Chapter 233: Apology and Return [3]

Chapter 233: Apology and Return [3]



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In the warm interior of a lavish room, a figure was tiredly sitting on a sofa.

Her long wavy black hair cascaded down the backside of the sofa, however, they had completely lost their once shimmering black shine.

They were also messy as if the person hadn't combed them in long.

Not only the hair but her once beautiful large ox-brown eyes were now completely lifeless, devoid of any light or emotion.

It was as if they carried no purpose, just blankly staring out the window.

In the figure's lap, was a small girl of about 3 years old.

She was peacefully sleeping, her chest heaving up and down in intervals.

But just like the figure, there was a tense expression on the little girl's face.

And if one looked closely, they would see the tear marks on the child's face, indicating that she had been crying non stop not that long ago.

Katherine's whole life had been turned upside down in the past 3 days.

She didn't know what to make of it anymore.

Just like her lifeless eyes, her limp body conveyed no purpose as well.

She looked so dead that if one tried to kill her, there was a certain surety that she wouldn't resist at all.

And that was true.

What was there to live for Katherine anyway?

Her brother....

Katherine's stoic scrunched up into a painful expression and at the same time, emotions finally flashed through her eyes.

Sadness, regret and longing.

Tears started to flow from her eyes that she could barely control.

She knew that if the child below noticed that she was crying again then she would break into a sobbing downpour as well.

But...

What was she supposed to do if not cry?

Katherine continuously wiped her tears with her sleeves, seeing no end to them but trying to prevent any drop from landing on Lily below.

Ever since coming to the academy from day 1 with her little brother, Katherine never carried such big ambitions.

Being the future student council president was never her aim.

There was only one thing for her. One purpose in life.

And it was to keep her only friend, only confidant in this world.

The little boy of 12 with cute little black eyes and hair safe and happy.

Just one wish from him for her to stop was enough to convince Katherine as she took it away

from her sight, only to never see it again.

It was hard. Hard to break away from it.

Smoking was like the fuel for her body to run.

But even then, she bore through the burning pain of her body as it starved for the cigarettes,

remembering her brother at every moment.

For him, was the only thought she had at that time.

And then, it finally stopped.

But now...

Katherine didn't know what to do again.

She had no one left for her to talk to in this world anymore.

Her brother, unable to be found.

Amelia, disappeared as well, not answering any calls or texts of Katherine.

Alice, back at her manor with Elizabeth after the incident.

These 3 were the only people that Katherine ever knew, ever was able to talk to freely.

And now, all of them had disappeared, leaving her alone.

A hollow laugh escaped from Katherine's lips as she took another drag of her cigarette.

To think about it, did Katherine even have any friends that stuck around?

In her whole life, every friend that she made, which were already few, had been taken away

from her in one way or another.

And now, it was the same thing happening all over again.

A hollow scoffing sound escaped Katherine's lips.

How pitiful.

Her form collapsed on the ground weakly, without any strength in it.

She was really a curse.

A curse meant to rot away and die without any person by her side at the end.

With no friends and no light.

This was who Katherine was.

And why wouldn't she?

For all what she had done years back, this seemed like a fitting revenge for her sins.

She deserved it.