178 Two Different Worlds

Scarlett's POV

Her scream soon attracts attention.

The first one responding is Sebastian. I think he came over even before I threw her into the water, because he jumped after her almost instantly, and pulled the struggling Ava to the up. She coughs in panic, keeping that horrifying cry up this whole time. But as good an actor as she is, the panic she puts on her face is nowhere near the panic I'm feeling inside.

I pushed Ava Fuller, the delicate princess of the Fuller, into a freezing cold lake, with the witness being my own husband.

The case of my crime could be closed and sentenced already.

I dare not imagine the anger of Jack Fuller, the disappointment of Anne Fuller, the vicious revenge from Gabriel and...Damian Vanderbilt. I don't even know how to face Sebastian at this moment. "What's going on here?" Damian Vanderbilt's august voice demands, and I freeze in fear.

"I'm sorry!" Ava bursts into a louder cry, sobbing at him as she "tried and failed" to stand up, "Damian, I lost Mom's necklace! I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! I tried to stop her, but she was too fast!!!"

What?! I watch in utter shock as the scene gets off the rail at a speed beyond my imagination. Damian Vanderbilt's face darkens visibly at her words, and his fiery eyes dart at me.

but to my surprise, Sebastian stands up and blocks that ray of condamnation. He came to her rescue, he took

need to calm down--" Sebastian says, but Damian Vanderbilt already threw himself

already landed

both his hands to Damian Vanderbilt, "I'm not fighting you! I

bear, Damian Vanderbilt pauses his attack. He just

burning in flames. Sebastian follows

I have never even touched that necklace!" I blurt, only to realize I shouldn't even know of such a necklace to begin with, "She came at me and

worn it...I just wanted to feel close to my mother...I told her it's

echoing around. Jack Fuller pulls Ava up in silence, hugging her tightly as she trembles in her wail. Anna Fuller

know? That necklace belongs to Emma Vanderbilt, my late mother," Damian Vanderbilt cuts

I murmur. His cold voice makes me

look for my baby sister?" He

tears

only to stop himself when his voice twists out of shape. He takes a long breath to calm himself before he continues, "Did you know, that Ava tested

I say, grabbing Sebastian's shirt to find

is not letting

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