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Chapter 464 Cast Into the Fountain

“It hurts… it hurts so much…”

Mathilda struggled for a long while before her broken voice returned.

She thought that after James had already crushed her hand bones beneath his heel and allowed his men to slap her swollen face raw, he might finally let her go. But then she heard his voice again–cold, merciless, devoid of any trace of pity.

“Throw her into the fountain.”

Though the water hadn’t frozen with the coming of spring, it was still bitterly cold.

Mathilda feared the cold, and with her hand bleeding, the icy soak would be agony–worse than death itself.

If misfortune struck, it might leave her permanently weakened, perhaps even barren.

She couldn’t bear it. Snot and tears streaming, she begged, “James, I really know I was wrong. I… I just felt insecure. Lily stole Mom and Dad’s, and my brothers‘ love, I was afraid of being cast out. That’s why I played a

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few jokes on her. I had no evil intent, I swear. Please don’t throw me in. I can’t swim–if I’m tossed in, I’ll drown! You know I really can’t swim! I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die!”

Bodger and Mergan faltered, hesitation flickering in their

eyes.

They knew well she couldn’t swim.

What she had done was vile, beyond forgiveness. But she was still their blood sister. They couldn’t stand idly by and watch her die.

go too far! If she dies, you’ll

“Bodger. James.”

most. She won’t drown. And the video made it clear–her so–called fall into the river, where she accused Lily of pushing her, was nothing but her own

we threw Lily into the freezing river for

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fragile body thrashing helplessly in the icy water came back to Bodger and

Mathilda.

even if they had spoken

men grabbed Mathilda and

she swallowed mouthfuls, choking violently. A shroud of icy water wrapped her, stabbing into her flesh, making her convulse uncontrollably–unable to live, unable to

this was only the

finally dragged out–battered, shaking, sprawled on the ground like a gutted toad, her breath a

was already dipping; it was time to fetch

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and his men left, Mathilda’s tears

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bruises of their own,

just lashed out.

she spoke of her suffering after being abducted, the Ginger family’s hearts

Mergan wavered now,

just as their pity began to stir, Taylor’s voice cut

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