“Why did you do something so inhumane? You only lost your memory! Did you also lose all of your humanity?”
Kendrick was unhappy after getting slapped twice.
When he turned to explain himself, Niamh slapped him across the face again. “You did such a heinous thing just to make that insane woman happy and you still have the nerve to stand here as if nothing happened? Where’s your conscience? Kendrick, where’s your heart? Do you only have Lana in your heart and everyone else’s lives mean nothing to you?”
Niamh yelled as she cried. She never expected to experience this kind of debilitating pain again.
She lifted her hand to slap the motionless man in front of her. However, this time, he stopped her.
He grabbed the back of her neck and locked her in place in front of him. “Eveline, I told you I’m not your husband Kendrick. I won’t tolerate and accommodate you just like he did. Don’t challenge my patience again!”
He warned in a cold tone.
Niamh looked at him and laughed. Even though he kept insisting that he was not, but in reality, he was. He was the person who she could not remove from her heart.
Suddenly, she despised herself. She despised herself so much.
“I regret this so much. Why did I forgive you?” Niamh looked at the frowning man with tears in her eyes. “I’d rather we cut all ties with each other and never see each other again than you not knowing me and me being separated from my parents!”
Kendrick furrowed his brows when he heard Niamh’s complaints.
‘You not knowing me…’
These four words weighed heavily in his heart.
Niamh pushed him away forcefully after she looked at his nonchalant face. She still wanted to run into the house.
Kendrick knew what Niamh was planning, so he pulled her back to him once again.
“Let me go, Kendrick! Let go of me!” Niamh struggled with all her might but was completely under the man’s control. “Kendrick Waldburg, you b*stard! Let go of me! My parents are still in there! They’re my birth parents!’
Niamh yelled hysterically as her tears blurred her vision.
However, Kendrick was unmoved. He only held her tightly in his arms.
Niamh broke down once again. “Let go. Let me go. Kendrick, I’m begging you, please let me go!”
She pleaded as she sobbed, “Do you know that this is the home I finally found after spending more than 20 years alone? You destroyed my house and you can’t even let me see them for one last time?
“Kendrick, will you only be happy when I hate you?”
Despite Niamh’s struggle and beratings, Kendrick did not let go.
Niamh watched as everything in front of her turned into dust. In the end, what was left was an empty shell.
After the fire was put out, the firemen rushed into the house to rescue whoever was left.
Niamh felt her entire body going cold after she saw them coming out with two stretchers. She felt a chill spreading to every inch of her body.
She watched muddle-headed as the stretchers approached her. She pushed Kendrick away with all her might and ran to the stretchers. She lifted the white cloth with her shaky hands and saw an unrecognizable face that was completely burnt. In that instant, she felt as if someone had pulled her heart out of her chest.
The debilitating pain made her almost lose consciousness again.
Then, she felt her knees giving out under her, and she passed out once again.
Niamh started having nightmares again. She dreamed of a raging fire in front of her and it was as if it was burning her heart as well.
She saw her parents inside the fire. She wanted to pull them out, but Kendrick stopped her in a barbaric manner.
Then, she saw a nonchalant scoff on the face that she loved. It was as if he was enjoying the result of his arson.
No matter how she hit and screamed, he remained unmoved.
“Dad, Mom! Please don’t leave me… No!”
Niamh woke up from her nightmare.
She was drenched in a cold sweat, and her face was pale as snow. Plus, she kept mumbling ‘no’ to herself.
“Niamh, you’re finally awake!”
Niamh turned around when she heard a familiar voice. Ava came in unbeknownst to her and was approaching her with a concerned look on her face.
Ava grabbed a dry towel and slowly wiped away the sweat on Niamh’s forehead.
When she saw Niamh in a daze and her eyes blank, Ava was even more concerned. “Niamh, are you alright? Your hands are so cold. Do you feel unwell?”
Niamh looked up and grabbed Ava’s hand tightly. “Ava, I was wrong.”
“Niamh? What are you talking about? What does it have to do with you?” Ava patted Niamh’s shoulder and comforted her. “Niamh, don’t blame yourself. This has nothing to do with you.”
However, Niamh shook her head with her eyes filled with tears. “It’s my fault. I should’ve listened to you and not be so soft-hearted. I should’ve not looked back and forgiven that man.
“Why am I still holding on to him despite everything he’s done to hurt me? Why did I give him another chance? It’s my fault. It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t forgiven him, none of these would have happened. It’s my fault…”
Ava held Niamh tightly and comforted her softly when she heard her blaming herself again and again.
“No, Niamh, it’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself. If Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery know about this, they won’t want you to blame yourself too.”
Ava’s comforting words caused Niamh to cry even harder.
She escaped from Ava’s arms and got out of bed quickly.
“Niamh, where are you going?”
“Dad, Mom… I have to see my mom and dad!” Niamh ran out of the room, asking everyone she saw in the long hallway, “Have you seen my mom and dad?”
Ava followed behind her. When she saw Niamh in this state, her vision was instantly blurred by her tears.
“Niamh!”
She chased up to her and grabbed her as her heart shattered into pieces.
“Niamh, don’t do this.”
However, Niamh ignored her and continued walking forward. Whenever she saw someone, she would ask them about Eloise and Sean.
After Daniel heard what happened to Niamh’s home, he rushed over quickly. However, the moment he stepped out of the elevator, he saw Niamh walking over with tears streaming down her pale face.
She looked extremely haggard and as if she was delirious.
Daniel was petrified when he saw Niamh in this state. “Niamh?”
When he called out to her, Niamh looked at him. Upon seeing Daniel, she quickly walked over. “Dan, do you know where my mom and dad are?”
Daniel shook his head.
“Niamh, are you okay?”
Niamh did not answer him and only continued asking, “Then, have you seen Kendrick? He’s my husband and was the one who set the fire to kill my mom and dad. Do you know where he is now?”
“…”
Daniel was stunned when he heard that.
He did not know how to answer this question. He only looked at Ava who was approaching from behind Niamh.
“Niamh.” Ava held Niamh who was going through an emotional breakdown. “Don’t be like this, Niamh.”
Niamh sobbed, debilitating pain starting to invade her bones and flesh from every direction.
Finally, Niamh came to the morgue where Eloise and Sean’s bodies were.
This place was freezing, but Niamh did not feel cold at all. The coldness was nothing compared to how she felt right now.
Ava wanted to stay with her, but Niamh said she wanted to talk to her parents alone, so Ava decided to wait outside. Suddenly, Ava felt some discomfort in her stomach and went to the restroom.
The moment Ava left, Kendrick appeared at the door of the morgue.
The door was slightly ajar and through the gap, he could see Niamh dropping to her knees in front of the two beds with a loud thud.
“If we could do this again, I’d rather we never met. I’d rather you continue to treat Nevaeh as your biological daughter.
“I don’t blame you. I stopped blaming you a long time ago. When I had no one in those 20 years, I dreamed about having a father and a mother who loved and cared for me. Eventually, I found them, but I never expected us to have such a bad fate…
“I thought meeting a man I loved after losing the love of my parents would be the luckiest and happiest thing in my life. However, this proved that meeting him and loving him were the biggest tragedies of my life.
“I was wrong, Mom and Dad. Eveline was wrong…”
After she said that, Niamh heard familiar footsteps behind her. Then, the man’s deep and seductive voice went into her ears.
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.