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.

tried to suppress her anger as she tried to defend her son. “It’s just a toy gun. Is

is,” Lewis interrupted

do anything about Lewis, so she could only turn around

Robert. “Dad, it’s difficult for us to make the trip here,

you don’t want to see us, there’s no need to invite us back to this manor! This asn’t a diner gathering it’s a controntation! In the end, we’re still

we wouldn’t have invited you here in the first place. It’s fine for you to be angry but don’t splash mud on the test of us When did I

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 us? Am I the one to be blamed

women went silent immediately once

older man never mentioned anything about Josephine getting injured, despite the long speech he had just given At the end of the day, it showed that he didn’t care about her at all,

you still having dinner here or

It was

were shot at

pain was nothing compared to the pain caused to her by the grief of being alienated

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

gazed at him coldly in return.

while repeating every word slowly. “I said it’s not necessary for us to stay here and have dinner for the rest of you now. Do you really think we can all sit together at the

was clearly affected by the incident, so dinner wouldn’t go well later.

well. “It’s just a minor misunderstanding. We’re all family here, so we can’t ruin the harmony between us just because

small matter,

his face. Then, what do

before a low chuckle escaped from

what

normal

at that moment. “Let’s move to the dining room

around here

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

raised his hand to stroke

thinking that his concerned expression

her, making him seem like

oft the surface, she would realize that everything was nothing but a facade that would shatter at the slightest

was the sort of person who would slowly lend Josephine to the edge of the cliff. There, she would voluntarily make the final leap into the

the moon that could never be held with her hands. Then, she would slowly

all the way from the shore. That man

to conceal the thoughts that were reflected

her eye anymore. Instead, he took

room.

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