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.

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

is,” Lewis interrupted

so she could only turn

us to make the trip here, you know? Must

a diner gathering it’s a controntation! In the end, we’re still outsiders in this family, huh? That means anyone can

up immediately Lily, that’s where you’re wrong If we truly viewed you and Youn tamly as outsiders, 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 ever bully you in the

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

women went silent immediately once Robert

speech he had just given At the end of the

this–are you still having dinner

in pain. It was true that rubber bullets weren’t

shot

pain caused to her by the grief

stay here and have dinner with the rest of you?”

gazed at him coldly in return.

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

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

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

small matter,

his face. Then,

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

what

words abruptly, now wearing a normal expression. It was as though he wasn’t the

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

around here

head to glance at him,

Lewis turned to look at Josephine as he raised his hand to

that his concerned expression seemed genuine.

tended to behave like that Sometimes, he would be awfully close to her, making him seem like a moon’s

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

slowly lend Josephine to the edge of the cliff.

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

her struggle all the way from the shore. That man would witness her downfall with a clear

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

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

room.

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