FAZER LOGIN"You keep calling me a murderer, but have you ever looked in the mirror? How did you treat her when she was alive, darling mother of the year?" Leslie snarled.His question echoed in Selina's head. She stood frozen as her mind kept replaying memories of the abuse I'd suffered at her hands. Before I was three, I was her most precious treasure. Alas, she grew to resent me because of a mistake Chris made.She cursed me, hit me, and humiliated me for another girl she wasn't even related to. Even the pendant I had risked my life to protect became something she used to make someone else happy.She was the reason I came to this world, but she was also the reason I died horribly. Selina had nothing to say. She curled on the ground and cried so much that her tears could probably turn the desert into a tropical forest.Chris stood frozen as well. He didn't use the opportunity to twist the knife further. Instead, he looked like his soul was ripped in half, his eyes filled with pain and re
That was why Selina stubbornly thought I was only suffering from minor injuries. She never imagined that someone would hurt me that badly when all she requested was for me to be taught a lesson.The cops' faces fell at her confession. Then, they sent a team to arrest the perpetrator. Leslie Crowson was his name, and he was an infamous thug in the area. He wasn't even nervous when he was arrested. Instead, he was calm.Selina went ballistic when she saw him. The cops tried to stop her, but she lunged at him and grabbed him by the collar. "You bastard! What did you do to my daughter?"Leslie looked at Selina in shock. He remembered his generous employer, but he couldn't understand what had happened to turn a rich, elegant woman into an unkempt madwoman in three days.He shoved Selina away in panic. "Let me go! I did nothing to her! You were the one who hired me to beat her up and take the pendant!"He might as well have rubbed salt into Selina's wound. Her heart twisted as her e
"Yeah, you're right, I am a monster, but you're not much better than me! You tried to abandon her multiple times when she was alive just so you could sleep around! You left a five-year-old alone on a bustling street! She was nearly kidnapped and sold!" Selina retorted hotly. "There wouldn't be a corpse lying here if I hadn't been secretly following her!"That hit Chris where it hurt most. Regret and shame flickered on his face, but the longstanding feud between them refused to let him back down. "If you've been following her, then why didn't you take her home? Why did you just stand there and let her cry?"Selina had no comeback for that. She wanted to keep arguing, but then a scene of a younger me bawling on the street appeared in her mind's eye. She clutched her chest, her heart aching, and she couldn't say a word.If she could time travel, she'd go back and strangle the old her who had watched on with satisfaction.The cops exchanged looks. The fierce argument between my paren
"Have a heart, will you?" Selina barked.Selina's slap clearly caught Zoe off guard. She couldn't believe the woman who had been spoiling her rotten would raise a hand against her. So, she covered her cheek and asked with a hurt look on her face, "What did I say was so wrong, Mom? Why'd you hit me? You were the one who said you'd make Zestina my maidservant! You said you couldn't care less if she died."The memories Selina had been trying to bury floated to the surface of her mind. She was quickly reminded of the things she'd told Zoe the first day she came to the house. It was then she realized Zoe only had the gall to insult me because she was the one who gave her the confidence to.She was the one who told Zoe I deserved nothing good in life. She was the one who said she couldn't care less if I dropped dead. Selina likely did it out of a place of anger, but she definitely never expected that her words would bite her in the rear one day.The realization made her crumple to
Selina's face went white, as if she was hit by a bolt of thunder. Her hand was on the door handle, and her fingers couldn't stop shaking. She opened her mouth, but not a word came out. A while later, she snapped out of it as her eyes went red.She demanded hoarsely, "What? I need you to repeat that. Who died? Zestina? No. That brat is tough. She can't be… dead."The cops fell silent for a moment and looked at her with pity. "Calm down, ma'am. We know it's hard for you to accept this, but she's dead. There's nothing we can do about it now. However, we'd appreciate it if you could cooperate with us in our investigation.""Investigation?" Selina's voice turned shrill. She lunged and shoved the cop in the lead away. "Nonsense! My daughter's alive! She can't be dead! She's just playing hooky! Why are you cursing her? Get out! Get out right this instant! Don't block the entrance! I'm going home! I'll find out where that brat's been!"It seemed that Selina was upset, but I felt nothing
The lengths Selina would go to for Zoe absolutely blew my mind."You're the mother I've always wanted, Mom. I love you, but Zestina's your real daughter. Will you abandon her for me?" Zoe asked pitifully.Selina noticed the nervousness in Zoe's eyes, and it broke her heart. So, she quickly pulled Zoe into her embrace. "Never think you're lesser, Zoe. You're my only daughter. I've already abandoned Zestina a long time ago. She can drop dead for all I care."Although I already knew that was what she really thought of me, my heart still ached when I heard her say it out loud. Just then, her phone rang."Hi, is this Zestina's mother? She hasn't come to school for three days, and no one has requested a leave of absence for her. Did something happen to her?"That was my teacher. Selina's eyes widened minutely before roaring into the phone, "Wrong number! I'm not her mother!" Then, she hung up.Zoe looked up and naively asked Selina what happened, and Selina's stormy scowl instantly t







