He lowered his eyes and chuckled in self-mockery. He realized that happiness was just within arm’s reach but he pushed this happiness away.
While he was immersed in his silence, Felipe heard Cathy saying softly.
“Felipe, I’ll see you never.”
‘I’ll see you never.’
He had never felt how heartbreaking these four words were, but now, he felt it.
He stared fixedly at Cathy and said with a smile on his face, “Alright, I’ll see you never.”
Yes, never.
He would not choose to appeal. The only thing waiting for him would be the death penalty. There would not be another possibility anymore.
After Cathy got Felipe’s answer, she stood quietly and absent-mindedly in the same spot for a while until her daughter shook her hand.
“Mommy, that handsome uncle is crying. He looks like Juan when he’s crying.”
After Felipe heard this, he was stumped for words. His gaze naturally landed on the face of the little boy named Juan.
Through this vision that had been blurred by tears, he saw a delicate and refined little face.
When he was looking at the child just now, Felipe did not have any intense feelings toward him. However, at this moment, he felt that this child’s face was giving him an abnormally familiar feeling for some unknown reason.
Cathy could feel the eyes on her back. In order to prevent Felipe from sensing anything, she grabbed her daughter’s hand.
“Jan, hold Juan’s hand. We’re leaving.”
“Oh.” The little cutie obediently held her brother’s hand according to Cathy’s wishes. Then, she started walking forward.
However, before they could go far, Felipe’s excited and emotional yells came from behind them.
“Cathy!”
Cathy stopped reflexively in her tracks all of a sudden.
“How old are the children? When did you give birth to them?”
Felipe asked urgently. Cathy could feel Felipe’s suspicions in his anxious heart.
However, her answer was still calm and indifferent. “I don’t remember.”
“Yes, you do.”
Felipe denied it. His heartbeat started accelerating wildly. His vision was also glued to Cathy’s back.
“The days you don’t remember are the days when I made you bleed and cry. If they’re your and Adam’s children, then you should know their birthdays clearly. There’s another meaning when you said you don’t remember, so does it mean that the children are related to me?”
Cathy did not think that Felipe would make assumptions from this angle.
She was stumped for words. When she wanted to deny it, Felipe got up suddenly. However, his action was quickly stopped by the officer at one side.
He was pushed back down in his seat forcefully. However, the excitement in his eyes that was on the brink of overflowing could not be stopped now.
“Cathy, Cathy…”
He called out her name, and his eyes were filled with unlimited longing.
“They’re our children, right?”
In the end, Felipe still managed to guess the truth accurately.
Cathy had her back toward him, and her tone was still indifferent. “You’re overthinking. They’re my and Adam’s children. How could I have given birth to the children of a man who wanted to kill me?”
“…”
“I would never.”
After Cathy said that decisively, she took the children out of the conjugal room without stopping.
Felipe felt as if he had all of his energy sucked out from him. His entire body went limp, and he seemed depressed.
Cathy held the children’s hands and quickly walked to the entrance. She knew that Felipe would not chase after them, but it felt like if she was a second slower, he could catch up to them and see the entire truth.
However, maybe he had already seen through them.
“Ouch!”
Her son’s pained grunts came from her side. Cathy stopped suddenly and realized that her son had fallen because she was walking too fast.
Cathy quickly squatted and apologized. She comforted him, saying, “I’m sorry, Juan. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have walked so fast. Sorry, sorry…”
She quickly apologized and started to sound incoherent. For some unknown reason, she even had an impulse to cry that came from the bottom of her heart when she saw her son’s innocent and untainted face.
When the children saw the tears coming out from Cathy’s eyes, they looked at each other innocently before lifting their hands together to wipe the tears away from Cathy’s face.
Cathy started crying even harder when she felt the concern and care from her children.
She glanced at the conjugal room and felt her heart aching even more.
‘Felipe.
‘I guess it’ll never be over between us.
‘If there’s a next life, I still hope we won’t meet anymore.’
She thought about this silently and lowered her eyes that were filled with tears.
When she was about to recompose her emotions and leave, her phone rang.
When she saw the caller ID, she did not think too much before answering. Kendrick’s voice came from the other end of the phone.
“Cathy, I’m in St. Piaf. I need your help.”
“You’re in St. Piaf?” Cathy was astonished. Then, she heard what Kendrick needed from her.
“Alright, I’ll go back now and send the related information to you.” Cathy wiped her tears away and gave him an affirmative answer.
Before she hung up the phone, she suddenly heard Kendrick asking, “My uncle has been sentenced. He has the right to appeal but decided against it. Do you know about this?”
Cathy held her phone and looked at the blue sky. However, her vision was gray.
“I went to see him just now.”
“You saw him? Did you tell him about the children—”
“I won’t tell him,” Cathy said decisively even though she figured that Felipe already had an inkling about it.
“He hurt me so deeply back then and I want him to leave with regrets.” She seemed to be avenging herself heartlessly, but her heart was bleeding without control.
“If he knows that he has children with you, he’ll choose to appeal,” Kendrick said the last sentence softly in the end, “However, I’ll respect your decision no matter what.”
After he hung up the phone, Cathy stood in front of the door of the detention center silently for a very long time…
St. Piaf.
Kendrick stayed for about a week in a famous local hotel.
During this period, he learned about the situation with the Louis family.
Carter had a special identity over here. Yesterday, he even announced that he would be marrying a mysterious woman. The wedding ceremony would be held in his hotel in two days.
Of course, Kendrick knew who this mysterious woman was, but he would never allow this to happen.
He sat in front of the computer. After waiting for about half an hour, he finally received the information Cathy sent him.
Kendrick read through it quickly and then went out after some preparations.
However, when he opened the door of the hotel, a figure appeared in front of him and blocked his way.
Kendrick did not know this woman who appeared in front of him, but Ada immediately acted as if she was very familiar with him.
“You’re Kendrick Waldburg. I know you.” Ada raised a sweet smile. “Hello, my name is Ada. I know you want to find Eveline. I can help you.”
After Ada fully stated the purpose of her visit, Kendrick inevitably became suspicious.
“Who are you? How do you know what I’m going to do here? Why should I believe that you’ll help me?”
Ada smiled even brighter when she heard those words. “Can I go in and talk to you? It seems a little inconvenient to stand and talk out here.”
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.