gentle voice. He was inviting her for dinner at his house.
He said his parents still wanted to apologize to her for what happened back then.
Niamh had already declined once, so she did not feel that it was appropriate to decline again.
Lessons had ended in the kindergarten.
Soon after, parents started arriving to pick their children up from school.
Jackson and Lillian were both waiting as well.
“Jackie, why is mommy not here yet?” Lillian blinked her curious eyes and asked.
“Mommy should be here soon.” Jack looked at the road, and his handsome face looked disappointed. “I wonder when Daddy will come home.”
“Daddy? I haven’t seen Daddy in a long time as well.” Lillian pouted, still thinking her father was Felipe. There was a hint of desolation in her bright eyes.
Then, her darkened eyes were suddenly lit up with colorful sparkles.
A bouquet made out of colorful candies appeared in front of Lillian all of a sudden.
“Eh?” Lillian was confused, but her eyes were still sparkling. “Wow, how beautiful!”
Jackson looked over at the hand that was holding the bouquet and saw a frivolous-looking face.
“Who are you?” Jackson pulled Lillian behind him and asked Fabian in high alert.
Fabian still looked like a frivolous brat. Then, he looked at Jackson with a dissatisfied look and said cockily, “I’m Lily’s friend.”
Jackson looked at Fabian suspiciously, then heard Lillian exclaiming, “It’s Mr. White Hair!”
Lillian recognized Fabian.
Fabian frowned. He had already dyed his silver hair brown.
Jackson remembered Lillian mentioning this Mr. White Hair to him before, so he let his guard down slightly.
“Jackie, Mr. White Hair is my friend. I even gave him a lollipop before.”
“Yeah.” Fabian smirked. “Now I’m giving Lily all these lollipops. Do you like them?”
“Are all these for me?” Lillian was thrilled, her huge eyes sparkling with delight.
Since there was some traffic, Niamh was slightly late. After she parked her car, she saw a man talking to her children. She quickly walked over out of worry, but when she got closer, she realized it was Fabian.
Fabian greeted Niamh when he saw her. However, Niamh only peered at him and took the children away.
“Eveline, I mean no harm to them. I’m just here to visit Lily,” Fabian explained sadly.
“I know, but Fabian, I can’t be your friend anymore. Your sister manipulated Kendrick into killing my parents. Even until now, their passing is still deemed as an accident.”
Niamh said flatly, “Fabian, I don’t hate you, but I despise your sister Lana. I also hate the Stygian Johnson Gang as a lawless organized gang. I’ll definitely avenge my parents.”
After she said that, she returned Lillian’s lollipop bouquet to Fabian before driving away.
Fabian held the bouquet and chuckled sadly. Then, he murmured, “I spent the entire night making this.”
Niamh was driving the children home when all of a sudden, Jackson asked sadly, “Mommy, I miss Daddy so much. What happened to him? Why is he not home?”
“I miss the handsome mister as well, Mommy. Are you taking us to see him now?”
Niamh clenched her hands around the steering wheel. Then, she smiled softly. “Yeah, I’m going to take you guys to see Daddy now.”
Kendrick held his phone and looked at Niamh’s number for a long time. At the end of the day, he still did not have the guts to call her.
He knew Niamh would not answer. However, when he was feeling sad, Niamh appeared in front of him along with Jackson and Lillian.
Kendrick sat up quickly. When he was about to move, his left leg was in so much pain that he could not.
“Nia.”
His eyes were on Niamh the entire time.
However, Niamh ignored him. She said to her children, “I’ll come to get you guys five minutes later.”
Kendrick used all his might to stand up when he saw Niamh leaving. “Nia, Nia.”
Niamh did not turn around no matter how much he called out to her.
On the other hand, the moment Niamh stepped out of the room, she saw Lana.
Lana was strutting arrogantly as usual.
When she saw Niamh’s icy gaze, she smiled while feeling pleased with herself. “Eveline, I’m so happy when I see that you’re pissed.”
Niamh peered at her coldly. “Your face is still swollen but you’re already asking to be slapped again?”
“…” Lana’s pleased smile cracked instantly. “Eveline, there are only two endings for people who cross me. It’s either they die, or they wish they were dead.”
“Wish they were dead?” Niamh’s gaze looked odd. She took a step closer to Lana. “Does it feel like this?”
“What?”
What?
Lana was confused. As she was trying to figure out what she meant, she suddenly lost the freedom to breathe.
???
Niamh had lifted her right hand all of a sudden and grabbed Lana tightly on the neck.
Lana did not expect Niamh to do this at all.
She used all of her might to fight back, but Niamh was too strong.
“Let… go! Eveline, you b*tch, let me go! Ah!”
Lana threatened, but Niamh only tightened her grip and pressed Lana onto the wall as she struggled.
Her soulful and crimson eyes were filled with malice. There was a storm brewing behind them.
When she recalled Eloise and Sean’s deaths, she tightened her grip even more.
Niamh did not say anything, only watching as Lana’s face became redder and redder until she could not breathe. She started to look like she was in pain.
On the other hand, Niamh’s eyes became wetter and redder.
‘Mom, Dad…’
She longed for the love of a father and mother for so many years.
That was a home that she finally regained after so many difficulties.
However, all these were destroyed by this heinous and deranged woman by manipulating the man she loved the most.
Lana’s eyes went wide. She felt her hands and feet getting cold. She could not breathe no matter how she tried.
After Kendrick heard the commotion, he knew something was wrong.
He ignored the wound on his leg and told the kids to stay in the room before walking to the door while enduring the pain.
When he saw Niamh choking Lana to the brink of suffocation, he ran over and held Niamh.
“Nia, let go!” He urged.
However, Niamh ignored him. She felt a sense of joy from taking revenge when she saw Lana in pain.
Kendrick was getting more and more anxious. He wanted to pull Niamh away, but she was extremely strong. Right now, her whole body was coursing with an unstoppable rage.
“Nia, back then, I wanted to choke Nevaeh just like this but you told me that she’s not worth it. It’s not worth throwing your whole life away for someone like this. Nia, do you hear me? We still have three children.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.