Chapter 0362
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“That injury ruined her uterus. From that moment on, she could never have children again! A woman who couldn’t be children and had nothing left but that seductive face to keep your father’s attention. What use did she have anymore? So, I took a knife and peeled her face off, layer by layer, like peeling garlic…
“Her screams were unbearable, so I silenced her by cutting out her tongue.”
“Charlotte!” Suzy growled through clenched teeth, forcing every syllable of her name out. I told you to shut up!”
The more Suzy struggled to accept it, the more gleeful Charlotte became. “To make sure you’d be able to recognize her someday, I deliberately left the butterfly–shaped birthmark on the back of her neck untouched.
“Go on, take a look. Confirm for yourself whether it’s really her. Do it quickly while she’s still breathing–there’s still time for a mother–daughter reunion!”
“Get lost!” Suzy shouted, firing shot after shot into the walls around her, releasing her fury. But deep down, she didn’t need to check the birthmark to know the truth. Her heart already had the answer.
The woman lying on the floor, though stripped of her facial skin, had bone structure eerily identical to the mother Suzy remembered.
Standing there, Suzy stared at the woman whose breathing was growing weaker and weaker. Tears fell uncontrollably down her face.
Seeing Suzy cry, Charlotte’s smug voice echoed once more. “Crying, are we? Of course, you are. How could you not? After all, you killed your own mother with your own hands!”
Killed her own mother….
Those words became a haunting mantra, circling endlessly in Suzy’s mind.
Slowly, she crouched down, her trembling hands lifting the frail woman from the ground. and holding her close. Gently, she pushed aside the dry, straw–like hair behind the woman’s ear.
The sight of the red butterfly–shaped birthmark hit her like a thunderclap.
Suzy’s world collapsed in an instant.
She could instantly tell whether the birthmark was real.
Just moments ago, she had clung to the faintest sliver of hope, but now her heart ached so much she could barely breathe.
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Chapter 0.16
Twenty years of unimaginable suffering was already cruel enough, but in the end, her mother died at her own daughter’s hands…
Suzy’s tears flowed endlessly, like a river that couldn’t be dammed.
The woman in Suzy’s arms, previously clouded by confusion, suddenly regained clarity in her eyes. She looked at Suzy with disbelief, her gaze saying everything she couldn’t put into words.
She recognized Suzy.
Suzy guessed it must have been Charlotte who showed her photos, tormenting her with a glimpse of her daughter, only to keep her from seeing her in person. It was psychological torture meant to break her spirit.
Thinking of the torment her mother had endured, Suzy’s tears flowed even harder.
The woman, seeing her daughter cry, slowly lifted a trembling hand to wipe Suzy’s tears. Her lips moved faintly as if trying to form words.
Though she couldn’t speak, her mouth shaped the name softly, “Honey…”
The silent call struck Suzy like a dagger to her heart, the pain unbearable.
Gripping her mother’s hand tightly, she tried to call out to her, but her voice was stuck, her throat choked with overwhelming emotion. She could only cry harder, her sobs wracking her body.
As Suzy wept, the woman’s tears fell too, her eyes filled with sorrow and longing.
Twenty years. She had waited, hoped, and dreamed for this reunion. And now, having finally met her daughter, they were about to be separated once again, this time forever.
For both mother and daughter, this moment was pure agony, cutting deeper than any blade.
The woman’s frail hand gently caressed Suzy’s face, her touch filled with reluctance and love until all her strength faded.
“No, no!” Suzy cried, grabbing the hand that had fallen limp.
At last, she managed to choke out the words she had been longing to say.
‘Mom, don’t leave me!”
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