Wilson was handed over to the prosecutor’s office due to the irrefutable evidence. Kevin pulled some strings to find the nurse who was bribed by Wilson, but also to recover the Pueblo contract construction rights that he privately sold. All creditors came to collect debts. All bank deposits were frozen, and his house was also confiscated by the court. Colin and Gillian overnight became homeless and penniless poor beggars.
They went to relatives and friends to seek help, but others hid them like seeing the plague. The most terrifying thing was that those employees who were owed wages threatened to let them pay off the debt with their lives.
Gillian followed her mother to hide, living the mess life that they had not experienced. Finally, Gillian could not endure, crying, “Mom, we go to beg forgiveness to Bella. I really can not go on hiding for a minute.”
Colin shook her head dejectedly, “She hates us so much. She will definitely not forgive us. Besides, I really can’t admit my fault to her and beg for forgiveness.”
“Mom, what’s the point of losing face? Now that we’re having trouble getting three meals a day. Hurry up and go, if you can’t, then I’ll go alone.”
After struggling for a long time, Colin finally agreed to her daughter’s proposal and shamelessly came to the Cloud Mansion.
At this time in the evening, the family was sitting around the dining table eating dinner, and the doorman came to report, “Wilson’s wife and daughter asked to see young lady.”
Bella suddenly looked up, a little surprised, and immediately regained her composure.
Kevin coldly smiled, “Finally, they’ve come.”
He got up and said, “Let them in.”
“Yes.”
Colin brought her daughter to the living room door with trepidation, but didn’t dare to step in. Kevin took a steamed bun and stepped on it under his foot, then walked to the door and threw to them, “Beggars, the food is already given to you, so get out.”
Bella stood behind Kevin. Seeing him do this, and knowing that he was taking it out for her, she was touched.
“We want to see Bella.”
Although Gillian was humiliated and angry, she endured her anger as facing an embarrassing situation.
Bella slowly moved forward, questioned expressionlessly, “What do you see me for? I don’t want to see you.”
Colin and Gillian hurried forward and knelt down. Colin was the first to say, “Bella, I was wrong. I’m sorry. I really know I was wrong. I confess my sins to you. Please let Kevin get your father out and let our life go back to the way it was, right?”
It was like Bella had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, “I’m going to put your lives back in order, so who’s going to give my mother back her life? Can your sins be undone by apologies? Good and evil will be repaid in the end!”
She coldly turned to go back to the house, but Gillian held her leg to prevent her from leaving, “Sister, I’m sorry, please forgive us. We are half-sisters. Can you be the bigger person, and let bygones be bygones?”
“Sorry? Don’t you think it’s too late to say sorry? I don’t accept your apology, and I’m incredibly ashamed of being your sister.”
“And what exactly will it take for you to forgive us?”
Colin was lowly now, not domineering as before.
Bella thought about it, turned around and said word for word, “Go kneel in front of my mother’s grave for three days and three nights. If my mother forgives you, and I will naturally forgive you.”
Colin and Gillian were livid. Gillian couldn’t help but question, “Are you deliberately making things difficult for us? How the dead can talk?”
“You guys consider whether to do it. If you go, you might still have a glimmer of hope.”
Bella didn’t bother to bullshit with them, looking clearly impatient.
“Okay, we’re going.”
Colin pulled her daughter’s hand and left, and then turned back and suggested, “Can you send us something to eat a day? We…”
“Don’t worry, in order to prevent you from being double-faced, I will send three people to keep an eye on your day and night. I won’t let you starve to death in the cemetery before you’ve atoned for your sins.”
Kevin solemnly declared. Listening to his words, Gillian and Colin looked pale once again and hurriedly left with reluctance.
In order to be able to live a comfortable life, Colin really came to Selina’s grave with her daughter, took a deep breath and knelt down. After the third day passed, they had been unable to get up. Their knees hurt as if they were glued to the ground. When moving, they suffered incredible pain.
Bella and Kevin came to the mountain to see their wretched appearance. Bella just felt relieved finally, and Kevin threw a card in front of Gillian, said, “Your sister let me give you this card. Take this money with your mother to run far away. From now on, don’t set foot in B city, otherwise, find yourself in serious trouble! ”
Colin picked up the card from the floor, “What about my husband?”
“Don’t push your luck, but if even your husband is safe, how will my mother rest in peace?”
Gillian still wanted to say something, and was severely pinched by Colin. They climbed up hard, and went down the mountain.
Bella stood in front of her mother’s tombstone, shedding tears of joy, “Mother, you can finally rest in peace. Those bad people finally got their due punishment.”
“In my opinion, how can they let them go so easily?”
Kevin was indignant. Last night Bella suddenly told him that she wanted to let Colin and Gillian go, but he did not agree at that time. She said two wrongs don’t make a right. It’s time to put down hatred of more than ten years.
Bella turned around and smiled at him, said, “I know you want to take out anger for me, but I’m not angry now. We let them off lightly. But we just need to have a clear conscience.”
“But…”
“Okay. Didn’t you say you had something to say to my mom last time? Say what you want to say quickly.”
Kevin gave her a look, “Cover your ears.”
“Can’t I listen?”
“Of course, I’m talking to you.”
“But it’s got something to do with me. Do you want to talk to my mother because of me?”
“Don’t be narcissistic. I told you to cover it up.”
Bella curled her lip, “Okay, I just cover up. I don’t care to hear it.”
She stretched out both of her hands to cover her ears and quickly turned her back, showing that she really didn’t want to hear it.
Kevin stood up straight, looked at Selina’s photo and said, “Mom, you may be a stranger to me. Similarly, I am not familiar with you. Just two days ago, I learned about your past your encounter, and for that, I expressed my sympathy and anger. You are an amazing woman, an amazing mother. You raised an excellent daughter and I thank you for that. Your daughter chased away the gloom in my heart in three years, and made me feel warm and fresh.”
“I know that you died with injustice, and today, the man who harmed you all your life has paid the price for it. His life will be spent in prison. You can rest in peace, and I will do my best to take care of Bella, not to let her suffer any grievance and harm. I will love her and take care of her all my life.”
After Kevin said these words, he walked up to Bella and found her face covered with tears. He was surprised and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“I heard it all.”
Bella looked at him tearfully, crying and laughing for a moment.
“I knew you’d eavesdrop.”
“So, it’s not like you’re deliberately talking glibly so I can eavesdrop, is it?”
“No.”
Kevin stretched out his hand and patted her head, “Speaking false words in front of a deceased person, I’m afraid of being condemned by God.”
“Thank you…”
Bella threw herself into his arms in excitement and said, “Thank you, thank you, my bad-tempered husband.”
“Well, if you thank me again, I’ll want you to repay me in kind.”
Bella blushed and twisted him, whispering softly, “Saying great disrespectful words in front of a deceased person, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?”
“What kind of disrespectful words are these? It’s a clear sign of love for you.”
“You’re loquacious…”
The sound of their voices faded away, and their backdrop of holding hands allowed the deceased to finally rest in peace.
Reaching the bottom of the hill, Kevin pulled open the car door for Bella, and after he also got up, he casually asked, “Are you going home or going somewhere?”
“Why don’t you drop me off in front of the Ocean Department Store? I’d like to take a stroll today, say goodbye to the past completely and embrace a new future.”
“Oh yeah, are you alone? Do you need me to stay with you?”
“No, you go to the office. I have an appointment with Alice.”
“That’s fine.”
Arriving at the entrance of Ocean Department Store, Bella got out of the car and waved at Kevin, “Bye-bye, drive carefully.”
“You too, have fun.”