Penny leaned against the couch defeatedly. In fact, she realized deep within her that it was an impossible feat, but she felt discontented to. give up without trying. At last, she could finally surrender to reality. “Why did you come over, then?”
Eugene reconfirmed with her, “Did you hire thugs to rob Olivia?” As soon as Penny heard that, she suddenly widened her tightly-shut eyes and her hackles were raised; she was on defensive mode. “You’re quite relentless about that matter, huh? Is slapping me across the face and kicking my shin not enough for you? What else do you want from me? Do you want to toss me into prison as well?”
At that moment, Eugene’s brows tightly furrowed as he stared at her brazen yet righteous manner. “If you were the one who instructed Olivia to be harmed and have her life taken, then I won’t hesitate in sending you to prison! Just so you know, I’m not f*cking joking!”
Momentarily stunned by the firm look in his eyes, Penny was rendered completely speechless. Suddenly, the tears pooled in her eyes and her vision became blurry, she could no longer see his face clearly.
Eugene continued indifferently, “Even a kid. would know that the defendant is always the first who strikes. Olivia has never done anything to offend you, yet you’ve nearly caused her death! Imprisonment would not be a sufficient punishment for what you’ve done.”
Penny smiled through her tears. “So, does that mean that I should thank you for being lenient? I guess you’re here today to send me into prison, huh? What are you waiting for? Let’s go!”
She rose to her feet as she spoke and attempted to walk out. “Sit your *ss down!” Penny stopped in her tracks and stopped moving forward, but she did not return seated either. Instead, she stared at him defiantly with her head up in the air.
Eugene saw her defiant look and could not seem to suppress his simmering anger once again. However, he was aware that he should not allow the vicious cycle to continue. Presently, she held a grudge against him and was easily triggered as soon as he mentioned Olivia, so he knew he had to avoid pushing her buttons.
As such, he spoke in a neutral tone with his best efforts. ‘Penny, let’s be fair to each other here. You’ve got to be reasonable, okay? Even though I’ve been harboring hatred against your mom all these years, I’ve never taken out my anger on you and pulled you into it because I regard you as my younger sister.
I understand that you’re innocent in all these while the actions of your parents have nothing to do with. you at all. That’s also why I’m seated here right now. If it was anyone else that had done that, I would not hesitate to give them a taste of their own medicine. At the very least, I stopped the cops from taking you to the station when they wanted to interrogate you. Whatever it is- whether you understand my point or not-I do not have a guilty conscience!”
Meanwhile, the tears streamed down Penny’s face once again as she remained silent. “You’re always going on and on about how heartless I am, but even so, I’ve only taken action against those who’ve harmed the ones around me. I can’t imagine how cold-blooded and cruel you could be to actually harm an innocent person’s life.
You went after Olivia repeatedly… But what has she even done to you? I’ve been seeking for my wife and kids for the past seven years and they are way closer to me than any of the rest of you. You noticed how badly wounded Olivia was, didn’t you? She was surrounded by a pack of wolfhounds while drugged! She is very blessed to still be alive.
When I arrived on scene, the wolfhounds pounced at me and I was only lucky enough to have armed policemen with me to shoot them. Otherwise, what makes you think I had a shot at rescuing her? Do you realize how pained I was to see the wounds on her? What if someone did the same thing to the person you loved? How would you feel then?”
Instantly, George’s face popped up in Penny’s mind as a tender look surfaced in her eyes at that moment. If someone harms George, I would very likely rip that person apart, I guess. But then, he’s quite good on his feet, so there shouldn’t be anyone who could harm him. I’m quite lucky to have him keeping an eye on me during my trip to Mastar. Even though he keeps showing me an impatient look, he has never once abandoned me.
Despite her true feelings, she never got the chance to say goodbye to him. She had to return in a rush thanks to the shameful deeds her parents had done. Every night, she was drowned in a pool of sadness and held back from texting him, hoping to receive the least bit of comfort she could get at this point in her life.
