Chapter 449
Julie's point of view
Our bodies locked up like statues. Her words acted as a merciless mirror reflecting all our buried heartbreaks. Every single syllable she uttered was a naked, crushing truth. If we were ready to forgive Mirdreth despite every ounce of cruelty she had inflicted upon us, how could we deny Violet, who stood before us now with such terrifying, unwavering composure?!
I swallowed hard, my fingers trembling violently against my side. "Did you know what was happening to us?"
She shook her head softly, her expression softening into something distant. "No... I came back recently to reclaim you, and that's when I found out."
She stated these catastrophic facts with disturbing fluidity, as though the truth were the lightest thing in the world. Clearly, I didn't inherit my honesty from her considering what a professional liar I am, I must have inherited that trait straight from my father.
