Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

"Mom, no!" Kathryn screamed, trying to run over. Then, a gunshot rang out. She saw her mother's body start to collapse. "Mom!" Kathryn rushed forward, catching her mother's limp body just in time. The gun her mother had been holding fell to the ground. "Mom, Mom..." Kathryn sobbed, holding her tightly.

Clarissa opened her eyes and looked at her daughter. She wanted to say something, but no words came out.

In her fading vision, she saw her older and younger sisters. Her older sister stared at her, stern and serious, while her younger sister was furious. Of course they were angry-she had killed them. "Sister... I'm sorry..."

Clarissa whispered her apology, calling out to her sisters. Then her eyes slowly closed, but a faint smile appeared on her lips.

She was at peace now. She had apologized to them, finally.

She knew she had been wrong. She should never have killed her sisters for power and influence.

Their parents had died young, and her eldest sister had taken on the role of a mother, raising her and their younger sister through many hardships. But she had repaid that kindness with cruelty, murdering them both. She was a killer, the greatest sinner of the Farrell family.

It wasn't just her sisters-she had killed many others, too. Anyone who knew even a hint of the truth was silenced by her.

believed that only the dead could keep secrets. She thought no one could ever testify

all her wrongdoings were brought to light, one by one. She had no defense, and she didn't

daughter once asked if she regretted killing the people closest to

She did.

wake up

and there was no

could do was hold onto what she had sacrificed so much

she had lost it all the very thing she had killed so

the end, it was

Clarissa's hands went limp.

Tears streamed down her face. No amount of crying or screaming could bring her

mother had died to make

she called for her