Se connecterOn Christmas Day, news arrived that Lucas and my father had been killed. “The Rossetti family ambushed them on the road. The Don was shot dead. Nothing was left of the others.” Before we could even begin to grieve, the sound of gunfire erupted outside. Mom immediately ordered the doors and windows locked, then shakily handed out deadly pills. “If we fall into their hands, all they’ll do is torture us. We might as well end it now…” She couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence, but the others understood. One by one, they swallowed their pills. I took out the dagger Lucas had given me as a token of our love and plunged it into my chest without hesitation. The next moment, I heard someone say, “Don’t you think Hailey has taken her prank too far this time? I can’t believe the Don is actually playing along with her.” “Better a prank than a real tragedy. When they come back tomorrow, they’ll surely apologize.” I closed my eyes in despair. Their apologies would come too late.
Voir plusHearing Hailey speak with such shameless defiance, Richard rushed over in a fit of rage and shoved her to the ground.Yet she continued laughing, and the more she laughed, the more chilling it became.“Let me tell you something else. I was the one who started the fire all those years ago. I deliberately knocked Fiona unconscious and planned to throw her into the flames to burn alive. And what did you do? You took the very person who tried to kill your daughter into your home and then expected your own daughter to keep putting up with me.”Her confession shattered what little composure they had left, and I was no exception. It felt as though another knife had pierced my chest, leaving me in unbearable pain.Every time I had accommodated Hailey and swallowed my grievances over the past ten years had now become a cruel joke.Without her, I could have lived a life filled with happiness.Lucas's expression turned icy as he ordered in a low voice, “Take her away immediately. Without my permi
Hailey’s legs nearly gave way, and she almost collapsed to the floor.She struggled to suppress her fear and remain calm, but before she could ask why everyone was sitting there, the door opened.Claude, the man who had extorted money from her earlier that day, appeared before them, covered in blood and badly injured.Their eyes met, but Hailey immediately lowered her head guiltily.Richard ignored Claude’s injuries and pressed his foot hard against them. “Claude, you deliberately delivered a false message and caused our family to die. If you confess who was behind this, I might consider leaving you with your whole body.”Hailey deliberately tried to confuse the issue. “Maybe he had his own motives and did everything by himself.”My father shook his head. “He’s only a subordinate. A single dose of that poison costs five hundred thousand dollars. He couldn’t possibly manage it alone.”Lucas waved to his assistant and ordered, “I have no more patience to waste on him. Starting now, cut o
Although they no longer questioned Hailey, they refused to believe that we had all taken our own lives for no reason.Finding the person responsible became their sole obsession, and they sent the bodies to the most prestigious forensic institute for examination.The forensic pathologist confirmed that everyone except me had died from poisoning. “This is an extremely rare poison, with Taxine B as its main ingredient. It can only be extracted from large quantities of yew trees.”Everyone’s expression turned grave at those words.Throughout Sicily, the only place where hundreds of yew trees were cultivated was the Rossetti family’s private greenhouse.Hailey feigned shock and exclaimed, “So the Rossetti family was behind all of this!”“No, they aren’t the killers,” Lucas immediately rejected the idea.Although he had always been at odds with the Rossetti family, he knew them well enough to understand that they preferred direct confrontation and would never stoop to such despicable methods
Hailey stood outside, watching everything unfold, her face as pale as a sheet.She had just turned to leave when Lucas stopped her.“Hailey, where do you think you’re going? Your prank has left them all dead. You owe us an explanation.”He raised his gun and aimed it at her.Terrified, Hailey’s legs gave way, and she dropped to her knees, shaking her head frantically. “I didn’t do it! I swear, I don’t know anything about this.”My father questioned her in a low, stern voice. “If we hadn’t stayed to celebrate your birthday, how would they have died?”“Is celebrating my birthday a crime?”Hailey’s eyes reddened as tears streamed down her face.“I’ve been with all of you since last night. If I had done anything, you would know better than anyone. If I’d known this prank would cost them their lives, I never would have suggested it in the first place.”Richard stared straight into her eyes. “But wasn’t the fake-death prank your idea?”Hailey nodded, readily admitting it. “Yes, it was my ide






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