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Chapter 464 Cast Into the Fountain
“It hurts… it hurts so much…”
Mathilda struggled for a long while before her broken voice returned.
She thought that after James had already crushed her hand bones beneath his heel and allowed his men to p her swollen face raw, he might finally let her go. But then she heard his voice again–cold, merciless, devoid of any trace of pity.
“Throw her into the fountain.”
Though the water hadn’t frozen with theing of spring, it was still bitterly cold.
Mathilda feared the cold, and with her hand bleeding, the icy soak would be agony–worse than death itself.
If misfortune struck, it might leave her permanently weakened, perhaps even barren.
She couldn’t bear it. Snot and tears streaming, she begged, “James, I really know I was wrong. I… I just felt insecure. Lily stole Mom and Dad’s, and my brothers‘ love, I was afraid of being cast out. That’s why I yed a
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few jokes on her. I had no evil intent, I swear. Please don’t throw me in. I can’t swim–if I’m tossed in, I’ll drown! You know I really can’t swim! I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die!”
Bodger and Mergan faltered, hesitation flickering in their
eyes.
They knew well she couldn’t swim.
What she had done was vile, beyond forgiveness. But she was still their blood sister. They couldn’t stand idly by and watch her die.
They barked harshly, “James, don’t go too far! If she dies, you’ll pay the price too!”
<b>“</b>Bodger. James.”
Taylor’s voice cut in, cold and sharp. “The fountain onlyes up to her shoulders at most. She won’t drown. And the video made it clear–her so–called fall into the river, where she used Lily of pushing her, was nothing but her own staged lie.”
“That time we threw Lily into the freezing river for her sake, letting her shiver there forever… Mathilda should
pay for what she’s done.”
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The memory of Lily’s fragile body thrashing helplessly in the icy water came back to Bodger and Mergan. Their mouths shut tight. They could no longer defend
Mathilda.
But even if they had spoken up, James would not have listened.
In the next moment of silence, his men grabbed Mathilda and hurled her into the fountain.
The instant she hit the water, she swallowed mouthfuls, choking violently. A shroud of icy water wrapped her, stabbing into her flesh, making her convulse uncontrobly–unable to live, unable to die.
And this was only the beginning…
When Mathilda was finally dragged out–battered, shaking, sprawled on the ground like a gutted toad, her breath a mere thread–James gave the order to stop.
His grandparents had invited him to bring Lily over for dinner that night. The sun was already dipping; it was time to fetch the girl he loved and escort her to her grandmother’s home.
“It hurts… it hurts so much…”
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After James and his men left, Mathilda’s tears spilled
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The three Ginger brothers bore bruises of their own, their faces marred by the fight.
She lifted her swollen, blotched face toward them, sobbing breathlessly. “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have offended Lily. But if she hadn’t stolen my ce, my life, I wouldn’t have suffered so much. She ruined me, and I justshed out. I regret it, I really do. Please don’t hate me. Please give me onest chance. When I was trafficked into the mountains, I was beaten every day, starved, living in despair… I was so hopeless, so sad…”
In the past, whenever she spoke of her suffering after being abducted, the Ginger family’s hearts would ache unbearably.
Bodger and Mergan wavered now, their expressions softening.
But just as their pity began to stir, Taylor’s voice cut through.
“Mathilda, you always say Lily caused your suffering… but what does your abduction have to do with her? When you were taken, we were the ones nearby. If you hadn’t disobeyed and run into that alley, how would anyone
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For years, Taylor had been tormented with guilt, believing Mathilda’s disappearance was partly their fault.
When they found her again, and she med Lily, they
had been too quick to shift that guilt onto Lily, convincing themselves she was to me.
But that had been nothing more than cowardice.
They had been running from the truth.
Because if they faced it honestly, they’d see it clearly: when Mathilda was abducted, they didn’t even know Lily.
How could Lily possibly have caused her suffering?
They had always known this deep down. They had just refused to admit it.
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