NovelEnglishHer smartwatch buzzed on her wrist, a call from Sheryl.
Truth be told, Sheryl had never left and was lurking outside with an eye on things.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWhen she saw the ambulance arrive, she figured her poison had done its job and hurried to ask the security guard what had happened.
To her shock, the guard told her a man and a woman had been poisoned. Could it be Fredric and Jelena? To confirm her fears, she quickly dialed Nina.
Nina slipped away to a secluded corner.
"Nina, who did you give the chocolate to?" asked Sheryl.
Nina was fuming. She shouted, "Mom, you lied to me. You poisoned the chocolate. You're a liar. I'm so disappointed in you." Tears streamed down Sheryl's cheeks as she replied, "Nina, do you know why | divorced your dad and got kicked out of the Stirling family by Aurelia and Jelena? They conspired against me. I've been barely hanging on. You're my daughter. If you don't help me, who will? Do you want to see your mother destroyed by them?" "Aunt Aurelia would never do that. You were the one who desecrated graves and that's why the elders banished you." "They setup and hired swizards to trickinto doing it." "But Ms. Jelena said she won't marry my dad. She already turned down his proposal. Aunt Aurelia doesn't want her to marry dad either." Sheryl snorted. "Jelena is just trying to spitebecause of Joyce. That's why she deserves to die." Nina sniffled, "And what about Kane? He's just a kid and he never hurt you. He even voted for you at the family council. Why do you want to poison him?" Sheryl clenched her teeth, "Because he's Aurelia's son. If he doesn't die, he'll cafter us one day." "Mom, murder is wrong and illegal, no matter what. Because of you, I'm now an accomplice to murder. If the elders find out, they'll disownfrom the Stirling family. You've ruined me." Nina tried to maintain her composure, pretending everything was normal, but inside she was panicking, terrified.
"Just keep quiet, and no one will know," Sheryl instructed. "Remember, don't tell a soul, not a single word, or we're both done for." Nina was scared of her mother now, who seemed to have lost her mind and do things only a madwoman would do.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"The cops will investigate. They might trace it back to me." "Then deny everything," Sheryl snapped. "You're just a kid. They can't touch you if you don't confess. Besides, the Stirling family will protect you. They wouldn't dare question you. No one dares cross the Stirling family." "I'll never help you again, nor will | ever trust you," Nina said angrily.
Sheryl didn't care, confident that a child's words could be easily pacified. "Just tell me, who did you give it to?" Nina puffed up her cheeks, "Il gave it to Ms. Jelena, but she doesn't eat chocolate, so she gave it to Dad, so Dad is dead now." Sheryl nearly fainted. Was Fredric the man in the ambulance? "And Aurelia, is she dead?" Before Sheryl could finish, Nina hung up and turned off her smartwatch.
Nina was devastated. Her mother had deceived her, turning her into a murderer, a violation of the family code. If the elders found out, Nina would be cast out of the Stirling family and orphaned.
From the age of three, children of the Stirling family were drilled in the family code, knowing the importance of the family for lifelong protection.
Taking a deep breath, Nina wiped her tears and put on an indifferent face. She couldn't let anyone find out she was a murderer.
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