Taylor’s gaze pierced into Mathilda like a de. “Mathilda, yes–Lily hurt you in the past. But that doesn’t mean you should’ve tried to take her life!”


    “And Sharon… If you hadn’t betrayed her and Jenn back then, she wouldn’t be dead. Even four years ago- if you’d just said something, she might still be alive. Why didn’t you try to escape yourself, and why wouldn’t you help anyone else? Why, after you were saved, did you refuse to pull those other innocent girls out of hell too? Mathilda–why? Why are you so selfish and cold?”


    Mathilda’s face was as pale as a ghost as she stumbled back in panic.


    She had already tried to exin herself–tried so hard to prove her innocence.


    She couldn’t believe the brothers she admired and trusted most were still convinced she had something to do with Sharon’s death and Lily’s kidnapping.


    She wasn’t about to take the me for all that. Tears streamed down her face. “I really didn’t know what Randy was doing. I never meant to hurt Lily.. I only betrayed Jenn and Sharon because I was forced to! Four years ago, I didn’t tell you what happened to them because someone deliberately misled me. I thought they were already dead. I was scared, that’s all.. You’re my brothers–you’re my family. Why won’t you believe me? I never intentionally hurt anyone! I’m not a bad person. Is it only if I die that you’ll believe I’m innocent?”


    With that, she turned and ran


    The three Ginger sons still didn’t believe she was innocent.


    But she was their little sister, the one they had failed time and again. Afraid she might do something reckless, they snapped out of their shock and chased after her.


    Mathilda ran all the way to the hospital rooftop,


    “Mathilda, stop right there!”


    Seeing her inching closer and closer to the edge, the three brothers were frantic.


    She’d never actually jump–they were sure of that. But the performance still had to be convincing,


    She cried harder, as if the entire world had turned against her.


    Choking back a sob, she said hoarsely, “I’m not as bad as you think. I never wanted to hurt anyone.”


    I’d die to prove I’m innocent…”


    “Mathilda!”


    Bodger couldn’t just stand there and watch her fall. Seeing her take one more step toward the edge, he clenched his jaw and sprinted forward, grabbing her tightly and pulling her into his arms.


    “Let me go! Don’t stop me, Bodger! Let me die!”


    Mathilda sobbed like her soul was breaking apart. “You don’t believe me. You don’t care. What’s the point


    of me staying alive?”


    “If you’ve all decided I killed Sharon, then fine–I’ll repay her with my life!“.


    “Mathilda, don’t do this!”


    Doubt had already taken root in their hearts, and the three Ginger sons couldn’t trust Mathilda like they once had.


    But she was still their sister–the person they cared for most.


    No matter what she’d done, they couldn’t bear to lose her.


    Even if they couldn’t believe she was truly innocent, they tried tofort her.


    “It’s all in the past now. We won’t bring it up again.”


    “Mathilda, you’ll always be my dearest sister,” Bodger said. “I’ll always be good to you.”


    “I’ll protect you forever,” Taylor added.


    “I swear I won’t let anyone treat our Mathilda badly again,” Mergan said.


    “Wuuuu…“.


    Mathilda kept sobbing like she was about to pass out.


    The three brothers coaxed her for a long time before her sobs finally quieted.


    “Taylor, take Mathilda home.”


    Luna still needed care, and Mathilda was far too emotional to stay.


    Bodger decided Taylor should escort her back


    Soon, Taylor helped the still–crying Mathilda into the car.


    His mind was a mess.


    He still felt horribly guilty–sixteen years ago, Mathilda had been kidnapped because they hadn’t protected her properly.


    It tore him up inside.


    Her tears, her threats to take her own life–they broke his heart.


    But the image of Lily being sold off, and the horror of Sharon’s death, still stabbed at him like a thorn in his chest.


    And earlier, in the ICU, he’d noticed how panicked Mathilda looked when Luna spoke.


    He couldn’t shake the feeling that Mathilda had lied about Luna going back for those hairpins to cover something up.


    He even suspected Luna’s serious injuries… had something to do with Mathilda.


    His mind was in chaos when suddenly–a car came speeding around the corner.


    He swerved instinctively, jerking the wheel.


    The car mmed into a roadside nter with a violent crash.


    And the driver of the other vehicle–knowing there were no cameras nearby–sped away without a second nce.