Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Devil wears Red Lipstick: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 83

Jacob’s POVThe whiskey burns going down, but it doesn’t numb the sound of her voice. Elenore.That woman.The recording loops in my head, every poisonous syllable carving deeper into the raw wound I’ve carried for years. I killed him.She didn’t say it outright, not with those words, but the implication dripped from her tongue like venom. My son. My Jaime.For years, I bore the guilt, wore it like a second skin. Believing he had taken his own life after Samantha’s death.Believing I had failed him as a father, that grief had drowned him, and I hadn’t been strong enough to keep him afloat. And Jude… oh, Jude.That boy lost both his parents before he could even grow into his name.But now? Now I know it wasn’t some tragic twist of fate.It wasn’t Jaime reaching for oblivion. It was murder. Cold, deliberate, and delivered by a woman I let into our lives like family.The rage is a physical thing.It shakes my hand until the glass slips, drops hard onto the table, and shatters into piece

Marion's POVThe cab screeches to a stop, and cold air claws at my skin the second I step out. The city hums somewhere behind me, far away from this quiet patch of darkness. I pull my hospital gown tighter across my chest, its thin fabric doing nothing against the cold. My legs feel shaky, like they’re learning how to move again.Each breath hurts. Each step feels heavier. But I keep going.The park looks wrong. The benches, the old swings, even the trees—all of it feels foreign, stretched thin by the dark. The lamps flicker weakly, throwing ghosts across the pavement.“Where the hell are you, Brian…” I mutter, digging through my pocket for my phone.It takes everything in me to hold the damn thing steady. I hit call. It rings twice before he picks up.“Marion?”“I’m here,” I whisper.“Far left corner. Be quick.”Then silence.A chill crawls up my spine. Something feels… off. But I’m too desperate to care.I need to end this. So I keep moving, following the path, counting my steps l