Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 132

Vanessa was in a blind panic, her survival instincts kicking in and clouding her judgment. Without thinking, she pushed Adah, her closest ally, in front of the knife to save herself.

Adah's eyes widened, filled with disbelief. Never had she imagined that her cherished daughter would make such a choice in the face of life and death.

Claire's knife found its mark, piercing Adah's abdomen.

At first, Adah stared at Claire in shock, but then she slowly turned to meet Vanessa's terrified gaze.

"Mom, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it..." Vanessa sobbed, her voice filled with desperation, before turning and fleeing the scene without a second thought, leaving Adah to collapse in a pool of her own blood.

Tears streamed down Adah's face, and it was unclear whether they were from the physical pain of the wound or the emotional betrayal inflicted by Vanessa.

Claire released the knife handle and suddenly burst into a fit of laughter. The sound was both sorrowful and haunting, echoing around the room.

"You really are Vanessa's perfect family-her doting mother, father, and brother."

used as a human shield by your own beloved

tears welled up in

on her face, sliding down her cheeks, giving her the appearance of someone who had crawled out from the depths of

have bent over backwards for you, lowering myself to the ground just to earn your approval. But

no wrong. Even if

"Ha ha ha-"

to the side, his face etched with pain, his hand hanging

gazed at Claire with

"Claire," was spoken with such warmth and

twisted with anguish as she

her heart a barren wasteland

she had committed an unforgivable act by deliberately harming

her back to prison,

endless nights there, she never

the cruel hand of fate; she had tried to fight back, to reclaim her dignity; she had tried to reveal the truth