Todos los capítulos de Cellar of Death: My Family's Regret: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

I lay motionless on the landing. Blood continued to ooze from my temple, staining a large patch of the pure white cashmere carpet red. Cecilia covered her mouth and let out a bloodcurdling scream. "Blood! Caroline's bleeding so much, Callum!"Her body swayed, and she backed away until her back slammed hard against the wall. Callum's expression instantly darkened. He wrapped his arm around Cecilia's shoulders, shielding her tightly against his chest. "Don't be afraid, Cecilia. Don't look at her."He raised his hand to cover her eyes before turning around and shooting daggers at my body on the floor. "Caroline! Have you no shame? You know Cecilia gets dizzy at the sight of blood. You're bleeding this much on purpose to scare her, aren't you?" Floating in midair, I watched his face contort with rage. I wanted to tell him that I hadn't done it on purpose and that I hadn't stolen her bracelet either. However, I couldn't make a sound.Noticing me still playing dead in the pool of

Callum froze for a moment before curling his lips into a derisive smile. He shoved the officer aside before blocking his path. "An emergency alert from a smart device? Caroline's so desperate to go up against me that she's even resorting to making a false report and wasting police resources!"Cecilia peered out from behind Callum. "Officer, you've got it all wrong. Caroline only made a mistake, so we locked her in the basement to make her reflect on it. Usually, she goes to the hospital to get bandaged up even if she cuts her finger while slicing vegetables. There's no way she's in any real danger."Callum adjusted his cuffs, his face full of ridicule. "She knows we're holding a celebration dinner for Cecilia tonight. I bet she deliberately triggered the alert with her smartwatch because she wants to blow this whole thing out of proportion and force me to back down in front of outsiders!"The lead officer's expression darkened. He seized Callum by the collar and shoved him toward

The moment the white sheet was pulled back, a dead silence settled over the morgue. Callum stared at my face, his pupils trembling violently. He didn't yell or accuse me of playing dead as he had moments ago. His lips quivered, and his legs abruptly gave out. With a heavy thud, both his knees slammed onto the cold concrete floor. "Caroline…" His entire body trembled uncontrollably as he crawled toward the stainless-steel gurney on his hands and knees. He reached out, wanting to touch my icy cheek. The forensic pathologist beside him hastily seized his wrist and held him in place. "Please don't tamper with the body, Mr. Lovelace."Callum was forced to look up, tears running down his face like water bursting through a breached dam. He parted his lips, but he couldn't force out a single coherent sentence. I floated in midair, watching him silently. "At long last, you believe that I didn't lie to you, Callum. I'm truly dead. No matter how much you cry now, I will never wake

"Place that pillbox into an evidence bag!" the lead officer barked sternly. The two officers beside him immediately stepped forward and seized Cecilia, who was slumped on the floor, from both sides. The cold handcuffs clicked shut around her wrists. "Cecilia Lovelace, you are suspected of hiding the deceased's emergency medication, depriving her of the opportunity to save her own life. We're taking you into custody immediately!"Cecilia trembled uncontrollably as if she had been struck by lightning. She thrashed wildly, her manicured nails clawing wildly at the officers' uniforms. "Unhand me! I didn't kill anyone!"She whipped her head around and cried out to Callum as though he were her last lifeline. "Save me, Callum! Tell the cops that you were the one who locked her in the basement. You were the one who told me not to worry about her! You're the one who abandoned your own sister!"Callum's wailing came to a sudden halt. Like a piece of rusted machinery, his head turned sti

Three months later, the gallery of Courtroom One at the city's superior court was packed to capacity. The judge's gavel came down with a heavy thud, and the entire courtroom fell silent. I floated in midair, silently watching Callum stand in the defendant's dock. In a mere 90 days, he looked as though he had aged two decades.Cecilia, who was only a short distance away from him, looked equally haggard. She no longer looked anything like the glamorous heiress of the Lovelace family. Her hair was dry and brittle, and her complexion was sallow. She cried throughout the entire trial. Her legs were so weak that two female court officers had to support her on either side. "Rise!" The presiding judge's commanding voice echoed through the courtroom. Everyone stood at attention. "The court concludes that the defendant, Callum Lovelace, violated the law by illegally depriving another person of her personal freedom. When the victim's life was in danger, he acted on his own assumptions