Chapter 53 Witnessing Her Downfall

Everything happened too fast. Since Josephine didn’t make any noise after the bullet was shot in her face, everyone thought that Caleb was just pretending to shoot at her.

“Josephine!” Of course, Lewis witnessed the scene. He quickly reached out to steady her on her

feet.

Josephine was in so much pain that a burst of colors exploded before the darkness that was known as her vision. She almost lost her balance due to the pain.

Only when Lewis shouted her name did everyone finally turn around to see what happened. Then, they realized Caleb had just shot Josephine.

Lily quickly wrapped her arms around Caleb and pulled him away while pretending to be mad at him. “Behave, Caleb!”

However, Caleb refused to obey her command. Instead, he struggled against his restraints because he wanted to shoot Josephine again. His father, Derek Moss, quickly put a stop to his mischievous

antics.

“Now is not the time for you to fool around, Caleb! Hand over your toy!” Derek grabbed the toy gun intending to snatch it from his son’s hands but the latter continued hugging it to his chest

stubbornly.

“It’s mine!”

Lewis let go of Josephine’s hand so that he could check her eye’s condition. Fortunately, the bullet only made contact with the corner of her eye, but thanks to the shot, her eye was completely red.

He tilted his head to look at Caleb, who forgot to react out of fear toward his icy gaze.

Lily quickly did her best to ease the atmosphere. She approached Josephine and pretended to examine her reddened eye in concern. “I think she’s fine. It’s just a toy gun, so the impact

shouldn’t hurt.”

However, Josephine’s affected eye was extremely red. The spot that was hit by the bullet started to show flecks of blue and purple as well, signifying the formation of a bruise.

Lewis glanced in Lily’s direction. “How did you know that it wouldn’t hurt at all, Lily?”

“It’s just a rubber bullet, isn’t it? How much pain can it cause? Lewis, I know you care about Josephine a great deal, but you shouldn’t be arguing with a child over this petty matter.”

“Then, should I argue with you over this so–called petty matter? As his mother, how are you going to resolve this situation?” A trace of mockery flashed across Lewis‘ eyes.

words the moment she heard Lewis‘ answer. She tried to suppress her anger as she tried to defend her son. “It’s just a toy gun. Is it

is,” Lewis interrupted mercilessly.

couldn’t do anything about Lewis, so she could only

make the

this manor! This asn’t a diner gathering it’s a controntation! In the end, we’re still outsiders in this family, huh? That means anyone

speech. She took the initiative to speak up immediately Lily, that’s where you’re wrong If we truly viewed you and Youn tamly as outsiders, we wouldn’t have invited

squabbling yet?” Robert’s temper flared as well as he started. berating loudly It’s just a petty matter, yet all of you insist on making a big deal out of it! Should I build a stage for you to continue acting out this drama for the rest of

immediately once

mentioned anything about Josephine getting injured, despite the long speech he had just given At the end of the day,

this–are you still having dinner here

pain. It was true that rubber bullets weren’t able to hurt people, but it also depended on

shot

to the pain caused to her

“Is it necessary for us to stay here and have dinner with the rest

coldly in return. “What did

slowly. “I said it’s not necessary for us to stay here and have dinner for the rest of you now. Do you

clearly affected by the incident, so dinner wouldn’t

and tried to ease the atmosphere as well. “It’s just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all family here, so we can’t ruin the harmony between

matter,

face. Then, what do

at him for a short while before a low chuckle escaped from his lips. “It seems that I’m

not what

words abruptly, now wearing a normal expression. It was as though he

“Let’s move to the

around here

head to glance at him, a mildly glum expreston on her lace

he raised his hand to stroke the injured spot Are you still in

that his concerned expression seemed

behave like that Sometimes, he would be awfully close to her,

realize that everything was nothing but a facade that would shatter at the slightest

of

her and slowly guide her to jump into the water in search of the moon that could never be held with her

way from the shore. That man would

gaze and looked down at her feet once more in order to conceal the thoughts that were reflected in her eyes. After that, she shook her

on her eye anymore. Instead, he took her hand and led her to the dining

room.

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