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Chapter 568: 563: Will Not Forgive You_1
Chapter 568: 563: Will Not Forgive You_1
Chapter 568: Chapter 563: Will Not Forgive You_1
Christine Lumanta’s eyes were tear-blurred as she looked at Molly Walker, “I’m sorry, Miss Walker. I was the one who took you and threw you into the trash bin, but I was also terrified and anxious. I even took some keepsakes and placed them with you, hoping that one day you would find your family.”
“After I put you in the trash bin, I didn’t leave. I stayed close by, watching, until you were picked up by your grandmother. Only then did I let go of my worries. I really had no choice back then…”
Listening to Christine Lumanta’s words, Molly Walker was noncommittal.
Forgiveness was impossible because Christine Lumanta had changed her entire destiny.
If it weren’t for good luck, surviving would have been difficult.
She could never sympathize with anyone who kidnapped and sold other people’s children, no matter how much she liked her grandmother, but the fact that Christine Lumanta had changed her life was also true.
“You say you had no choice, then who was the person that made you take me away?”
Molly Walker didn’t understand why that person went to such great lengths to take her away.
Upon mentioning that person, Christine Lumanta’s body shook.
“Christine, don’t hide it, just tell everything,” Dion Rodgurez encouraged her.
Christine Lumanta took a deep breath, her gaze towards Molly Walker heavy with meaning: “Actually, you know that person too.”
Molly Walker was taken aback, feeling a chill down her spine.
Michael Gallagher gripped her hand, comforting her with a gentle squeeze of her palm.
Molly Walker bowed her head to look at her toes, feeling a tentative answer in her heart, yet she dared not delve deeper.
“Miss Walker, you must have guessed, right?” Christine Lumanta gave a bitter smile, “At that time, he was so powerful and influential, he promised to help my husband, I had no choice but to agree.”
“I knew his secret, and if I didn’t agree, it was secondary whether he would help Dion or not, and in the end, he might even cause trouble for our Dion.”
“For those of us without power, influence, or connections, trying to survive in such a big city is very difficult.” Thinking of something, Christine Lumanta’s eyes reddened.
Hearing this, Dion Rodgurez’s face became ashen, his fists clenched.
His wife was good in every other way, just a bit too naive.
Or perhaps, she had watched too many TV series and read too many novels, believing the world to be a dark place, and that’s why she had been deceived by that person for so many years.
“Did he ever say why he wanted to take me away?” Molly Walker’s voice was hoarse.
She simply couldn’t believe that that person would do such a thing.
In this situation, if not that person, then who else?
Her once proud and greatly revered master could actually do such a thing.
“Aunt Yuan Meng, is the person you’re talking about Edward Jenkins?” Molly Walker didn’t want to give up until she heard the answer herself.
Christine Lumanta scoffed: “Yes.”
“He had someone take you away, first because at that time, the Thompson family was a powerful competitor to the Jenkins family. If not for the incident with you, Daniel Thompson wouldn’t have been brought down. The Thompson family could have broken into the Capital City circle, and it’s also because of that your Thompson family’s bidding project ended up in Edward Jenkins’s hands.”
“There’s another reason, so absurd that anyone would find hard to believe. At that time, he had calculated that someone with a “Pixiu” destiny would be born into the Thompson family, and that person was you.”
Pixiu destiny…
Molly Walker frowned.
She had heard of such a saying, that a very few individuals have a “Pixiu” destiny, and business people are especially believers of this.
“Back then, the Thompson family and the Jenkins family were competitors, and there’s no way he would watch his rival give birth to someone with a Pixiu destiny. Edward Jenkins had you taken away, but when you were in your teens, he brought you in as his apprentice. All these steps, he had calculated perfectly.” Remembering something, Christine Lumanta let out a laugh, “It’s a pity that despite his treacherous deeds, he suffered retribution, contracting cancer shortly after taking you in. It’s quite ironic.”
Hearing these unbelievable words, Molly Walker’s heart clenched painfully.
At that time, everyone in the organization couldn’t understand when she became Edward Jenkins’s apprentice.
She had no background, no skills, yet she was taken in as an apprentice by Edward Jenkins.
In the end, she even took over the entire organization.
I never expected there to be such a tangled web of issues behind all this.
My Master treated me so well, just because I have some kind of Pixiu life pattern…
“The facts prove that he was right, at least after you took over the organization, you have expanded it even further,” Christine Lumanta murmured. “Don’t worry, I will atone for my sins. I will turn myself in to the police.”
Molly Walker looked at Christine, her eyelashes lowered, and spoke softly, “There’s no need.”
Dion Rodgurez had already lost one daughter, she didn’t want to see another person of such good character lose a family member.
Christine looked at her in a daze, “What do you mean?”
“You don’t have to call the police or turn yourself in, but I will not forgive you.” Molly turned to Dion and Christine and bowed slowly, “I am very sorry about your daughter’s affair.”
Thinking of Catrina Rodgurez’s apology made Molly’s feelings complicated.
After all, she bore indirect responsibility for Catrina’s death.
Even if she had called back then, perhaps she could have found out about Ni Duan.
Unfortunately, it’s all too late now.
Christine’s eyes reddened as she looked up at the ceiling, as if only by doing so could the tears flow back inside.
Dion’s eyes were also red, “We are the ones who should be saying sorry.”
Molly shook her head.
Her life had already changed dramatically, her grandmother had passed away, and Catrina was dead.
Many things had lost their meaning.
She took Michael Gallagher by the hand and started to exit.
Mournful music played in waves inside the house, and though the heating was on, the entire place felt extremely cold.
Walking out of the Rodgurez household, the sight of a man smoking at the entrance attracted everyone’s attention.
Molly looked at Nicholas Thompson leaning against the door, idly smoking one cigarette after another.
Just a few days had passed, and he had grown a beard and looked much more haggard.
The former Nicholas was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, repressed and masculine, and unlike other Thompson family members, he was much more melancholic.
This was the first time Molly had seen Nicholas in such a disheveled state.
She turned away and walked out of the door with Michael, brushing past Nicholas.
“Could you give me the cell phone?”
In an instant, Nicholas’s words pierced her ears.
Seeing her look back, Nicholas awkwardly put down his cigarette, hid the butt behind him, and pleaded, “I know your cell phones come with a recording feature. I… I just want to hear what Catrina said at the end.”
“There’s no recording,” Molly paused, “I don’t use a recording feature for calls to family.”
Nicholas was taken aback.
Calls to the family didn’t come with a recording function, and the number she gave him was for the family.
She had classified him as a family member.
Nicholas’s heart suddenly ached as if pricked by a needle.
How had their relationship gotten to this point…
Actually, this sister had given him a chance before.
“How could there be no recording…” Nicholas muttered to himself, his eyes reddening further, “Why didn’t she call me?”
“If it was an accident, there wouldn’t be time to call anyone,” Molly thought of the abruptly ended call. “Nicholas, Catrina’s cell phone was given to you by Gillian Thompson, which means she was the last person to see Catrina. Haven’t you ever suspected her?”