“I’m fine.”
Feeling Bethan’s nervousness and trembles, Neil calmly raised his hands and patted Bethan on the shoulder. “See, I didn’t even bleed.”
Bethan’s nose and eyes were sore. She could no longer stop her tears.
She turned Neil’s face to the other side and noticed his swollen cheeks and the dried blood stain by the corner of his lips. “You dare tell me that you are fine? I have already said that I would deal with my things on my own! Why did you drag yourself into this?”
If something were to happen to Neil because of Cynthal, Bethan would never forgive herself!
“I’m a man, Mommy.”
Neil maturely lifted his hands and patted Bethan’s back, comforting her. “Last time, she always targeted you and Nellie. This time, she finally found me. How could I hide?”
He reached out and gently hugged Bethan’s shoulders. “I’m fine. I’m a man. A small injury like this is nothing.”
Then, he looked at the door outside.
People were moving about in the corridors outside. Among the darkness, he immediately noticed a man standing out. That man was hidden in the shadows. Neil could not see his face clearly, but even so, Neil immediately recognized him from his unique aura.
Neil whispered in Bethan’s ears, “Every movement Cynthal made was recorded and sent to the captain’s email at the police station. This time, even if Brettley wants to protect her, he won’t be able to do so.”
Bethan violently jolted.
After a while, she finally realized what Neil meant.
That idiot used himself as bait to get Cynthal to commit a crime once again. This way, he would be able to get irrefutable evidence. Evidence that Cynthal could not deny and Brettley could not wipe away!
At that thought, Bethan could no longer hold back her tears. They stream down her face.
“I don’t know whether to call you smart or foolish. “
“Smart and foolish, just like you. “Neil paused for a while before gently pecking Bethan on the cheeks.
“If I didn’t trust Brettley so much previously, Cynthal would not have gotten away last time. Mommy, I’m like you. I’ll never trust him again.”
Bethan shuddered at Neil’s words.
She pursed her lips and hugged Neil tightly. She wanted to say something but could not find her words.
“But, Mommy…”
Neil sniffled. He whispered feebly in Bethan’s ears. “I ‘m a little tired. I’m going to sleep.”
Then, Neil fell to the ground without any warning!
When Bethan came to her senses and tried to catch Neil, he was almost to the ground.
A pair of large hands firmly caught Neil. Brettley immediately carried the unconscious Neil in his arms.
When Bethan came to her senses. She immediately stood up. “Thank you.”
She reached out and wanted to take over Neil from him.
Brettley slightly furrowed his brows. He lowered his gaze and looked at her, then he turned around and strode away. “Follow me.”
Bethan paused for a while before following him.
“Cynthal! Cynthal! “
The moment Bethan got out, she bumped into Natasha running into the house like a maniac. The moment they passed by each other, Natasha slammed into Bethan’s shoulder hard, but Natasha had no eyes for anyone. She barely even gave Bethan a look before running into the room like a madman.
“Cynthal, are you alright? Doctor, doctor! Save my daughter! “
Listening to Natasha’s heart-wrenching screams, Bethan gently closed her eyes.
She remembered her previous conversation with her upstairs. “When you knew that Bethan passed away, did you cry?”
The answer she got was a definitive no. When she met with an accident, Natasha did not drop a single tear.
Natasha explained that back then, she did not think that Bethan was a good child, so she was not sad at her passing.
However, an hour before anything happened to Cynthal, she saw with her own eyes how Natasha reprimanded Cynthal disappointedly, saying that she finally saw Cynthal’s true colors.
What happened then?
Even if Natasha knew the bad things that Cynthal has done, even if she knew that Cynthal has tried to commit murder multiple times, but when Cynthal got hurt, Natasha would still cry her heart out.
Bethan would never be as good as Cynthal in this life. She followed Brettley and got in the car.
The car quickly headed to the hospital. Bethan grabbed Neil’s hand while Neil was still in Brettley’s arms. She turned to look out of the window. She closed her eyes.
The image that appeared on her mind was how Cynthal yelled manically in the mental asylum that afternoon.
“I’m jealous of Bethan! I have been living under her shadows since I was young! “
“She’s too great. Everyone compares me to her!”
“I want to take away everything that she has! I want her to never be able to compete with me!”
Bethan smiled bitterly.
In Cynthal’s eyes, her light overpowered Cynthal’s advantages. However, ever since young, no one ever mentioned how her parents loved Cynthal more.
“Lulu, you stay at home and learn. We’ll take Cynthal out to play.”
“Lulu, you’re amazing! We’re so proud of you! Sigh, Cynthal, what are you crying for? We never said that we don’t like you…”
Bethan sighed. She always thought that as long as she became better and made her parents proud, they would treat her like how they treated Cynthal.
Later on, when she grew up, she understood that she could never take away her parent’s bias toward Cynthal.
Thus, she learned from her parents to pamper and love Cynthal, so that they would be closer to each other.
The few years that she was in a good relationship with Cynthal were also the years when she had the best relationship with her parents.
At that time, she married a man that she loved, plus she also got the care of her parents.
She thought that she was the happiest person on earth.
In the end, she knew that the so-called happiness was short-lived.
It was all because of Cynthal. Also, the man next to her.
If he did not get sick of Cynthal, she might still be the one being pampered and loved.
Soon, the car reached the hospital.
Once the car stopped, Brettley immediately opened the car door and carried Neil down.
He rushed into the hospital. “Doctor! “
At that moment, it was early evening, the lights in the hospital were rather dim.
The doctor on call immediately rushed out and led the way.
The way Brettley held Neil walking in the dim corridor was like a big tree that could shelter from the wind and rain.
Bethan followed behind him. She looked at his tall figure. She looked at how his muscles were tensed from carrying Neil. She looked at how his shoulders moved when he ran.
At that moment, she had mixed feelings.
Her three children were like any ordinary children, wishing they had a father.
Bethan has also thought of finding them a father figure.
Her first choice was Malcolm Quinn, who rescued her from the brink of death and nurtured her back to health.
However, when she told her three children to let Malcolm be their dad, all of them rejected the idea.
Nigel said that he would rather have no father than one who is not blood-related.
Neil said that he did not mind if he did not have a father, as long as Bethan was happy.
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