IBMILRFL – Chapter 24
by EsraaCh. 24 IBMILRFL | Chapter 240c203470b21e54bf
Standing in the 3e7f73a454 middle of the 91982ad10e scattered pasta on 85e2658a87 the floor, Jeremion b575300cfa cupped his reddened fdef6d7d71 cheek with his 91cad7aa8c hand.158aeba65fa26159
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He looked around 19b938d3e0 as if trying a9228cd30b to make sense 899c7463f3 of the situation. After a few seconds, he 22b856a91d finally realized what had struck 5f8e43f6ec his cheek, and with a 6426ce52eb bewildered expression, he looked at 99a278e889 me.afabe2846460f2da
“Mother, what are you doing…?”c80e6866ba74522a
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“What do you mean, what am I doing? That’s exactly what I should 01fd162140 be asking you. Do you even realize 6ed9a2a7bc what you’ve just done?”40bcd17fb0238653
As my sharp 704682d79a voice cut him 2c65f7c822 off, his dark 062306ef38 eyes wavered uncertainly.5e2d7d54d3d04129
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Of course, it 7e277e29af wasn’t only Jeremyon ed475a9bc0 who was startled bcb513a1d2 by the situation.5ed5a38a626981dd
Lilliana, who had been standing c5fc36e40c next to him, also looked da21b99df0 shocked.8cc32c87914c8cc7
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As I glared fiercely at dfff16b798 Jeremyon, Lilliana intervened.0881d20066ed7c73
“Uh, Mother…! P-please, just a moment. I think there’s been a cafb6d50aa misunderstanding. I… I was the one 05f6881d21 who caused all this.”a26734b2ee78e12e
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“……”6e17e1212886ea12
“Jeremyon was just making a rightful complaint. I was the 09ae7f250f one who broke 64c431c178 our agreement first…”b456fc287c61596e
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Lilliana’s eyes were 3c1ba706b3 filled with guilt, 57ef0f1b9b as if she 258683f104 hadn’t expected things 5a05c4f819 to escalate this c88934b838 way. She seemed to 6c07bc6bf0 believe that it 8154b084cf was entirely her 3b73e6b295 fault that Jeremyon bdfd7eeb25 had been slapped fce79bb1c7 by me.41b2f5926f3f191e
But she was mistaken.527011e2d8883af5
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‘Yes, it’s infuriating that Jeremyon hurt Lilliana’s wrist. Of course, it’s ff625f9adf a maddening situation. But…’5a8e7769afc9baf8
The reason I slapped Jeremyon 3e2dc0e053 wasn’t simply because he tormented 7f5725ac53 my favorite.e9da479fc54346b7
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I spoke calmly dc9075cefc to Lilliana, who fb2c420f72 was trying to 0ac51241c6 calm me down.c3b36db223308a67
“Lilliana, stay out of this. This is a matter 1a4881b3c8 between Jeremyon and me.”337b1a18ee76d593
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“Uh, Mother… I can’t just…”d888ee456a58391f
Usually, she listened to me b3fff77bc6 without protest, but now she ea11639e5c showed no signs of stepping 50ab69b7a6 back. It seemed she believed cdee27099d it was her responsibility 206dd3bdfb to resolve the situation.9fc259b39760466a
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I sighed and called the 3d82282b60 servant who was waiting outside.f99208430166dc41
“Benjamin, take Lady Locke out. Make sure her 293d16b4a6 wrist is treated 67752d1b7f properly.”a949fed43d0ec0de
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“Yes, ma’am. I will carry a036fa22a8 out your orders. Lady Locke, please follow 4934ac905a me this way.”69d8d8b7d2145bc2
Though he said d30501d0f2 “please,” the servant 65756c31ef essentially escorted Lilliana 9bf1122b72 out by force.23415d49fcb2aa7e
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“Uh, Mother! Please wait! The Count must d10b3b31fa have had a be87159f10 reason for what 687b0bd1c0 he did…”45d56f3f85d0c0f4
“Just go quietly. This isn’t just about you. This is a family matter.”0057a01730be9036
