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.

a stab of pain and chased after her, grabbing her wrist. “Hey, what the hell are you doing?”

the City Hospital!”

legs gave out, and Yvan’s pull sent her tumbling to the ground.

the City Hospital. My brother’s been

word, he scooped her up and raced to his car.

in as tears blurred her vision and

been drained, her eyes numbly wide open. Memories of Gideon flickered through her mind in a rapid montage, slowing to a haunting crawl, pulling her back to the

he never considered it could be this silent and deadly, as if someone had hit pause on her world, leaving her stranded in a cage of

stood stone–faced, rising slowly from

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hatred In her eyes was sharp as knives, her voice hoarse, her stance weak, yet he sensed her

now?”

hollow and

to the grief–stricken outbursts of loved

her.