A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 105

Matilda staggered backward, her face turning ashen under the weight of Yvan’s words.

“Yvan, I just couldn’t be as ruthless as you!” she yelled inwardly.

Just then, the ringtone of her cellphone cut through the tension, her hands trembling as she fished it out of her pocket. The sight of the incoming number made her heart sink.

A bad omen, she thought.

“Hello? Are you the sister of the guy who just got into a wreck on Lupia Skyway?” a stranger’s voice crackled through the line. “We’re taking him to the City Hospital right now. You better come quick; any later and you might not get to see him alive.”

Matilda’s grip loosened, and the phone crashed to the ground, the screen shattering like a spiderweb – a stark reflection of her fragmented heart.

It was as if a thunderclap had gone off beside her ear, buzzing and disorienting.

Her brother… her brother was in an accident!

Because she couldn’t bring Logan home, Gideon must have guessed that Yvan had given her a hard time, prompting him to hurry over.

shaking violently, spun on her heels and dashed for the door, Yvan felt a stab of pain and chased after her, grabbing

City

pull

City Hospital. My brother’s been in

without another word, he scooped her up and

blurred her vision and her mind spun in chaos. The doctor’s regrets echoed in her ears as she pushed through the door, her knees buckling at the sight of Gideon’s lifeless

of Gideon flickered through her mind in a rapid montage, slowing to a haunting crawl,

could be this silent and deadly, as if

stood stone–faced, rising slowly from Gideon’s

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was sharp as knives, her voice hoarse, her

you happy now?”

laugh so hollow and full of tears it was

the grief–stricken outbursts of loved ones,

her.