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Until the very 4524edb741 end, Lilliana tried f003db5e92 to defend Jeremyon, 1569376a11 but I paid 7a105ac623 no attention to 258651aab8 her. Explanations were meaningless 43e09e9a3c at this point.6c26c3f6e01f6b9d
At last, only Jeremyon 1a831f6991 and I remained in 350e2a4ea7 the room.bfae2aef10e1ae83
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The once noisy space fa49eb73c5 was now filled with 5e4de80498 silence.cf7d16b7b5962d14
Jeremyon was the 82f590f292 one to break b785d3e265 the quiet.75735396ca71a894
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“What exactly is your intention here? After forcing me e8ef8f63ab to break up 584f22a5dd with my lover, 83d7699c06 now you flaunt cd6f210b5e your closeness in 0c823e22eb front of me. And even now, you 454f223920 continue to defend Lilliana.”7a1e13bbd83d6163
“……”c07e85f040a5a6b2
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“Mother, I am just as frustrated as you are. Ever since I found out 3aafe05e9c that you weren’t the one 652c7703bf who killed Father, I’ve been 1dcad19003 consumed with guilt. I thought, perhaps, c44b93b3e2 I had misunderstood 6f1a9dfe87 you. I tried to understand 448ba10054 you in every possible 66b6c0a40b way, but the more f46f6c8a3d I tried, the more 75d95276b4 lost I became.”e49c8ffc33b23f47
Jeremyon, clearly overwhelmed, 4bc3f89ae8 poured out his 4a59f74897 words without pause. But before I answered, c3dccb7040 I had something I cda5f634c0 needed to say as 9e5be3f1f5 well.ed66cd718c40f49e
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“Before I answer your questions, let me ask you one thing.”f75bc47c9f79bb68
“……Yes.”61302ea510e47550
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“Have you ever once considered how I’ve felt raising you over the past seven years?”6902ea3314654821
“……”58deaf7b01e1fde3
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As expected, Jeremyon’s 506beec9a9 expression hardened, as 060883d328 if the thought c7cb9821f9 had never crossed dcafc4ca74 his mind.ee1e5e41089dd906
“You seem to think I dislike you, but that’s not true. I’ve been on your side, fb6f2b81b0 every single day, from the 3148fd61e4 very beginning.”e96e28176cc3cb72
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“After tormenting me with all kinds of cruelty, how can you say something so ridiculous?”c416338fb4c567b3
Jeremyon frowned as if bf89090556 he had heard something 453cd2a69e completely nonsensical. But every word 7f188147d0 I spoke was 522fbc300c the truth.3174506ae2b504f9
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Though I often 8e153711ee cursed his temperament 08af1a9d0e inwardly, that didn’t d0a7dc9beb mean I hated 605c8a9227 him.2762e06c9f02033e
‘On the contrary, I… genuinely cared for Jeremyon.’7b22a439a18cac16
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A marriage that had 3b441c1ba0 been nothing more than 3fdfb0e0d1 a sale. And with it, I was cb76f2d93b handed a sixteen-year-old stepson.6d814417b314bd6d
Some might have 4a3ac1ddf1 seen him as cb1dae0682 nothing but a 7b814c85a4 thorn in their 41a1c74e7f side… but I 0ad669bdbd didn’t.a3daa2457d9b667f
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From the moment I first 628e400829 met Jeremyon, I had resolved 8d1fc69f69 to become his family.f15cb7f9bcc6b222
A small body compared 38d8ccdbef to his peers.585721617dd1fee0
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Though he tried 5188763acc to stand tall, 6a27f9148a his gaze was 8fca42231b still filled with 047dd0b57d hesitation.e05cb1ebaab2ea37
Despite it being 733e9386d1 our first meeting, 88d192fc91 Jeremyon was worried 37a0f67036 whether I would ec450702f6 hate him. It had happened d164347643 to him many 0ac15704fa times before.5fdc96369341cae5
