All Chapters of He Promised an Apology. I Never Saw Tomorrow: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

As soon as the men finished speaking, I fought through the excruciating pain and desperately dragged myself toward the door, straining my hoarse voice to call for help.Mom and the others had only just swallowed the pills, and the poison hadn’t fully taken effect yet.If they could get to a hospital in time, they could still be saved.Perhaps my cries had reached someone, because I heard footsteps stop outside the door, followed by a slight rattle as someone tried to open it.“Are you out of your mind?” a man shouted angrily. “The orders from above were crystal clear. No one is to open this door before Lucas returns.”Another man sounded uneasy as he lowered his voice and asked, “But something doesn’t sound right in there. What if something’s happened?”The first man let out a cold laugh, clearly convinced he was right. “Opening the door now and ruining the Don’s plan would be a real disaster. Just think about it. All it took was a word from Hailey, and the Don immediately got everyone

As if he had somehow heard my thoughts, Lucas suddenly grew uneasy. “Something does seem off. Fiona’s always seen through our little tricks. She should have figured it out by now and come storming in here to demand an explanation.”Hailey teased him deliberately, “I think you just miss Fiona.”“Shouldn’t you be glad she hasn’t come to make a scene? What’s so strange about that?”My father chimed in, trying to reassure him. “Don’t worry. I’ve already told the men guarding the house to notify me immediately if anything seems wrong.”Richard’s expression darkened as he began to reconsider what they had done. “Mom has a heart condition. She can’t handle a scare like this, and Mia is still such a timid little girl. Without me there, Jenny might have a hard time calming her down.”My father paused, then patted Richard on the shoulder. “You’re overthinking it. I’ve already had all the guns in the house taken away and ordered the doors locked. As long as they stay inside and behave, nothing wi

My father could hardly believe what he was seeing, repeating over and over, “Impossible. How could this have happened?”He stumbled over to Mom and gently caressed her face. “Catherine, I’m home. Open your eyes and look at me, please. How could you be so foolish? It was only a joke. Please, don’t leave me!”But Mom didn’t respond.He rested his head against her chest, where her heartbeat had long since stopped, yet he continued to shout, “Call a doctor! I’ll find the best doctor to save you!”Seeing my father’s regret brought me no satisfaction.Dad, it was too late. The moment you agreed to Hailey’s prank, you sealed our fate.Richard used up all his strength just getting those few steps to his wife and daughter before sinking to the floor, desperately shaking their bodies. “Mia, are you angry with Daddy because I didn’t come home on time? Please don’t be like this. I even bought you the rabbit plushie you’ve wanted for so long!”But Mia’s lips remained tightly closed, and the little

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

Hearing 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