Chapter 540 540

[Warning: Upsetting Content. Violence. Readers have been warned.]

Diamond mouthed it word by word. In fact, with her cold and somber tone, she said;

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I want to say thank you to Mr. Carter Fallingham. He is such a good person who has given me hope for so long. He told me that a worthless piece of shit like me deserves to live for a while, and he also told me that I shouldn't try to hold myself back.

He said that if I have the urge to hurt someone, then I should do it.

If I want to make a mess, I should do it.

And if I want to make anyone's life a living hell, I should do it too.

After all, it's just a way for me to feel better.

Releasing my rage and sadness to others is a way to make me happy.

And I did. For the past four years, I have been feeling better and better.

I feel great as long as I hurt others!

I thought we could stay like this forever until Carter told me my Dad failed to pay for my therapy. He was not happy with the failed payment, and after getting unpaid three times in a row, Carter told me that I should just die because I couldn't pay for my therapy anymore.

He told me that I was a failure who didn't deserve to live and I should hang myself because it would serve my father a reminder that he was a failure of a father. He was a poor bastard who could not save his son.

I thought about Carter's words and then looked at my family. For the first time, I finally realized that I was nothing but a burden.

Carter is wrong about my Dad. My Dad is not a failure. He did his best to make me feel better.

We have to lose so many things just for me to feel better, and I realize that I can't pay them back.

No matter what I do, I'm a failure, and I definitely don't deserve to live in this family because I did nothing but be a burden to them.

So I have to end our suffering. I have to end my life, so my family won't suffer anymore. So do I. Soon, none of you would suffer anymore.

Goodbye, Mom, Dad, and you too, Desmond, Diamond, and Damien. I love you all.

I'm sorry for being a burden for so long.

Derik.

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"Stop! STOP!" Shailene couldn't handle it anymore. She dropped her notes and tried to get up. She wanted to run as far as possible, but her legs felt weak as the image of a teenage boy hanging on a tree haunted her mind.

Her legs wobbled as she tried to escape from Diamond and slumped on the floor.

Diamond finally got up from the chaise lounge. She walked slowly towards Shailene, who tried to crawl away from her.

Diamond kept talking about her deceased sibling, "Do you know what happened after we read that note?"

"Stop! Please stop! I don't want to hear it!" Shailene begged. She wanted to escape, but her body was so weak. So I felt like she would faint anytime soon.

Diamond stood right behind Shailene, who desperately tried to escape her.

Diamond wondered if Shailene had already guessed her intention or not because she really didn't expect this bitch to fall on her knees and try to escape like this.

But that was also beneficial for her because it also meant that Shailene had an absurd amount of guilt in her heart, 'Heh, even an evil, manipulative bitch like her still has a conscience. That's funny.'

Diamond stepped on Shailene's feet and pressed the ankle with her stiletto. Shailene shrieked in pain, but she was powerless when Diamond pressed her ankle harder with the sharp tip of the stiletto.

"Don't run away, I'm not done with you yet," Diamond said coldly. "After we read that note, my Mom became manic, she screamed crazily and wailed, calling my deceased brother's name hysterically."

"While my Dad-- well, he grabbed his gun and drove to that bastard's office," Diamond remembered how her father didn't listen when all her children tried to stop him. He pushed everyone out and drove to Carter Fallingham's office with his car.

Diamond finally lifted her stiletto off Shailene's feet. She crouched behind Shailene and grabbed her long hair.

She yanked Shailene's hair to the back, "Ah! S--Stop, p--please, I'm begging you, stop this...." Shailene whimpered. Shailene was so scared of this woman that she was about to faint.

She didn't know if this story was true, but it was way too similar to what Shailene did back then, and she couldn't handle the guilt at all.

Diamond smirked and leaned closer until she put her lips close to Shailene's ear, "My Dad drove to that bastard's office with a fully loaded gun. He stormed inside his room and found Carter Fallingham sitting leisurely in his office. My Dad must be very angry, because that bastard was the one who ruined our family, and the one who pushed Derik to his death."

"So he aimed his gun towards Carter's head, and shot him without hesitation," Shailene whispered. She sounded calm, but it was like a knife that pierced deep into Shailene's ear.

"My Dad shot him three more times to make sure that bastard is dead, and after getting his revenge, he--" Diamond formed an L-shape with her thumb and finger and pointed right under Shailene's chin. "--He shot himself from this position. That day, I lost my Dad and my brother at the same time, and that day will forever be ingrained in my mind as the worst day in my life."

Shailene started crying out of fear and guilt. This woman called Diamond was too terrifying. Shailene really thought that she was going to get killed today, "P--Please spare me. I--I can do anything, I will give you money if that's what you want!"