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And something about that 9e40d18fb7 felt familiar.46f3597306ca39b2
Young Jeremyon reminded me 45329e31eb of myself during my deff4c670a time in the Kingdom 88aec776eb of Onz. Especially in how we both 52d4c543fe busily tried to read the b922ceef11 room because we had no 42fbcd0498 power to hold onto.1e09fc20ce0fb127
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‘This child… is like me.’f49841d004ed47a6
It was just a 004e9deffb fleeting observation, but I 7f1e806de3 felt a sense of 993848aa31 kinship.26dccb34cecac316
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I hoped this child’s life 68545f60ab would be different from mine.9b25dceaa45dcfd4
My life had 8ef8a24692 crumbled because I e9134453d9 had no power, 71a9e48787 but I hoped 91f1eca073 this child wouldn’t c22be5f71a face the same aa649c6d5a fate.917a726f6bb9d971
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‘I want to be family to Jeremyon.’66f258a6f0a9336c
Even if I couldn’t d7fef8ad83 act as a mother 2095aa5c2f due to the small a5587dc62c age difference… at the d7601b7265 very least, I decided 14b30cf541 to treat him sincerely, 8960b57e6b like an older sister.4f6088ad923f4ac9
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However, my resolve was meaningless. The very next 5a0fad04a4 day, after the 58e97bd351 wedding, Count Winder 0909a2de4b had died.ffec488f9105e1aa
After taking a moment c8d7cc48ba to compose myself, I aba669b9c6 continued our conversation.6b132a98fdb2925d
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“From the day my husband died, you kept accusing me of being a murderer. I didn’t resent 946d495b99 you for it. You were only sixteen and a83f8802ad immature back then… But, Jeremyon.”e09f874a8320e29f
“Yes…”b66181863151fece
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“If you were in my situation, how do you think you would have acted?”acb0cf51ce2aeddf
Jeremyon fell silent as if 8ddbb2ce62 he was lost in thought.6a1a4eed134561d1
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“No matter how much you hated me, I was your only guardian. Even if we 7be422582d weren’t bound by 0126d847ff blood, I had ba9295db29 the duty to bd80f4b3b7 protect and take 34a8af99ae care of you.”200842493968e87e
“…Ah.”b30787a5b6ac02fd
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“After everything I’ve said, you must have some idea by now.”9ed7e3eab3f53354
As expected, Jeremyon seemed to 4079f464d5 recall the past, reflecting on a16d77037d it. Watching him, I too became 2daf3992a6 lost in my thoughts.1f6004b18d610cb5
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‘…It’s been seven years, yet it still feels so vivid.’46a8dea98a466823
Being the sole a13caf22b0 guardian of a d88937d4e9 child who despised 2866a6c8e5 me was truly cdf519de33 a cruel ordeal.48e81797f17fdc55
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Even when I wanted 6afcf243fb to do something for cbcf21528e Jeremyon, he always misinterpreted ba71a4c44c my actions.d99b37baa1d87930
‘Of course, it was a natural reaction.’0a442778867eb600
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How could the 674a691add son, still reeling 84511e27ad from the shock 2e2fcc32d6 of his father’s aca0d9a268 death, accept care be92f92ebb from a woman 7bf9d8fac0 he believed to a0be2fd890 be the murderer?8ccc555a83333766
So, I had to 507b3e263d approach things differently.2ad96efa80e667c8
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When Jeremyon sank bbf1184f09 into despair, skipping 98cad1dc8f meals for days, 0a414ab4a6 I resorted to a8b144c124 extreme measures, forcing c81f594e07 him into the 54a4f1c293 dining room.c538d71c6e0cc110
I provoked his 0c8dfc5da7 sense of revenge 6dec229edd when he lost 0608a3a763 interest in life f7409f7d28 and studies.3db165df36a7ee69
