After her threats, Nevaeh gave Niamh who was only hanging by a thread one more kick before she turned around to leave. Her eyes then fell on Brittany.
Brittany had recorded everything and was about to tell Eloise and Sean the truth only to have Nevaeh suddenly pretend to beg her not to before she pulled a fruit knife out of nowhere and stabbed it again and again in Brittany’s heart while her guards were down!
Diana was stunned!
She never expected the murderer to be anyone else than Niamh! Let alone Nevaeh!
“Brittany! Oh, my baby!” She wept uncontrollably. “My poor Brittany!”
Tears began to stream freely down Eloise and Sean’s faces. They were shocked by Nevaeh’s heartlessness and felt sorry for Brittany’s pitiful death. They were most certainly heartbroken for the most pained victim, Niamh.
Kendrick felt his heart ache more than he thought possible when he watched the video again.
Nevaeh’s actions had the hair on the back of his neck stand. Just imagining the pain that Niamh endured left cuts in his heart.
His chest tightened as he stared at how frail and weak Niamh looked in the snowy wind.
She was undoubtedly strong to have survived such torturous days.
Nevaeh never expected the video to appear now!
It should not have mattered if the phone was found for she had deleted the video long ago. Why did it come back to existence now?
“No! I didn’t do it! The video’s fake! They’re framing me!”
Nevaeh argued and protested, slowly losing control over her emotions.
“How could you frame me for Niamh, Kendrick? I’ve been framed! The video’s manufactured!”
Kendrick responded calmly, “How do you explain that the phone was found at your house with Brittany’s blood and your fingerprints?”
Nevaeh’s eyes widened. “It’s… It’s all fake! There’s no way you’d have this video. I deleted it three years ago! I already deleted it!”
Chupse…
With Nevaeh’s unconstrained roar came her confession, pulling the entire courthouse into a silence.
Nevaeh’s eyes were bloodshot as she panted. She realized that she had misspoken!
She had just confessed to killing Brittany Montgomery!
Nevaeh’s attorney stared at her in a daze, slowly growing cold.
“So it was you, Nevaeh Delgado! You murderer! Murderer!” Diana broke down and screamed.
Nevaeh balled her fists as her eyes flashed.
Kendrick stared indifferently at Nevaeh’s ugly appearance, his tone unfazed. “You’re right, Nevaeh Delgado. You did delete the video, but I also had a skilled technician recover it for me.”
“…” Nevaeh stared at Kendrick at a loss, her eyes filled with sorrow. “Why? Why must you do this to me, Kendrick? I’m the woman you love the most! You promised you’d protect me forever so why are you helping that b*tch Niamh and framing me instead? Why?!”
Kendrick’s eyes sharpened at her ostentatious accusations. “Stop pretending. It won’t work anymore. You know exactly who the woman I’ve been in love with this entire time is, Nevaeh Delgado.”
“…”
“In addition to Brittany Montgomery, you’ll face consequences for the life of Niamh’s grandfather very soon as well.”
Nevaeh rushed out of the witness stand at Kendrick’s aloof words but was quickly held back by the court police.
As she struggled, Nevaeh glared and bellowed at Niamh.
“Niamh, you btch! I’ll never forgive you for this! I’ll haunt you even as a ghost, so don’t even think about spending forever with Kendrick! I’ll curse you and your bstard child! You will all die painful deaths!”
Kendrick’s lips were pressed into a cold line as he felt his anger burst at Nevaeh’s curse.
Eloise could no longer hold herself back.
“Are you even human, Nevaeh? You’d be dead by now had Niamh not donated her stem cells for you! Not only do you repay her with hatred but you framed Niamh for your crimes too! You will pay for this!”
“I’ll pull that b*tch down with me even if I die! Just you wait, Niamh. Just you wait—”
Nevaeh screeched and flailed like a madman.
Niamh stared back calmly. She had long gotten used to it. The world would have no humans left if curses like that came true.
