Twice Betrayed- Reborn in Flames - Chapter 12: Chapter 12
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He collapsed at the entrance, pounding on the door between broken sobs. "Miss Barren, I get it now. This was all my fault. I was wrong about Eleanor. Please—just let me see her one last time."
His voice cracked as he continued, "The pain she must have felt when that scalpel cut into her... the suffering..." A sharp slap echoed from behind the door.
Alma turned to me with tear-filled eyes. "Eleanor, you—"
"Sister," I cut in firmly, "Eleanor died the moment Gerald chose to save Joanne." From that day forward, Gerald meant nothing to me.
Alma's lip trembled as she pulled me close. "Then let her rest, little sister. Move forward—I'll be right beside you."
I managed a smile. This Christmas, I wouldn't be alone.
The courts handed Gerald and Joanne death sentences for premeditated murder, with execution delayed ninety days. The Riverton family had initially mobilized their entire legal team to save him—until their forensic accountants made a horrifying discovery.
Joanne had been systematically draining company funds overseas. The offshore account belonged to her partner—a compulsive gambler drowning in debt. She'd only returned to manipulate Gerald into bankrolling their escape.
When Gerald learned the truth, he snapped. They transferred him screaming to a psychiatric ward where he'd spend hours babbling to empty air—swearing he was about to be a father.
He never made it to execution day. That February, guards found him in his cell, dead from blood loss after clawing open his own abdomen with his nails.
On Joanne's execution date, Alma and I celebrated the baby's 100-day milestone. Colorful fireworks exploded over the estate, burning away every shadow from our past.
I closed my eyes and whispered my wish into the light: "However long the road, may we keep blooming where we're planted."
(The End)
His voice cracked as he continued, "The pain she must have felt when that scalpel cut into her... the suffering..." A sharp slap echoed from behind the door.
Alma turned to me with tear-filled eyes. "Eleanor, you—"
"Sister," I cut in firmly, "Eleanor died the moment Gerald chose to save Joanne." From that day forward, Gerald meant nothing to me.
Alma's lip trembled as she pulled me close. "Then let her rest, little sister. Move forward—I'll be right beside you."
I managed a smile. This Christmas, I wouldn't be alone.
The courts handed Gerald and Joanne death sentences for premeditated murder, with execution delayed ninety days. The Riverton family had initially mobilized their entire legal team to save him—until their forensic accountants made a horrifying discovery.
Joanne had been systematically draining company funds overseas. The offshore account belonged to her partner—a compulsive gambler drowning in debt. She'd only returned to manipulate Gerald into bankrolling their escape.
When Gerald learned the truth, he snapped. They transferred him screaming to a psychiatric ward where he'd spend hours babbling to empty air—swearing he was about to be a father.
He never made it to execution day. That February, guards found him in his cell, dead from blood loss after clawing open his own abdomen with his nails.
On Joanne's execution date, Alma and I celebrated the baby's 100-day milestone. Colorful fireworks exploded over the estate, burning away every shadow from our past.
I closed my eyes and whispered my wish into the light: "However long the road, may we keep blooming where we're planted."
(The End)
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