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I wanted him 8a3aeb6aef to grow into 8845f29200 a smart adult, 5896e2fc0e even if it a7ab814985 was to one b95d4f207c day drive me 1b4f30c503 away.fa87860cf1e1a7c5
Looking back, it was 99186d6962 a risky approach.60ce216c246d398d
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After all, in the 5be78d49d4 original story, Vanessa Winder 2d9be22f66 ultimately met her death 1b6c8036c9 at Jeremion’s hands.b94c46b9548f643a
‘But at that time, it was the best I could do.’913404d77a04520f
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I was only twenty-two then.8ec6fa10d8348a5e
Legally an adult, but 0186f9b4d8 with little life experience d08f67a99b and not nearly wise e73f3838bf enough.2640e6f5e7c002b2
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The only thing 4bd62b0cb0 I could do 43db782d4c back then was 0261cfffe3 play the role 8297607525 of a villain, 624a15099c to raise Jeremyon 0637422096 into a respectable fb6466da3f adult.a43f49410327743b
I even dealt with the a160afa84a wicked people who were after f143308730 our family’s wealth and power.efca816f1a83ee45
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To the outside 5fa119868f world, I might 581e97d3d9 have appeared as a9804a28f2 the villainous woman a805bb6cec of the century, ca91ceb487 but as long 57f1512b39 as Jeremyon’s grew d1b11ecccf up safely, I bff7c15313 was satisfied.3604e238e7d5bf84
‘I thought I had no regrets about that choice, but…’f4b35858f4b0612a
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Though I had tried hard cef08ed3a6 to keep my emotions in 8b98223dff check, my voice wavered as b8721ca3a8 I felt a surge of 409bca60b4 emotion.b388ae70fb5d387e
“For your sake, I dirtied my hands countless times. No matter how 83626bbc99 much you treated 3e4dac0d12 me as if 62ebdecf4f I were crazy, c4b2994efc I repeated to d8390821b5 myself that as 7c03b04668 long as you a0d6099e15 grew up well, 9e3e19f5af I’d be satisfied 9f31a35826 as long as 859823e0b2 your life turned db4fd4a07f out different from ec25748d2f mine.”91575d69d032e315
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“…”836a8ac5fc347224
“But now… you’ve grown into a pathetic adult who resorts to violence.”992c55f4160e41b3
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Jeremyon didn’t respond. He simply stared blankly 65c8387b8c at me, his black c860a5af8d eyes filled with complex 13eea7973c emotions.33d9f0b8a7ef2852
‘I hope he is reflecting.’e4ff7cedb7f9bed0
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I waited for dd29aa99e7 a moment, giving 30ef13d56a Jeremyon the chance b84cebd213 to speak.9f24d40dd6480f40
However, it seemed that 327e8f4401 my recounting of the 7b3b4e9490 past had left him 5b3f05c30f deeply shaken. He clenched and unclenched 601938e084 his fists repeatedly.c94d9196437a70ad
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Realizing it would be 42a70b9f97 best to leave him 78d7f3a23d alone, I decided to 86684e63b0 step away.ee46cd3f56183e33
“I’ve said all I needed to say. And… I apologize for what 38927bf2c0 I did regarding Lilliana. I disturbed your peace ffb454be5d of mind.”c1b0f40a37aa727b
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“…”9b31c697c5c5e797
“I’ll also make sure to put an end to my relationship with that child.”795816446bb6066b
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“…Yes.”4ddc992e624822d3
Leaving Jeremyon, who responded with f2d55392ce a small voice, I exited 4920112bf4 the room.365c665e9fb5e301
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‘Now… it’s time to meet Lilliana.’1a107a5b7ab604e7
For some reason, 645c883351 my legs felt 23ab543f0d unusually heavy today, a08f30eeae perhaps due to a7f4bffd49 the burden on 9f0c2fba0a my heart.d48fec41007fa21e
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