Chapter 193 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

She had refused to give blood.

Which meant that she never gave blood to Eloise. However, when that happened, he remembered Nevaeh telling him that she was the one who gave blood to Eloise.

It seemed that Nevaeh was lying.

His allegedly kind and warmhearted daughter was telling such lies. On the other hand, she even slandered Niamh’s conduct.

Sean was obviously defeated. When Niamh told him she was leaving, he was still standing in place in shock.

Kendrick drove Niamh back to his place. On the way, Niamh leaned against the seat and fell asleep from exhaustion. When she woke up, it was dawn.

She noticed that she was lying in the bed in her old bedroom. Her blood-stained clothes had been removed and she was wearing her old pajamas.

Niamh grasped the front of her pajamas in concern. Thankfully, she had worn a tank top underneath her shirt just in case. Unless Kendrick had deliberately pulled down her tank top, he would not have been able to see the mole.

Niamh got out of bed and cleaned herself up. When she was about to look for Kendrick, she heard noises from the balcony.

She looked over and saw the man standing there alone. Kendrick’s tall and slender back looked frail.

There was a cigarette between his long fingers. The tip of the cigarette lit up and dimmed simultaneously, looking desolate in the morning sun.

Perhaps he heard footsteps, so he turned around and saw Niamh walking toward him. He narrowed his eyes into a grin. “Why don’t you sleep more?”

“I’ll wake up if I get enough sleep.” Niamh smiled. When she saw Kendrick in yesterday’s clothes, she asked, “You didn’t sleep for the entire night?”

He curled the corner of his lips. His eyes were as dark as night as they were glued on Niamh’s fair and gentle face.

“It’s been difficult for me to fall asleep for the past three years.”

A glint flashed across Niamh’s eyes when she heard that.

Kendrick extinguished his cigarette and walked in front of her.

The unique smell of tobacco from his body surrounded her slowly.

“Vera, do you think a person will be forgiven after they apologize for the mistake they made?”

Niamh thought about what happened last night when she heard that.

That nurse had made him think about what happened a few years ago.

Perhaps he did not expect the woman who he thought to be evil to do something like that in secret. Therefore, that was why he reckoned that he was wrong.

Niamh smiled. She lifted her hand to caress Kendrick’s face in concern. “Kendrick, what’s wrong? Why are you asking that question all of a sudden?”

Kendrick held her hand that was on his face.

His hand was cold, and the slight temperature in his hand enveloped hers. “You won’t leave me, right?”

“Why would I leave you for no reason?” Niamh asked with a slight smile. “You must be tired from staying awake the entire night. Go have some rest. We need to go to the court later. Nevaeh’s hearing is today,” Niamh said, turning around after retracting her hand.

When her hand left the source of warmth, the faint temperature disappeared as well.

Kendrick looked at Niamh’s back. The expression in his eyes was getting more and more peculiar.

…

Nevaeh’s hearing started at ten in the morning.

After a while, Nevaeh was brought out.

She was wearing a blue and white striped prisoner’s outfit. Despite having tidied herself up, she still could not hide the freckles and dark circles on her face.

At this moment, she looked completely different from the image of a socialite from a wealthy family that she had built.

Nevaeh was brought to the dock. When she saw Sean, she had already readied her tears before looking at him. She was curious about why Eloise was absent.

After scanning across the gallery, she saw Kendrick. Nevaeh started sobbing even harder now.

The lawyer Eloise hired for Nevaeh was exceptional. After a while, the circumstances were reversed and Nevaeh was about to be announced as not guilty.

When she saw this, Nevaeh used this opportunity to cry out a grievance, “Your Honor, I was wrongfully accused! Someone is framing me!”

She looked at Kendrick after she said that.

“Kendrick, do you see this? I’m innocent. I never did anything that’ll go against my conscience.”

“Of course, you’ve never done anything that went against your conscience. You don’t even have one anymore.”

Niamh’s cold tone sounded in the court.

Nevaeh lifted her gaze and saw Niamh walking over with a powerful aura. She was dressed in a simple yet elegant suit.

Niamh’s appearance quickly trumped how Nevaeh looked right now.

Nevaeh gritted her teeth and clenched her fists as she scowled at Niamh.

Niamh walked to the witness stand and bowed to the judge. “Your Honor, I’m the victim of this case, Vera Quinn. I have solid evidence that can prove Nevaeh Delgado did plan to harm me and her son, Jackson Waldburg.”

When Nevaeh heard that Niamh had more evidence, Nevaeh started to panic.

“Your Honor, don’t trust this woman. She’s trying to frame me! I’m being falsely accused by her!” Nevaeh pointed at Niamh and shrieked emotionally. “I’m really innocent, Your Honor!”

“Defendant, please calm down. If you continue to make noise, the court will charge you with contempt of court,” the judge said seriously.

“…” When she heard this, Nevaeh shut her mouth quickly.

However, she was nervous. She did not know what Niamh’s solid evidence was.

At this moment, the police brought Jon and Rose inside.

Nevaeh looked at Jon and Rose anxiously. She knew something was not right.

Just as she expected, Jon and Rose were testifying against her in court!

“Your Honor, my adopted daughter, Nevaeh Delgado, was indeed the person who planned this. She was discussing this with us at our home,” Rose said. She did not dare to look Nevaeh in the eyes.

Jon made a full confession at one side as well. “We wanted to stop Nevaeh, but she did not want to listen. She said Vera Quinn stole her man and she had to teach her a lesson. She bribed some thugs to kidnap her son so that she could blame it all on Vera Quinn. Then, she decided to kill Vera Quinn and end things once and for all in a blind fit of rage.”

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Nevaeh widened her eyes in shock. She almost started vomiting blood from anger.

“You two…” Her chest was heaving violently. “You two are crazy! How can you say something like that?”

Rose and Jon looked at her nonchalantly. “Nevaeh, now that it has come to this, we can’t wrongly accuse the innocent anymore. Vera is truly innocent.”

“…” Nevaeh was so angry that her entire body was shaking.

Although she had indeed planned to get rid of Jackson and Niamh, this idea was given to her by Rose.

Now, there were witnesses and evidence present. Nevaeh did not have any more comebacks. Even if her lawyer was glib-tongued, he would not be able to turn the circumstances around at this stage.

Plus, Nevaeh was indeed guilty.

The judge quickly came up with a verdict—12 years of prison time.

Nevaeh started wailing emotionally. “I’ve been wrongfully accused! I want to appeal! I will definitely appeal!”

Of course, she could not accept the charges. She could not even stay one day there, let alone 12 years!

What would she have to compete against Niamh after 12 years?

Niamh smirked as she watched Nevaeh get brought away by the marshals. The joy in her eyes showed how pleased she was to be able to finally vent her anger.

‘12, Nevaeh. You deserve this.

‘Do you think 12 years is enough?

‘I will make you pay for what you did to my grandpa and my baby soon!’

After the dismissal of court, everyone had left including Sean who left unbeknownst to anyone. Kendrick was the only one sitting there.

He was looking down, his eyebrows tightly knitted together.

Niamh walked in front of him. “Are you feeling sorry for Nevaeh? Are you blaming me for being too merciless?”

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