Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 514

"That's right. Those five years I spent in prison? They were nothing. So now, Mr. Linwood, it's your turn to get a taste of it yourself. After all, it's not an experience most people ever get to have."

"When you've finished serving your time, you might as well die. And if there's another life after this, I'll still curse you to never know peace, not in this life or any other."

As Claire's words-cold and merciless-hung in the air, Nathan's eyes went wide with panic. His whole body trembled.

Claire hated him.

He knew the mistakes he'd made were unforgivable, but hadn't he already

suffered enough? In his last life, after his stroke left him half-paralyzed, he'd been abandoned in the mountains, left to endure endless torment.

Hadn't he paid his debt to Claire already?

Why couldn't she forgive him?

Even in this life, his crimes had led to a death sentence.

Wasn't that enough?

Why did she still have to curse him, to damn him for all eternity?

Tears streamed down Nathan's face as he sobbed, "Claire, I know I was wrong. Why can't you just forgive me?"

my last life and this one, I've paid the price for everything I did.

a good father to you-a father

how bitterly he wept, Claire's

Forgiveness?

No. That wasn't forgiveness.

those who hurt you is just another form of

time; they only turn to old scars-etched

eternity,

looked at Nathan with a cold smile. "Nathan, you have zero credibility

like a stray dog

scavenging: Well, today, I'm

words to

rotten as

times you get to start over, you're still filth. You'll never deserve a

just give me one more chance. Please." Nathan's

hung up the phone. She stood, turned, and walked away without ever

pounded frantically on the glass, but Claire didn't so much as

saw her again—not

and Vanessa—the three of them became favorite targets for the

weak. Before her execution date could

her arms and legs and ribs broken, and even her skull shattered-her head caved in, lying

in her mind was the