Niamh then told Kendrick of how Lillian had first been kidnapped by Nevaeh.
A cold glint shone in Kendrick’s peach blossom eyes as he took in Niamh’s words. “Nevaeh Delgado is Felicity Walker? She didn’t die?”
The truth fueled the flames of fury within Kendrick.
He could not believe that Nevaeh, the heinous woman, was still alive and well with plans to tear his family apart.
As of that moment, Kendrick found himself more worried about whether Nevaeh had hurt Lillian after she kidnapped his daughter.
“Relax. I promised the pretty lady that I’ll bring her daughter back safe and sound, so I will. Please wait, I will contact you.” Fabian promised before leaving with the group of people in tow.
The next day, Niamh received a call from Fabian. “My lady? We’ve got her.”
Niamh and Kendrick immediately made their way to the location Fabian gave them. In a basketball cap and a mask, Nevaeh was currently walking out of an apartment with a bag of unknown contents.
“Go with him and follow Nevaeh, Nia. I’ll search her room for Lillian.” Kendrick then reminded Niamh just before he alighted. “Don’t overexert yourself, Nia.”
Niamh nodded and followed Fabian in stalking Nevaeh.
Kendrick called not too long later to tell her that Lillian was not in Nevaeh’s apartment.
Niamh was about to guess where Nevaeh had hidden Lillian when she watched Nevaeh alight the car on the outskirts of town. She had pulled out tools to dig the soil with.
A horrifying thought popped up in Niamh’s mind. She immediately got out of the car and ran toward Nevaeh who was still digging the hole.
Hearing footsteps growing near, Nevaeh turned to look only to have her wrist tugged by a strong force while her mask and cap were pulled off.
“So it is you, Nevaeh! Why can’t you just leave us alone? Where did you bring my daughter? Tell me!”
Although she was shocked, Nevaeh gave an evil smile. “I knew you’d follow me, Eveline Montgomery. You want to know where your daughter is? Look inside the bag and you’ll know.”
Niamh stared at the bag thrown off to the side.
The bag was far from large, but it was certainly big enough to hold a four-year-old.
Not to mention that with how heartless Nevaeh was, Niamh would not be surprised if she had done such a thing.
Staring blankly at the bag for a few seconds, Niamh quickly went over to it.
Nevaeh watched Niamh open the bag anxiously and tiptoed behind Niamh. Raising the shovel in her hands, Nevaeh’s eyes were fierce.
‘Go to hell, Eveline!
‘Between you and I, only one of us can survive!’
She aimed the shovel at the back of Niamh’s head and swung as hard as she could.
Nevaeh was about to get away with it when Niamh suddenly turned around and evaded her attack, catching her wrist.
“Did you think I wouldn’t know that I’m the person you want dead the most, Nevaeh? Did you think that I’d still be as careless as I used to be?” Niamh’s gaze was sharp. Her will as a mother was giving her strength. “I’m your target. If you think you’re so powerful, then come after me! Don’t touch my children!”
Nevaeh struggled out of Niamh’s grasp in mortification and staggered backward. “Let me tell you, Eveline Montgomery, so what if I’m not powerful? So what if I decide to hurt your child? What’re you going to do about it?”
She chucked madly with a wretched gaze in her eyes. “I should never have been soft-hearted and let that b*stard child of yours live!”
“Soft-hearted?” Niamh had never felt more lied to by this act of ‘soft-heartedness’. “Niamh Delgado, you didn’t keep Jack by your side because you were soft-hearted, no. You kept him there because he could get you what you wanted!”
With the truth revealed, Nevaeh clenched her jaw in evident infuriation.
Niamh slowly approached Nevaeh, her every step overwhelming with dominance. “You had someone hit me in jail under Kendrick’s name, took Jack, almost killed my husband, marred my face, removed my corneas, and tried to come between Kendrick and me. I haven’t forgotten a thing you’ve done to me!
“You were supposed to die for your crimes and leave us alone, but I never expected you to team up with Felipe. You underwent plastic surgery to look like me so that you could destroy my entire life again.”
Niamh’s pleasant expression had fallen in front of Nevaeh. All that was left was an icy glint in her eyes. “I can look past everything else, but I will not allow you to walk away after you’ve hurt my daughter. That is my bottom line.”
Nevaeh was stricken by the sharpness in Niamh’s eyes, but she was quick to react by lifting the shovel to hit Niamh again.
Niamh reached out to grab Nevaeh by her neck and pushed her against a tree. Her forceful aura locked Nevaeh in place.
