Chapter 26 – Until You Say Sorry Novel

‘Kendrick Waldburg, if we could do this again, I’d rather not have met you…’

Niamh did not expect to live until the day she got out of jail.

Perhaps the medication Daniel asked his people to send over had amazing effects with tumors, or perhaps it was her strong will of wanting to see her child who was kidnapped after they forcefully induced labor on her. In short, she miraculously lived.

It was sunny the day she got out of prison. However, it could not get rid of the fog and pain that was kept in her heart for three years.

The torture from those thousand over days was printed all over her body and they were not going to fade anytime soon.

Niamh watched as Daniela and Ava ran over to her. When Ava saw how scrawny she was, she pulled Niamh who had no expression on her face into her arms. “Niamh, don’t be scared. I’ll stay with you from now on.”

Niamh felt a surge of sadness rising in her chest. There was still someone in this world who loved her.

While looking at the dispirited Niamh who looked wan and sallow, Daniel felt extremely sorry and remorseful.

He kept on apologizing to Niamh. If he had not been out of the country when Niamh was in trouble, she would not have to face all these hurdles herself.

He could at least have hired a lawyer for her.

Niamh looked at Daniel who looked extremely apologetic. “Dan, thank you. You don’t have to apologize to me. You don’t owe me anything.”

‘The people who owe me are that cruel witch, Nevaeh Delgado, and that cold-blooded man I was obsessed with for 12 years.’

After packing and tidying up, Daniel brought Niamh to Adam Brown for a full body check-up.

After they got the report, Adam looked at Niamh in shock. “I didn’t expect my medication to have the magical power to stop the growth and worsening of a tumor.”

“Then, can she have the surgery now?” Daniel asked hurriedly. His tone was laced with concern for Niamh.

Adam frowned. “There’s a high risk, so we can’t do the surgery rashly. She can continue taking the medication. We can decide after some time.”

After he heard that, Daniel was disappointed. However, Niamh was satisfied with the results.

“Thank you, Dr. Brown. Thank you, Dan. If it’s not for you guys, I wouldn’t be here today. I’m just happy to be able to live this long.”

“What are you talking about?” Daniel looked at her with a stern look on his face. He reached out and grabbed her shoulders. “Niamh, I won’t let anything happen to you.”

When he said that, Niamh could see his affections for her in the twinkle of his eyes.

Daniel was an exceptional man. He had a great background, great looks, and great manners.

A man like him deserved a better woman and not her, a woman who had been married, incarcerated, and was also going to die soon.

She was not worthy.

She did not want to have any relationship with Daniel.

After they left the hospital, Ava insisted on taking Niamh to the beauty salon. She said she needed to give her a makeover so that she could start a new life.

Niamh could not argue against Ava, so she followed her.

When she sat in front of the mirror, Niamh watched lifelessly as the barber cut her dry and frizzy hair. It was as if she saw her fondness and obsession for Kendrick and the beautiful memories at the beach being cut away and destroyed.

Everything ended when he asked people to snatch away her child when she was in prison. They could never go back to how it was before.

A few hours later, Ava’s eyes lit up when she looked at Niamh. “Niamh, it’ll be such a waste if you don’t take part in the pageants.”

Niamh did not care whether she was beautiful or not. She looked at her short-haired self and felt extremely foreign. However, this was good. This way, she could feel like she was really starting a new life for herself.

The next day, Niamh bought some fruits and her grandfather’s favorite snacks before going to the hospital.

She went directly to the room her grandfather was staying in but realized her grandfather was not there.

Niamh went to the reception to ask about this. When the nurse saw that she was Len Samuels’ family member, the nurse looked at her with a peculiar expression. Her tone was also unfriendly. “So, you’re Mr. Samuels’ granddaughter? Is this how you should behave as his grandchild? He has been dead for three years. Why are you still here? Go to the funeral parlor. His ashes are over there.”

Clank! The fruits in Niamh’s hands fell to the ground.

She widened her blank eyes and was stuck in a daze. The pain started to penetrate her entire body.

She thought her heart was dead. She thought it was so numb that it would not feel any pain anymore. However, this suffocating pain was making it hard for her to breathe.

Her grandfather was dead.

He had been dead for three years!

She had not even seen him for one last time!

Niamh went to the funeral parlor and took her grandfather’s ashes as well as his belongings.

It was in the evening of early winter and it was drizzling.

Niamh held her grandfather’s urn and knelt in the rain. Tears rolled down her cheeks uncontrollably, blurring her vision.

The hurt and regret caused her heart to ache. She could never do anything to make up for it.

Ava ran over and held her, crying while comforting the other woman. “Don’t cry, Niamh. It’s all in the past. It’s all over now.”

With Ava’s help, Niamh found a burial plot for her grandfather.

After paying her respects to him, she went back to the hospital to ask about her grandfather’s death. The nurse replied nonchalantly, “He died of old age.”

Died of old age?

Niamh felt that something seemed fishy. Her grandfather was in tip-top shape the last time she visited him before she got incarcerated. Why would he die all of a sudden?

Even though she was suspicious, she could not suspect anything without evidence.

She found a butterfly-shaped gold pendant in her grandfather’s belongings. Her real name ‘Eveline’ was carved on it.

Niamh subconsciously felt that this was a gift from her grandfather to her. She felt a pang of pain in her heart and put the necklace around her neck with tears still in her eyes. This way, it would be as if her grandfather was always here with her.

She had been incarcerated for three years and could not keep up with the change of time in the outside world.

She wanted to find a job quickly, but she was still unable to forget about her child who was kidnapped after she was inducted into labor.

Niamh brought her resume for an interview at a new company. When she was at the front door, she saw Nevaeh getting out of an expensive car.

She would remember Nevaeh’s face even if she had been burnt into ashes.

Niamh clenched her fists. When she started to feel an impulse rising in her chest, she heard one of the employees saying, “I’m so jealous of Nevaeh. Not only is she Miss Montgomery from the four major rich families now, but she’s also going to marry my idol, Kendrick Waldburg. She must’ve saved the universe in her past life.”

When she heard that, her heart sank.

After she asked about this, she knew that Nevaeh was not the Delgados’ biological daughter. She was the Montgomerys’ child who got wrongfully picked up by someone else 28 years ago, which meant that she was Eloise’s biological daughter.

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