Beyond the Divorce

Clark hung his head, saying, "I held the potion, hesitating all along, not knowing what to do. Then I received a call from Celine. She was shouting at me, saying she would give me two more hours or I would return to my mother's dead body. "I reluctantly went to the Pierce family's residence, and Mrs. Lucille was just leaving the house then. I said I needed to talk to her. Her attitude was colder than ever before. I felt a bit scared because it was like she knew something." Clark glanced at us, then quickly lowered his gaze.

"Sure enough, Mrs. Lucille looked at me and asked, 'Tell me where Rory is."

Tears welled up in my eyes, and Atlas tightened his arm around mine. I knew Atlas sensed my fluctuating emotions.

Clark continued, "I pretended to comfort her, saying Rory was indeed dead. She suddenly got angry and aggressively asked me, 'Do you also think Rory is dead? Then tell me, how did he die?' I felt guilty and didn't know how to answer her.

"She then asked me, 'What did he say when you saw him that morning of the accident?'. I immediately understood that she knew I had gone to the location of your business trip that morning and had seen you."

Clark seemed to return to the state he was in when he saw my mother that day. He murmured, "This woman is too terrifying. She knew I saw you that morning."

"Because that morning, she called me, asking when I would go to the airport. What time was my flight? What time would I be home?" My father growled lowly. His emotions were getting out of control, and his veins bulged in his hand as he gripped the wheelchair's armrest hard.

to silence her. Hence, when Mrs. Lucille went to fetch the newspaper, I poured the potion into her cup.

father tremble, but I did too. Atlas hugged me tightly, supporting

My father

the photos from the scene of the accident, pointing at the arm of the body identified as you, saying, 'Rory didn't have

handed her the cup. I tried to persuade her not to get worked up, that everything would be investigated thoroughly, and persuaded her to drink some water to calm herself down. She drank the water, and I quickly left.

monster!" My father pointed at him, his anger uncontrollable. "You've lost all your conscience. What right do you have to bargain with

killed my mother and crippled my father! Do you

die, and I don't want to live anymore. But my son is innocent. He knows nothing about all this. I'm willing

ask you again, did you

his eyes showing helplessness