Niamh’s gaze sharpened. “Do you have any idea how much I hate you, Nevaeh? Why couldn’t you have been happy enough to escape the death penalty after all your crimes? Why do you keep finding the need to disrupt my life again and again?”
Nevaeh could no longer breathe with how Niamh was holding her throat.
She had no idea when Niamh had suddenly gotten so strong. Coupled with the look in Niamh’s eyes that rivaled the chill of December, Nevaeh felt her heart grow cold.
She could not accept the fact that Niamh had the ability to restrict her movements in such a way when she was hardly anything at all back then.
Niamh was weaker than a pet as far as she was concerned. Niamh was supposed to be nothing but the trash under her foot!
Niamh could guess what Nevaeh was thinking from the look in her eyes. She was not in the mood to waste more time on the other. “Speak, Nevaeh Delgado. Where is my daughter?”
Flushing from the lack of breath, Nevaeh smiled sinisterly. “Ha. Eveline Montgomery, if you think you’re so great, then kill me now! Though I’d like to know how you plan on finding your darling daughter with me dead!”
Niamh’s fingers on Nevaeh’s neck loosened slightly.
As much as she wanted the woman to die, Lillian was still the precious child.
Nevaeh gave a wicked smile as she recognized the hesitation in Niamh’s eyes.
Just as she was about to attack Niamh while the other was in a daze, a deep and mesmerizing voice cut through the air.
“Killing you would only dirty Nia’s hands. I’ll do it instead.”
Nevaeh’s heart shook in her chest as a bone-chilling chill shot up from the bottom of her feet.
She turned around in shock and was met with Kendrick’s frosty expression.
“Ken-Kendrick…”
She stared frantically at the man walking toward her. Pushing Niamh’s hand away, she turned and ran only to have something hold her by the neck again the next second. Nevaeh had just taken two full breaths when the feeling of suffocation overcame her again.
Kendrick’s fingers were like icicles, seeping into her skin and causing Nevaeh to shiver.
It felt like Kendrick was truly about to kill her.
Anger oozed from the man as his grip tightened. The strength he exerted was enough to reopen the wound on his shoulder, causing blood to seep out.
Niamh immediately grabbed Kendrick’s hand. “Let go of her, Kendrick.”
She persuaded him not because she pitied Nevaeh and not because she did not want Kendrick to face murder charges because of such a person, but rather because her heart hurt to see his injuries worsen.
Kendrick had no desire to let go. She could feel the killing intent ooze from his bones.
His hatred for Nevaeh was not something that could be put into words.
Not even the death of Nevaeh could placate his anger for the years he and Niamh had wasted.
Kendrick’s gaze grew unhinged as Niamh grabbed his other hand.
“I hate her just as much as you do, Kendrick, but she’s not worth being charged with murder for. Think about Jack, think about Lillian. Our family hasn’t even had the chance to reunite yet. Let go of her, Kendrick. Kendrick!”
Kendrick’s rationality was slowly reined back with every shout Niamh made.
He loosened his grip on Nevaeh’s neck, causing her to fall unconsciously on the ground with a thud.
Niamh felt her heart ache as she stared at the man’s reddened eyes and shaking fingers.
She took Kendrick’s hand to find it ice-cold. “Kendrick.”
Kendrick still wanted to tear Nevaeh apart, but he slowly turned his frosty features to look at Niamh as she called out to him.
Staring at the angelic features under the sun, Kendrick felt his heart clench as he remembered how she previously suffered because of Nevaeh.
He pulled Niamh into his arms and embraced her tightly. “I’m sorry, Nia.”
Niamh comforted the man whose emotions were still haywire. “You have nothing to be sorry about with me. Nothing at all.”
…
Nevaeh was brought back to the Stygian Johnson Gang. Fabian splashed her with a bucket of ice water and Nevaeh’s eyes fluttered open.
“How dare you take someone from my hands? You must have a death wish.” Fabian flashed a look at his subordinates.
A man by his side walked up to grab Nevaeh by the collar and smacked his palm across her face. Nevaeh’s lips split upon contact, causing her to howl in pain.
“Speak. Where did you hide Lillian?” Fabian interrogated.
Nevaeh was stubborn, refusing to tell even after she had been beaten up. Smiling sinisterly, she said, “Have Eveline come and see me. She’s the only person I’ll tell Lillian’s location to.”
“I’m right here, so talk.” Niamh walked inside.
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.