Why couldn't I leave you?As I watched the video, a bitter sense of irony filled me.The letting go I thought I was doing, the sacrifices I believed I was making, and the love I imagined we shared—I had believed it all to be built on mutual understanding and respect.Samuel? He was lost in his own delusions.The video was paused, frozen on the image of my hand clutching the pendant.Samuel muttered to himself, "Della loves me. That's why she kept the pendant." "Yes, I need to find the pendant. I need to get it back..."Watching him lose his mind, I couldn't help but laugh and shake my head.I no longer loved him.All that remained was hatred.He rushed to the spot where he had thrown the pendant, only to find it gone.In a fit of rage, Samuel grabbed the butler by the collar, demanding, "Where's the pendant I threw here? Who gave you the right to move it? Do you even know this was Della's favorite?!"The butler trembled, panic etched across his face. "I thought you didn't
Samuel drove straight to the hospital.When he arrived at the ward, Sophie was still pretending to be blind.“Sam, is that you?” she asked hesitantly.Samuel’s voice was cold and indifferent. “Yes.”He approached Sophie’s bedside with an expressionless face, his movements deliberate.Sophie immediately sensed something was off, but she dared not ask directly.“Sam, are you in a bad mood today?” she ventured cautiously.Samuel shook his head, lifting his hand to cover her eyes gently.“I found... Della.”“Really? Does that mean I’m saved?” Sophie’s voice was filled with excitement, her relief evident.Samuel nodded slowly. “Yes. You’ll be able to have surgery soon.”I watched silently, unsure of what Samuel was planning, but I thought Sophie was celebrating too early.Without hesitation, Samuel called the doctor, and within moments, a group of people arrived to wheel Sophie toward the operating room.As they prepared to move her, Sophie’s unease began to grow, though she ma
Before Samuel could respond, Jaden barged in.His eyes immediately landed on my mother’s lifeless body. He rushed over in panic, kneeling beside her, only to realize she had already stopped breathing.His eyes reddened instantly, and he glared up at Samuel with a fury that could burn through steel.“How could you kill Della’s mother? Are you even human?”Seeing his hysterical reaction, I felt a tightness in my chest. My nose stung as tears threatened to spill.I had known Jaden since childhood, and we’d always been close. The sight of him today—disheveled, his clothes wrinkled from rushing over—brought an ache to my heart.“She committed suicide. What does that have to do with me?” Samuel retorted coldly, crossing his arms as he looked down at Jaden.“And you,” Samuel continued, his tone biting, “didn’t Della come back with you? What’s the problem now? Trouble in paradise?”“What the hell are you talking about?” Jaden shot back, his voice trembling with rage.He shot to his fe
“You say Della died to donate her cornea to me. Where’s the proof? I want to see the evidence!”Samuel’s demeanor had shifted entirely; he now looked more like a thug than the man I once knew.His men had already investigated the matter thoroughly, but he still demanded from my mother the original documents about my supposed death.My mother’s eyes reddened, her face pale and sickly after enduring Samuel’s relentless aggression. She trembled as she spoke.“Back then… I gave the relevant documents to Jaden. I don’t have them anymore, but I still have photos of Della in critical condition on my phone.”“If you want to see them, I can get them for you now…”“Jaden?” Samuel massaged his temples, his tone turning icy.“So, Della’s death is tied to Jaden?”A harsh laugh escaped him as he pieced together his twisted version of the truth.“Ha, I get it now… You really are something. I almost believed you.”Samuel suddenly lashed out, kicking the door open with a loud crash. His voice
“What... what are you talking about, Sam?”Sophie’s face stiffened. Her hands gestured blindly in the air as she pretended to search for him.“Sam, where are you? Why can’t I feel you?”Samuel stood motionless in the doorway, his eyes fixed on her with an unsettling intensity.“I’m at the door,” he said coldly. “Get out of bed, walk left, and then forward.”Sophie’s teeth clenched as she forced herself to comply, determined to keep her act intact. Her trembling hands reached out, fumbling hesitantly in the air as if searching for him, but before she could touch his face, Samuel grabbed her arm firmly.“Sam, what’s gotten into you today?” she asked, her voice faltering.“Was it really your cornea that saved me?” Samuel snapped.A flicker of panic flashed across Sophie’s eyes, but she quickly masked it.“Of course, it was mine! Why would you even ask that? Did someone tell you otherwise?”Her words spilled out in rapid succession, her tone defensive.“Sam, did someone say some
Samuel’s pupils constricted. A flash of disbelief crossed his eyes as he demanded, “Say that again?”The voice on the other end stammered, trembling with fear. “Mr... Mr. Finley, Miss Jensen... she... she died saving you.”“Her grave is on Luther Avenue, in the suburbs…”The words confirmed the location—the very place where they stood.A vein bulged on Samuel’s forehead as his grip tightened around the phone. His knuckles turned white.“You’re all lying to me, just like the Jensen family, aren’t you?”“No... Mr. Finley, I swear, everything I found is the truth…” The person’s voice shook, betraying their terror at Samuel’s fury.Nearby, my mother slumped on the ground, cradling her bruised arm. Her voice was filled with bitterness as she muttered, “Back then, I should’ve stopped her from donating her cornea to you. If I had, she wouldn’t have ended up like this…”Samuel exploded. “You’re talking nonsense!” he bellowed.“It was Sophie who gave me her cornea, and it was Della who