Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
Under normal circumstances, Mirabella wouldn’t have wasted a breath on such a foolish question, but today, she patiently said, “I just didn’t want to break my family’s heart. They’ve lived with you for eighteen years; there’s bound to be deep affection.”
If Mirabella had come home and immediately pushed Serena out, her parents might not have said anything, but they would have felt for Serena, experienced sorrow and loss. And that’s human nature.
“For this reason, you agreed to let me stay in this family? To treat me as an equal with you, as a Collins lady?” Serena was incredulous.
“Otherwise?” Mirabella met her gaze, “Not everyone is like you, fussing over such trivial matters. Whether you’re here or not, whatever expensive clothes or jewelry you wear, it doesn’t affect me. As long as my parents are happy, I consider them having one more daughter.”
“And now you’re still lying?” Serena didn’t buy it, “Would you swear on your family’s lives that what you’re saying is true?”
“Why wouldn’t I?” Mirabella’s words were heartfelt.
Half convinced, half skeptical, Serena pressed on, “If you really thought that way, why oppose me at every turn?”
“Isn’t it you who opposes me at every turn?? From the first day I returned to this home, did you show any kindness?”
Mirabella’s response irked Serena, “So you’re saying I’ve never given true affection? Back when you were at Westerly College, didn’t I realize my mistake, regret it, and try to reach out to you? You were the one rejecting me, the one not accepting my sincerity. If not for you, how could our family’s relationship have fallen to such a state?”
“l’ve said it before; you don’t need to try to appease me. Just live quietly in this family, and you can stays Ing asyounline awHatever material or emotional investments the family has made in you, I don’t care,” These were Mirabella’s true feelings.
As long as Serena didn’t play dirty behind her back, she could stay in their home indefinitely.
Mirabella didn’t mind.
“It’s you who’s been swayed by slander, acting erratically, one moment sane, the next hysterical.”
“How dare you call my mother’s words slander.” Serena pleded as landeniree radader higgered, “You have no idea how much I regret not listening to her.”
“Not listening to her? While the Collins family still held affection for you, to use them as a stepping stone to another wealthy household?”
Serena’s eyes widened in astonishment; how did Mirabella know what her birth mother had said?
“While the family still adored and trusted you, you aimed to milk thi household for allt gueorth tSrhise your awl Status. or perhaps, to find an opportunity to kill me and return to your life of unrivaled adoration and unlimited glory?”
Mirabella’s words left without anything to rebut. Indeed, this was how Martha had taught her. But she had always been wavering, so.
“I regret letting her raise you.” Louisa, bound to a pillar, lamented with a heavy heart, “If it weren’t for her, maybe there was still hope for you.”
Once upon a time, Serena was as pure and innocent as a blank canvas, untainted by the world.
It was Martha who poisoned her ear, fanning the flames of deceit, coupled with the shift in her own mindset, that led her down the path of no return.
If only they, as her parents, had realized in time.
Maybe everything could have been different.
It wasn’t that they were overly attached to Serena as their daughter, but rather they grieved the loss of a kind soul who had been led astray—the cost was simply too high.
“Can you swear that everything you just said is the truth?” Serena looked at Mirabella, her emotions fluctuating slightly.
Mirabella’s expression remained as calm as ever, “I’ve already sworn it. If you don’t believe me, what else can I say?”
Serena wanted to believe, but all she could muster was a bitter smile, “There’s no going back. It’s all irreversible.”
It was too late.
Everything was far too late.
Now confined to a wheelchair, her life had taken a drastic turn.
“Rest assured, tonight’s blaze will be a grand farewell for you,” Serena signaled to her subordinate, who immediately understood and promptly released the eight Chesters.
It was then that Mirabella realized why Serena was so confident today—it was because of these Chesters.
Erik was a minor leader of one of Doom’s factions, it would be normal for him to have access to Chesters.
But how had he managed to bend these Chesters to his will?
Even after his death, they obeyed Serena’s commands—how had he achieved this?
“Good luck,” Serena uttered before commanding the Chesters, “Kill the ones tied to the pillars.”
She was curious to see whom Mirabella would save!
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Mirabella swiftly kicked at the lead Chester, who blocked her strike with his arms.
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hang: Kicking Hitthe only stepped back one step.
Usually, anyone she kicked would have to retreat several steps, clutching their stomach.
Mirabella delivered another powerful roundhouse kick, and this time t Chester finally stepged back no sfensibut then as if nothing happened, continued walking towards the people tied to the pillars.
Serena’s subordinates guarding the hostages was about to retreat when Mirabella lunged at one of them, snatched his knife, and plunged it decisively into the top of Chester’s head.
Atop the altar, Serena chuckled as if she found Mirabella’s efforts futile.
“This Chester is an upgraded version from before. Attacking the top of the head is useless against them.”
In short, their vulnerability wasn’t there.
As the two Chester advanced with their mechanical strides towards Kenneth and Louisa, Mirabella quickly rushed to their rescue.
She pushed Chester back several steps and slashed through the ropes binding her parents with the knife in her hand.
No sooner had Kenneth and Louisa been freed than three more Chesters headed towards her grandparents, and another trio made their way to the bodyguards tied to the pillars.
Mirabella couldn’t possibly save them all at once.
Luckily, Stinger caught her eye and decisively cut through the ropes binding Bernard and Cornelia, pulling them to safety behind him.
Since the Chesters were programmed to kill Bernard and the others, they wouldn’t attack Stinger, assuming he was one of their own.
And Mirabella took this opportunity to run to the three bodyguards tied to the pillars, slicing through their ropes swiftly.
As Stinger and Mirabella stood shoulder to shoulder, protecting everyone behind them, Serena’s face twisted with surprise and anger, “Stinger, you dare betray me??”
Stinger looked up at the girl on the altar, his voice cold, “For years, I served your father loyally, risking my life to do his bidding.
But behind closed doors, he tormented my parents, made them live lives worse than animals, and they died in disgrace. Tell me, with whom should I settle this account??”
Serena’s brows furrowed, “Is it Mirabella who’s been sowing discord? Telling you these things? Her words can’t be trusted.”
Her father would never do such a thing.
“Her words are far more believable than yours,” Stinger said, and then he made a break for the figure on the altar.
Serena furiously shouted, “If that’s the case, then you all can go to hell together today!”
She ordered the Tyrannosaurus and Nighthawk to teach Stinger a lesson, and commanded all the Chesters, “Kill them.”
The eight Chesters moved as if activated, once again advancing towards Mirabella and the others.
“Bella, run! I’ll hold them off, please.” Louisa, though terrified, clutched at Mirabella’s clothes, begging desperately.
Kenneth, too, tried to stand in front of his daughter, “Forget about us.”
He could buy a few seconds, and in those seconds, with their darling daughter’s speed, she could get far away!
Mirabella shielded them with her arms, retreating step by step like an eagle protecting her chicks.
The strength of the eight Chesters far surpassed theirs; a frontal assault was not the solution, they still needed to find their weak spot.
If not the head, then where could it be?
The leading two Chesters swiftly aimed punches at Mirabella, while the remaining six targeted Kenneth, Louisa, and the others.
Mirabella was struggling to fend off the swift and fierce We g igrfront of iwi wie esos to save the four b th her. It was too much to handle.
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Chpstarbefdre her seized the opportunity, delivering a kick that sent her flying meters away, crashing to the ground.
“Bella—” Her four family members rushed towards her, but Cornelia, slower to react, was caught by a Chester.
As Mirabella lay on the ground, she could finally comprehend the horrifying torment Cookie and Amos had faced before their demise.
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