Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 61

Lizetta felt a hit on the back of her head and stopped in her tracks. Whirling around, she crossed her arms and looked at Evelina.

“Don’t forget! It was you who invited me. You love comparisons and outshining others so much, I was just being kind, satisfying that whim of yours. Why are you fury? Is it because you are ugly, so that you are justified?”

Evelina was fuming, ready to blow a gasket. She stormed up to Lizetta, raising hand to strike.

But Lizetta was quick on the draw. She firmly grabbed Evelina’s hand.

“Enough, Evelina!”

Evelina snorted with contempt. “So, what if you’ve attracted all the attention? Remi still danced with me, didn’t he? Lizetta, don’t you forget, without the Hawthorne family, without me, you’d be nothing but a street rat from the slums, with no chance of rubbing elbows with someone like Remi. Oh, and you showing up in that dress left by my grandma? Don’t you find yourself ridiculous? Is that your grandma or mine? Clearly, it’s mine!

Without my grandma’s nostalgic affections, would Fiona cherish you? Would the Dashiell family have taken you in? Without my granny, you’d be a big fat nothing!”

Evelina shouted with suppressed anger. Lizetta clenched her teeth, her body trembling slightly.

“If thinking that way

way makes you feel superior, then go right ahead,” Lizetta said coolly, shaking off Evelina’s grip.

Lizetta turned to leave again, but Evelina couldn’t stand her aloof and disdainful attitude.

What gave Lizetta the right?

Evelina grabbed Lizetta again, “You stole my life and became Mrs. Dashiell. I’m just asking you to give it back, what’s wrong with that? Remi never loved you; he’s always loved me!”

Evelina was like a madwoman, relentlessly pestering.

air was chilly, and Lizetta

you want, but let

bit upon

in relief,

but that Remi truly loves me more, Lizetta,

meaning when suddenly Evelina

couple of splashes, both women fell into the pool

some water and felt a

around her waist – Evelina was clinging tightly to her

imagined Evelina

breath,

pulled, but couldn’t shake Evelina off. Bubbles escaped her mouth as the

wouldn’t do. Lizetta clenched her fist and struck Evelina on

when Evelina

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Evelina away, swimming in the opposite direction, afraid of being entangled again. She didn’t see that, as Evelina sank, an agile figure was swimming towards

a cramp in her calf, she saw Remington holding Evelina, swimming towards the light above the pool.

felt a sharp pain in her chest, unable to determine if it was from severe

legs cramping, she panicked and swallowed water again.

into

water was

her eyes open, she could no longer see Remington or Evelina.

she faced death in