Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 384

It was all her fault. Everything that happened-she was the one to blame.

If Sean had never met her, he wouldn't be in this state now.

Claire wiped away her tears, her gaze fixed on Sean as if she was trying to etch his face onto her very soul.

After a long moment, she finally turned away, reluctant to leave. Limping, she walked out of the room.

Sean, I'm so sorry. I can't even say goodbye to you.

Because if I tried to, you'd never let me go.

So, this is the only way I have to disappear without a word.

Once outside the hospital, Claire found a small gardening supply store and stepped inside.

"I need a bottle of weed killer," she said.

The clerk glanced up and down at her-she was wearing a patient's gown, painfully thin, limping, her face almost ghostly pale, eyes glazed and lifeless. She looked as if she were on death's door.

Immediately, the clerk's suspicions were aroused.

girl clearly wasn't here to tend her roses-what if she was planning

his head. "Sorry, miss, I

"Why not?" Claire asked.

tried to smile, but it came out awkward. "We just can't take that

course. Looking like this, anyone would think she

store, feeling hollowed out. Passing by the shop's window, she caught her own reflection-disheveled,

had things gotten

took a shaky breath, forcing herself to

bought a fresh set of clothes, then covered her face with a mask and

to the gardening shop,

was.

trouble, slipped it into her pocket, and hailed a cab straight to

car pulled up in front of the imposing building. The white facade gleamed in the sun, and the badge high above the entrance shone like a silent promise

and resolve

be a one-way road. But it was the only thing

walked into the police

lobby was nearly empty, just a single officer on duty at the front

here to turn myself in," Claire said, her