As she looked at the frail and feeble Shirley, Camille had a look of pity in her eyes.
“Shirley.”
She was calling Shirley in a very affectionate tone.
Shirley was shocked. After a long while, she finally came to her senses and looked Camille in the eyes.
“Why? Are you surprised? I had always called you this way since the second day you had come to our house. If you hadn’t leave without notice back then, we would have been a family, and all of this wouldn’t have happened. But perhaps some things were already destined.”
Camille sighed sorrowfully, then she noticed the tears slowly welling up in Shirley’s eyes.
“Nowadays, medicine is getting more and more advanced. Your wounds can be treated, but before that, you need to have the will to live.”
“Will…”
Shirley repeated this word in a mumble, and tears started to fall from her eyes without her realization. “I don’t have a will to live anymore.”
The light in Shirley’s eyes dimmed, and her eyes were as cold as her heart.
“Thinking my parents didn’t love me, I’d stubbornly left the school they arranged for me and chose to wander the streets. I didn’t even cry when they died in that accident.
“Many years later, I killed the only family member I have in this world and that kind, innocent girl because I am an inconsiderate sister. What right do I have to continue living?”
“So, because of that, you think can give up on your own flesh and blood?”
Shirley was stumped by what Camille said.
She could feel that Camille was not blaming her and that she was feeling sad for that child who had no chance to come to the world.
However, that child was destined to not have a chance to be born.
Shirley’s eyes turned red. She smiled bitterly, then closed her eyes and allowed her tears to fall.
She had so many grievances in her heart that she could not speak of, yet she felt that she brought this upon herself. Those were not grievances. Those were the consequences of her actions.
She was not worthy to be a mother.
When Camille saw Shirley in such pain, she did not continue her questioning.
After all, they had known each other for so many years, and she had always treated Shirley as her child. If Shirley had not let her down and left without a word back then, Camille would not have stayed mad for so long.
“Go wash your face. Get up and eat something. I made this porridge myself. Try it and tell me if it tastes like how it tasted back then.”
Camille was still speaking softly, treating Shirley with warmth.
Shirley sobbed and opened her eyes. When she felt Camille’s kindness, she could not bear to refuse her anymore.
Camille, feeling very relieved when she saw that Shirley coming to her senses, was about to ask the maids to come in to help.
However, just as Camille stood up, the door was pushed open.
Carter came through the entrance with a cold and spiteful aura. When he saw Camille in the room, he was surprised, and the coldness on his face subsided slightly.
“Carter, where have you been? How can you leave the moment you brought Shirley back? ” Camille asked.
Upon hearing how Camille addressed Shirley, Carter simultaneously felt surprised and stunned.
“I needed to take care of something, ” Carter said immediately after returning to his senses and muddled through her questions. He then continued,
“I need to talk to her.”
Camille understood, nodding. “Let her eat something first. You can talk after.”
“I got it.”
Carter smiled and agreed.
Camille did not stay for long. Soon after, she left.
When the door was closed, the smile on Carter’s face disappeared.
He walked to the side of the bed and saw Shirley looking at him coldly. He frowned and the smoldering rage in his heart was ignited once again.
“Do you know where I went?” Carter asked. “I went to Waldburg Manor to look for Kendrick and Eveline. ”
When Shirley heard this, her expression changed. However, she merely stared at Carter without saying a word.
“Shirley, do you think Kendrick and Eveline will thank you once you gave them the only anti-toxoid test reagent? They won’t. Yet, you ignored your own child because you wanted their forgiveness.
You’re the most stupid person I’ve ever met! ”
After Carter’s voice fell away, Shirley suddenly burst out laughing.
“I didn’t do that to seek anyone’s forgiveness. I just want to make up for all the bad things I’ve done before I die.”
“We haven’t done anything wrong! We don’t need to take responsibility for anyone!”
Carter was still stubborn.
“We’ve just been doing what we want and what we should.”
“Should?” Shirley asked with a smirk. “Hurting the innocent just for the right to rule in St. Piaf? I finally know that the most stupid things I’ve ever done were the things I’ve done.”
“Shirley, you…”
“The child shouldn’t even have come into my womb. It’s better for the child to have left parents like us.”
Carter had been suppressing the anger in his heart, but when he heard Shirley saying that, his fist clenched tightly.
Although he was livid, he still unclenched his fist eventually, forcefully suppressing the blazing anger in his heart.
“Listen to me, Shirley. I’ll make you realize how stupid you’ve been.”
“Carter, don’t make me hate you even more.”
Shirley was calm. Her blank yet icy gaze was fixed on the furious Carter.
“Even if you used some illegitimate means to get the right to rule St. Piaf, it won’t be honorable.”
“Heh.” Carter laughed mockingly when he heard what Shirley said. “You’ve certainly been ‘reborn’, Shirley.”
Shirley turned her gaze away from him upon hearing that. “I’ve already seen through everything. I hope you’ll come to your senses soon.”
“Listen, Shirley. I won’t. You sacrificed my child for Kendrick and Eveline. You don’t even care that you’re the mother, but I do. Just you wait.”
Carter spat out the last sentence through his gritted teeth and turned around suddenly.
Shirley felt that something was wrong with that statement, but she no longer knew what she could say to stop him.
Soon after Carter walked out of the room, two maids came in to wash her up and feed her the porridge.
Shirley had resisted, but when she thought about what Carter might do to Kendrick and Niamh, she suddenly felt that she could not die now.
Not only did she want to prevent any mishaps from happening, but she also wanted to stop Carter from making more mistakes.
She still remembered the boy who had saved her from the streets back then. He had been so warm, not as icy as he was now. Not devoid of warmth or humanity.
Even though Niamh did not take Carter’s warning and threats to her seriously, when she thought about it, she felt that she needed to take precautions.
Of course, Kendrick was prepared as well.
Carter had already been targeting Kendrick. Now that Carter’s child was miscarried, he despised Kendrick and Niamh.
While Carter was a noble and prestigious viscount on the surface, his shrewdness did not match his gentle and elegant exterior.
Niamh started to take Jackson to school every day. When they got home, she would stay with her children most of the time and take care of Cathy’s children. She was almost inseparable from the children.
As for Lillian, Fabian would send them videos every day. Sometimes, when he was in a good mood, he would agree to a video call so that Kendrick and Niamh could see Lillian’s condition in real-time.
However, Fabian still did not agree to let Kendrick and Niamh take Lillian back.
Kendrick and Niamh could only let it be, though that was because they could see Lillian’s condition improving.
Perhaps the reason Fabian was so firm with his decision was that he hoped Lilian could get the best treatment with him.
Kendrick had not managed the affairs of his company for a very long time. Presently, Niamh’s body had slowly gone back to normal.
Furthermore, the poison remaining in his body was slowly disappearing. Now that everything had returned to normal, he could also focus on his work again.
On Monday morning, Kendrick hosted a meeting as usual. When it ended, he still texted Niamh at the first chance he had.
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.