Chapter 566 The Fall

Lily instinctively brushed her hand over her still–t belly.

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These past weeks, she had taken that bowl of fish maw soup every single morning. If today had been the same as usual, her twins would already be gone.

Even without that–just one bowl nearly cost Ivan his life.

The cruelty was beyond forgiveness. Even knowing Susan had once done James a favor, Lily longed to strike Renee across the face.

“Renee, how could you? You’ve disappointed me beyond words!”

She stepped forward, her hand raised–only for Susan to snap her own palm across Renee’s cheek, snapping her head aside.

Since Susan had already struck her, Lily held herself back, icy eyes sweeping over mother and daughter before she stood aside.

“It wasn’t me! Please believe me–I never wanted to hurt Lily!” Renee clutched her face and wailed.

She knew full well her mother’s p wasn’t out of outrage, but strategy–showing the Lukes she was willing to punish her daughter, hoping her old debt to James might earn leniency. Renee certainly wouldn’t admit Susan knew of the n.

Through tears she cried, “Mom, you hit me? For Lily? Am I your daughter, or is she? I didn’t put poison in that pot! That porcin vial was prenatal tonic–I never meant to hurt anyone!”

“Prenatal tonic?”

Susan’s second p cracked harder than the first.

“Do you think I’d believe that nonsense? nc had the soup tested–it came backced with abortifacient! If it were really a tonic, Ivan wouldn’t have nearly died from it. Nancy is my dearest friend; to me, her sons are no different than my own. And you–you tried to destroy James’s child! Renee, how could I have given birth to such a beast?”

“I didn’t, I didn’t!” Renee sobbed, refusing to yield. “It was tonic! Lily usually drinks the soup every morning–why did she refuse today of all days? She must have known something! Maybe she poisoned it herself, to frame me!”

“Wretch!”

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Susan shook with fury, striking her daughter again and again.

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“Rence, what have I always taught you? To live with integrity, to stand tall without trampling others. When mistakes happen, you take responsibility, not shove it onto someone else! I wanted you to be honest, kind, without shame. And yet I’ve raised a monster!”

She spun toward Nancy, her voice breaking. “Nancy, forgive me. I’ve failed as a mother. I’ve wronged you.”

Her knees buckled, and she copsed heavily to the floor.

Tears spilling, she turned her face toward Lily. “Lily, I’m ashamed. I never dreamed my own daughter would try to harm the life inside you. I’ve wronged you, James, Ivan… They say if a child goes astray, it’s the parent’s fault. Renee grew up without a father, and I raised her poorly. It’s my sin. I can’t ept what she’s be, but she’s still my child. I beg youi, /idon’t send her to prison. Let me take her punishment. Let me die to atone–just give her a chance to change.”

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James and Victor, caught off guard, didn’t react in time.

nc saw iting, but did not move to catch her. Male propriety forbade it—and besides, he had never forgotten that day years ago when Nancy asked him to drive Susan home. At the doorstep, Susan had thrown herself into his arms, gaze thick with seduction.

The memory still made his skin crawl.

He had shoved her away with a stern warning then–and he certainly wasn’t about to hold her

now.