With Nevaeh subdued by the court police, the judge ruled Nevaeh guilty of murder with an extra charge of malicious falsehood.
As Brittany’s murder was too gruesome and she was also convicted of the deliberate murder of Len Samuels, Nevaeh was given the death penalty. Attempts of an appeal were denied, and the penalty was to be carried out in a month’s time.
The court was adjourned and Niamh exited the courthouse to bask in the warmth of the early spring sun. A relieved smile graced her features.
Her eyes shone as she looked at the sky.
‘You can rest now, Grandfather. The person who killed you is finally being held accountable.
‘Thank you for taking care of and protecting me during those ten years.
‘I would never have made it here now if not for you.’
“Eveline, Eveline!”
Rushed steps drew close from behind, followed by Eloise’s trembling voice.
She could almost guess what for as the contents of the video must have been shocking to Eloise and Sean.
Niamh turned around slowly, planning to deal with them coldly. However, she was hugged by Eloise before she could do anything.
“My daughter!” Eloise sobbed. “I’m so sorry, Eveline… Mom is so sorry!”
She apologized repeatedly while Sean’s eyes reddened as he watched from the side, having run over with his wife.
The video showed a wretched-looking Nevaeh torturing a battered Niamh.
They could not bring themselves to think of the scene.
Yet the harder they tried to suppress it, the more that brutal scene emphasized the difficulty and hurt Niamh had suffered.
Her parents had been defending that monster while she suffered.
Sean sighed deeply as he took in Niamh’s cool expression and patted Eloise’s shoulder.
“Let’s not make it more difficult for our daughter, Ellie. Give her some time. I’m sure there’ll come a day when our family would be reunited.”
Eloise let go of Niamh reluctantly and wiped away her tears. “Nevaeh is abominable! How could she do that to Eveline? She hit her so much that she coughed out blood! My heart hurts, Sean. It hurts…”
Sean swallowed, eyes red. “So does mine.”
Niamh felt touched as she took in Eloise and Sean’s heartbroken expressions.
She was still human after all, and while resentment poked her heart like a thorn, they were still her parents.
While she was hesitating if she should speak, Kendrick’s face appeared in her field of vision.
The man approached her from the front, his tall figure oozing with nobility. “Could you spare me a moment, Nia? I’d like to talk to you about something.”
Eloise and Sean looked up at Kendrick, shared a look, then turned to leave.
Letting the warmth of spring envelop him, Kendrick walked to stand in front of Niamh. “You asked me at the crime scene when you were first accused of killing Brittany but was acquitted why I employed an attorney to get rid of your charges. As confident as I was, I told you that even if you were to die, it would be by my means. That was a lie.”
The corners of his lips tugged boyishly before he broke into a self-deprecating chuckle.
“The truth was that I didn’t want anything to happen to you. I knew that you were innocent.”
“Hah.” Niamh scoffed humorlessly at his reply.
She was about to open her mouth when she heard the man speak again. “I kissed you then, not because I was willing to sell myself to protect Nevaeh but because you said you accused yourself of being blind for falling for a man like me.”
“…” Niamh’s expression shifted, but she recognized the affectionate tint in Kendrick’s smile.
“I didn’t want to hear you say that you didn’t love me, so I covered your mouth in such a way. I was happy though because while you told me you didn’t love me anymore, your reaction told me that you still did. Just like the kiss we had in your apartment the other day.”
“…” The conversation was steering into dangerous territory. “What are you trying to say, Kendrick?”
The man’s lips curled into a gentle smile as his eyes sparkled with a tint of mirth. “You still have me in your heart, Nia.”
“Don’t kid yourself, Kendrick Waldburg.” Niamh scoffed. “I can tell you with certainty that I will be bringing Jack when I leave with Felipe and I’m not coming back. Love you? Sure, in the past, but that’s all it’ll ever be. The past.”
Kendrick’s eyes dimmed as his heart ached silently, but his lips pulled into a confident smile. “Would you dare to bet, Nia?”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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