His expression became grim.
"But during all that commotion, Maya literally... injured her elder brother. He was trying to stop a fight between Maya and their parents—both father and mother were shouting, trying to calm her down. Maya wanted to rush out of the house to meet her tutor secretly. In her rage and hurry, she violently pushed her elder brother aside."
The System's voice dropped.
"He hit his head on a stone pillar. The impact caused a massive head injury that literally brought him to death's doorstep. If it hadn't been for a miracle doctor who happened to be passing through the town at that exact time and saved him, the brother would have died right there."
Heena had stopped washing dishes entirely, listening with growing horror.
"And after seeing what she'd done—after nearly killing her own brother—that woman showed NO remorse whatsoever. None. She didn't apologize, didn't cry, didn't feel guilty. She just kept insisting she had the right to marry whoever she wanted."
