Chapter 4

“Mrs. Jaques, this is Shiloh’s and my baby.

“I heard you were in the hospital, so I brought him all the way here to see you. This is your grandchild.”

My mother stared at the child blankly and yanked at her own hair desperately.

Easton ignored her condition completely. The more he spoke, the more excited he became.

“Mom!”

I rushed over to calm my mother down. I shouted at Easton, “My mom can’t handle any stress. Get out of here right now unless you want something bad to happen!”

Seeing me, Easton showed no fear at all. Instead, he grew even more smug.

“I’m just trying to be nice, Cillian. It’s not like you two have kids anyway. You can be Conrad’s godfather. We’re all going to be family sooner or later.

“Shiloh has already promised me that I’ll be part of the family.”

My mother grew more agitated when she heard this. My heart was racing with panic.

“Who wants your kid? Take him away now!”

At the next second, my mother broke free from my arms. She took a knife and held Easton hostage.

Her eyes were bloodshot with rage.

“I hate homewreckers the most!”

Shiloh burst in right at that moment and saw the scene.

“Dolores, this has nothing to do with Easton. Please don’t hurt him or the baby!”

However, my mother was already too worked up. She moved Easton toward the window, which was over ninety-eight feet above the ground below.

I inched closer. But she could no longer recognize anyone. She would not listen.

Easton turned pale with fear.

“Shiloh! Help me and the baby!”

Shiloh could no longer stay calm. She rushed over and pulled Easton and Conrad back.

She had not noticed that in the chaos, the knife had stabbed my mother in the heart.

The glaring red blood stained the hospital gown.

“Mom!” I screamed hysterically and was about to rush forward.

“Get out of my way. My mom is hurt!”

Shiloh turned her back to my mother and blocked me completely. She looked at me and blamed me, saying, “Easton is the one who got hurt!”

Easton only had a tiny cut on his neck. However, his cries drowned out my mother’s pained groans.

“This is all because of your crazy mother. You two teamed up to go after Easton and a baby. You’re both out of your minds!

“Cillian, I’m leaving all the family assets to Easton and Conrad. I’m not paying for your mother’s medical bills anymore. The two of you need to take a long, hard look at yourselves!”

After saying that, she held Conrad with one arm and helped Easton with the other as they left the ward.

My mother clutched her heart in pain. She struggled and fell from the building.

Her miserable screams grew louder and then faded into the distance.

“Mom...” I gripped the window frame and looked down in despair.

The loud crash rushed up to greet me. My heart shattered into pieces.

...

When I walked out of the crematorium, an extra-long Lincoln town car stopped in front of me.

When I saw the face I had been hating for a lifetime, I felt strangely calm instead.

“Make them lose everything and ruin their reputations. Could you do that?”

After receiving a confident reply, I got into the car with my mother’s ashes. There, I finally broke down and cried myself unconscious.