novelraw Chapter 374 - 402: Alice Lesser was killed by Robert Stephens
Chapter 374 - 402: Alice Lesser was killed by Robert Stephens
The lights dimmed.
Then, the sound of a man’s footsteps gradually faded away.
Daisy Ginger slightly turned her head, looking at the tall, straight figure of the man in the darkness.
Not until he closed the door did she gradually retract her gaze.
Her body was still faintly aching.
She closed her eyes, took a slight breath, and tightly clenched her hands.
[Have you forgotten how Alice Lesser died?]
[You probably already thought about it... but I still want to remind you—I want to eliminate someone, sometimes I don’t even need to do it personally.]
...
Her breathing gradually became rapid, the damaged organs steadily triggered a distinct pain, until she couldn’t bear it anymore and suddenly opened her eyes.
In the darkness, Daisy Ginger’s eyes slightly turned red.
In her chest, that constantly beating heart tightened because of the pain.
Daisy Ginger turned her face away, leaning against the pillow on one side, her brows tightly knitted.
Alice Lesser...
Alice Lesser was killed by Robert Stephens.
But then, what was with that surveillance footage?
And what about Abigail Perry?
She felt like she had fallen into a trap, a defenseless little creature.
Not only was she unable to protect herself, she couldn’t even keep her own mother safe.
She ended up here, cut off from information, without a soul to turn to, except for the occasional snippets she overheard by chance; she couldn’t even grasp the truth about her mother’s death.
What on earth was happening, what on earth was happening...
She tightly bit her lip, tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep.
*
Daisy Ginger stayed in the hospital for a whole month.
During this period, even Lady Stephens received the news and rushed over from abroad.
The conflict between her and Edward Stephens had no resolution, and facing Daisy, Lady Stephens seemed also deeply guilty; besides sneaking in to see her while she slept, many times all Daisy could see was a small figure at the doorway.
As for Daisy, with this woman, she could never return to the once close relationship they had.
Once feelings were cracked, even if circumstances demanded it, they couldn’t be restored to their original state.
Even if she could sympathize, there is no way to forgive.
A month later, Daisy was taken back to the Stephens family residence by Edward.
The whole Stephens family, no one mentioned Daisy’s attempted suicide anymore, their care for her was just like usual, but the fact that the news could reach someone as uninvolved with the world’s affairs as Lady Stephens signified how widely spread her jump from the building must have been.
As Edward’s wife, she indirectly represented the face of the Stephens family, no wonder Charlotte Smith was so dissatisfied with her actions.
Daisy never held any notion of sharing glory with the Stephens family, naturally, when she fell from the window, she knew the ground below was grass, yet when choosing to destroy that chain which bound her and Edward together hopelessly in this manner, she couldn’t say the thought of death hadn’t crossed her mind.
She was just unwavering in her resolve.
She didn’t understand how she reached this point, but faintly, the flaws in her character and the fragility in her spirit sealed her fate of being unable to solve the problems in an ordinary way.
Perhaps when Edward left her, she was already broken.
The shattered porcelain, thought to have a chance at being mended, never expected to be broken even more.