“NATE!” Eille shouted when Nate was about to stab Clerophine using his claw when Rayver suddenly stopped Nate by holding his big paws, which made Nate stop as soon as he saw Rayver holding his foot.
Nate slowly turned to his human form and slowly calmed down as he saw that Rayver was fine. Eille takes the opportunity to get the gun out of Clerophine.
“Are you fine?” Nate asked Rayver. Rayver just nodded at him and looked at Clerophine, who was crying now. Rayver puts bulletproof as he knows that this scenario will come.
“What did you do, Clerophine?” Celestine asked while looking at Clerophine. Now Celestine feels shame and anger as she’s looking at Clerophine.
“I’m sorry…” Clerophine said while crying. “I’m just being forced to do that…” She added.
“Forced? No one forced you, Clerophine. You’re the one who did that action… you… you’re a killer.” Celestine said while looking at Clerophine with her disgusted eyes.
“Mom… please don’t call me that…” Clerophine said while looking at Celestine. “No… you were about to kill someone Clerophine…” Celestine said.
Celestine can’t imagine that she raised a killer like Clerophine, and now, she is disappointed knowing that there is a chance that Rayver and Eille are telling the truth about Gastov’s death.
“I raised you with all my heart, Clerophine…” Celestine said, holding her tears back because she didn’t want to cry.
“I raised you with all of my efforts, giving all that you want and giving you a life lesson to be a better person to others, and now…” Celestine’s tears drop as she can’t hold it back anymore. “Now you attempt to kill someone in front of me.”
“No, Mom, I just did that because they’re destroying my name and reputation,” Clerophine said while crying.
“No… no, Clerophine, You’re the one who destroyed your name and reputation when you pulled the gun trigger,” Celestine said, wiping her tears. She was in pain knowing that her husband was right about Clerophine, but she chose to be blind because she only cared about Clerophine then.
“You know what, your father was right. I should listen to him when he told me you want to kill me.” Celestine said. Clerophine shook her head.
“Mom, please don’t say that, I’m hurting,” Clerophine said. Nate, Eille, and Rayver watched them and gave Celestine time to express her feelings.
Nate knows that his mom is hurting, but that is the reality and the truth that Celestine needs to face.
“I’m hurting too, Clerophine, because I am so disappointed that I raised a killer like you,” Celestine said as Nate held his mother’s arms to support her. Nate knew that Celestine was weak in this situation.
“I am not a killer!” Clerophine shouted in pain as she was so hurt knowing that her only ally was her enemy.
“I didn’t kill anyone!” She added and looked at Nate.
“Please believe me…” She said to Nate, but Nate just looked at her.
“You did kill someone.” Their heads turn to Rayver, who is holding a picture now. “These are the pictures from the hidden camera in Mr. Gastov’s room on the farm. I collected them from the owner of that house, and from here, it can be seen that you killed Mr. Gastov,” Rayver said,
which made everyone stop and look at the photo.
“Don’t believe him, and he probably edited those pictures to make it look like I’m the one who stabbed Dad.” Clerophine is sad, which causes Nate and Celestine to look at her.
“Believe me, Mom, Nate, I am innocent.” She added, but Nate and Celestine just looked at her with their eyes full of anger.
“Mom… Nate… why are you looking at me like that?” Clerophine asked. Nate’s aura darkened.
“I also have the copy of the video where we can see from that time that Clerophine stabbed Mr. Gastov, and a minute after she killed him, Beatrice arrived and was shocked to see Mr. Gastov’s body showering its blood, and a second after Beatrice saw the body, Clerophine who is from the corner of the door shouted to act like she saw a crime happened,” Rayver said.
Clerophine just shook her head and started to cry again. While Eille was shocked at knowing the complete details of her crime, she immediately grabbed her phone and called the police.
“No… no… I didn’t do that.” Clerophine said Celestine and Nate were both mad at Clerophine.
“You killed my husband…” Celestine said and slapped Clerophine and choked her up in the air. Nate didn’t stop his mother thinking that Clerophine deserved to die.
A sudden realization came to his mind, knowing he didn’t believe Beatrice when she explained her side.
Nate feels so wrong and blames himself for not listening to Beatrice.
“I accepted you in our family, treated you like my daughter, and gave you the love you deserved. I even spoiled you with what you wanted, and now this is what you will do to us?! YOU
KILLED MY HUSBAND!” Celestine shouted in anger. “Mom, I am hurting…”
“I will fucking kill you!” Celestine said and held her neck tighter.
“Mom, that’s enough.” Nate stopped her, but Celestine didn’t listen to him.
“Mom, don’t do what she did to Dad. Don’t lower your class for just trash.” Nate said, which made Celestine stop and push Clerophine away from her.
“My son is right… I shouldn’t put blood on my clean hand and waste my energy for just trash like you.” Celestine said to Clerophine. “I can’t believe I raised a killer and trash like you,” Celestine added.
Clerophine suddenly smirks and laughs, which makes everyone look at her.
“No, mom, you’re wrong…” Clerophine said and looked at Celestine with her devilish smile. “You raised a psychopath.” after she said those words, Clerophine got the vase beside her and hit it on the table, causing it to break into pieces. Clerophine held the sharpest part of the vase, so
Nate got his mother and put it on his back to protect her.
“I’m so fuckin done from the both of you… being a Vowell is so fucking chaotic, and you always want me to be like someone I don’t want… you fucking force me to be someone I am not.” Clerophine said and pointed to the pieces of the vase in her neck.
“I just want someone to love me, to accept me for who I am…” Clerophine looks at Nate.
“I just… want you, Nate, to love me… but no… when Beatrice entered your life, you forgot about me, and all of your attention turned to her, even Dad, and she became his favorite…I
became a wind in this family that no one can see.” Clerophine said and laughed. She suddenly looks at Celestine.
“You don’t love me, Mom, and you just need me because your clan can’t accept that you only have one child, so to stop the criticism you got, you buy me from my true family and dress me and shower me with those expensive clothes before you introduce me to your clan,” Clerophine said her voice shaking.
“You just used me. No one loves me, not you, not even Dad or Nate. No one loves me!” Clerophine shouted in pain and laughed again.
“What should I expect from someone like you who only loves power, dignity, reputation, and morality?” Clerophine asked and held the piece of vase tighter.
“Yes, I killed Dad and frame up Beatrice.” She confessed with a smirk on her lips.
“Now, if you want to put me in jail, then you must chase me in hell.” after she said that, she stabbed her neck twice, which made Nate close his eyes as he didn’t want to see how Clerophine killed herself.