“Nia!”
Kendrick tried to call out to Niamh again.
He knew Niamh could not hear him, but he was clear that even if she did, she would not turn back.
At this moment, Kendrick did not have a choice. He could only watch the plane as it took off in front of him.
The only thing that made him feel at ease was knowing that Carter would not do anything to Niamh.
Carter had a goal, but his goal was not Niamh, so he would not touch her.
However, even if that was the case, Kendrick could not be fully at ease.
He went back to pack a light suitcase before getting onto a chartered plane to St. Piaf.
He had to take his Nia home himself.
…
Since Felipe’s case was pretty special, the time for him to appeal his sentence was brought forward.
The court commenced after a while. Since Felipe’s crimes were too severe, he got the death penalty just like he predicted.
While looking at the empty gallery, he admitted to all of his crimes and gave up on his appeal.
At this moment, he felt at ease.
Early morning.
After Cathy made breakfast, she brought the children out of the house quietly.
Adam came out from the study after he saw the door closing.
He saw the note Cathy placed on the table, so he slowly reached out and picked it up.
There was only one line on the note. The woman’s beautiful handwriting was reflected in his eyes profoundly.
[Eat your breakfast on time. I’m taking the children to daycare.]
The handwriting looked so simple and so normal, but Adam felt something different.
He felt her getting farther and farther away from him despite him hearing her tell Kendrick that she would not turn back anymore.
Yet, the person in front of her was still Felipe. This was the man she could not forget after so many years. Her not turning back might be another meaning for her only having eyes for him.
The conjugal room in the detention center.
Cathy brought the two one-year-olds with her. She was staring blankly at the empty wall, but a lot of memories from the past were playing in her eyes.
Those happy and unhappy memories were all in front of her eyes.
“Mommy, where is this place? Why are we here?” the young and naive child asked.
Cathy lifted her hand to touch her son’s head, smiling gently and benevolently, “Juan, remember the uncle who helped you pick up the ball?”
The little boy blinked his sincere wide eyes. “That handsome uncle.”
“Yeah, it’s that handsome uncle. I’m taking you to see that handsome uncle now.”
“Why are we seeing him?” The little guy still had a dumb look on his face.
Cathy smiled and was stumped for words.
Right, why were they here to see him?
Was it to not let him die with regrets?
When she thought about this, Cathy felt as if her heart had been stabbed by needles. Once again, her heart was in tremendous pain.
When Felipe heard that someone was here to visit him, he thought it was Kendrick. He wanted to ask Kendrick to send a message to the old master for him, but when he went to the conjugal room, he could not believe what he was seeing.
“Cathy?”
His eyes were filled with astonishment. He could not hide the surprise from overflowing from his eyes.
Cathy looked indifferently at the man whose face was filled with joy. He looked very haggardly to her, and his beautiful black eyes looked bloodshot. However, since he was happy, he looked pretty energetic now.
After looking at him for a while, Cathy recomposed himself. She averted her gaze and spoke as if it was no big matter.
“I heard you’re getting the death penalty soon. Even though I don’t remember what happened back then, I heard from them that we had a special relationship. So, for the sake of that, I’m here to bid farewell to you.”
Felipe looked straight at Cathy who was sitting opposite him. Although her words were making him feel a sense of loss, he had nothing to ask for now that he could see her again.
“Oh, I see,” Felipe smiled and said, “Thank you for coming to see me, a heartless rat who has done so many evil crimes, even after knowing that I had hired someone to kill you.”
After Cathy heard that, she smiled softly. “You didn’t betray me, you just didn’t love me.”
Felipe’s dull eyes started lighting up after he heard that.
“Felipe, you don’t have to feel bad. You can’t force a relationship. It was my wishful thinking back then for wanting to get you to reciprocate my feelings. I asked for it. Now that we’re here, I don’t want to stubbornly pursue this matter anymore and I don’t blame you. The reason I came here is to say goodbye to you.”
After Cathy said that insipidly, she lifted her gaze to look into Kendrick’s eyes.
“I hope you can do proper things in your next life. Don’t touch those limits that you shouldn’t touch.”
“Next life…”
Felipe started to fantasize about this word.
He looked at her and asked with a light smile, “I don’t care whether I will have a next life. I just want to know if I’ll get the honor of seeing you again in my next life.”
After he said that, a long silence followed.
After a while, the children next to Cathy could not keep silent anymore.
“Mommy, what’s happening?”
“Mommy, what are you and this handsome man talking about?”
When Cathy heard the children’s naive and untainted questions, she came back to her senses.
She saw Felipe having his eyes on the children’s faces. She was worried that he would detect something, so she said decisively, “I almost died because of you in this life, so if there’s a next life, I hope to not see you again.”
Her straightforwardness was like a sharp knife that penetrated Felipe’s heart.
He looked at her, and the brim of his eyes started to get wet and red. In the end, tears started falling from his eyes.
He did not expect to cry in this kind of situation. However, he did not want to hide his emotions anymore.
He was tired.
He did not have much time either.
He did not want to pretend anymore. Back then, he had wanted to have a moment like this so he could show his weaker side to her.
Cathy did not expect Felipe to cry. In her impression, he had always been cold and heartless. It was as if the word ‘tears’ had nothing to do with him at all. However, at this moment, he was crying.
Cathy did not want her emotions to be affected as well, so she said coldly, “It’s getting late and I only passed by this place coincidentally when I was on my way to send the children to daycare. I’ve said everything I needed to say.”
She said and got up to turn around decisively. Her back was turned against him when she took the hands of the children.
However, when she was about to take a step forward, she suddenly stopped.
Felipe was not saying anything. He only watched Cathy’s back quietly.
The outline of her figure had already become blurry due to the tears in his eyes.
‘Cath.
‘You remember.
‘When you said that.
‘This is fine.
‘You can pretend not to know so we can bid farewell here.
‘Adam will be good to you, right?
‘At least, he’ll treat you better than I did.’
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.