Clarissa finally reacted to what Mr. Fontaine said: that her character was not as good as Kathryn's.

By now, Clarissa realized everyone believed what Mr. Jimenez, Audrey, and the others said she was the murderer who killed her elder and younger sisters.

"Clarissa, there are witnesses and evidence, yet you still deny killing the head of the family! She loved you like her own daughter, and this is how you repay her? Don't you feel guilty at all? Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?" Mr. Jimenez angrily accused her. Suddenly, Clarissa snapped, admitting, "Yes, my conscience has been eaten by a dog. I killed my sisters. So what?"

up." "Why does she get all your love and loyalty? Because she's the head of the family? Fine, if being the head is what it takes to win your loyalty, then I want to be the head! I want power! I want you, Mr. Jimenez, to be loyal to me the way you were to her." Clarissa shouted, her eyes red with emotion. Killing her sisters-did people really think it didn't hurt her? She had been an orphan from a young age, her father and mother gone, leaving her only her sisters. Her eldest sister was nearly 20 years older than her and had raised her and their younger sister after their mother passed away. The oldest sister acted like a mother, doing everything she could to take care of them. When their mother died, their father returned to his family but soon passed away too. The eldest sister even had Audrey in her late years to ensure there would be a next generation to lead the family. But the strain of

affairs, and for

long as her sister was alive, she'd never be the

was horrified by her own thoughts of replacing her sister. Her sister wasn't just a

once the idea was planted, it grew, slowly and

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