Chapter 526
Outside the room, Helena and Celeste had held their breath the entire time, hearing every single word crystal clear.
An icy chill instantly washed over them, throwing them into complete panic.
Up until now, Celeste still clung to a sliver of luck.
She thought Sienna was just bluffing, intentionally applying pressure.
That she was just using some ambiguous clues to stir up trouble and seek revenge.
But after hearing Declan’s report, every last trace of hope in her heart violently collapsed.
Her fingertips were freezing cold, her eyes filled with frantic, blinding dread.
Helena was entirely out of her depth, flustered and trembling.
She was naturally naive, completely lacking the cunning to handle a crisis.
When she helped Celeste fake her death, she had simply followed the instructions of a mastermind behind the scenes, operating in a total blur.
She never imagined a day would come when the truth would be dragged into the light.
Even less did she expect Sienna’s obsession to run this deep, pushing them into a corner without giving them a single second to breathe.
Unable to hold back any longer, Helena shoved the door open and rushed into the room.
Behind her, Celeste’s wheelchair remained parked near the doorway.
Her face was flushed completely red, fat tears cascading down her cheeks.
Helena looked at Jarred with burning anxiety, her tone carrying the forceful weight of a desperate plea.
“Jarred! You need to think of something right now! You absolutely cannot let the police take Celeste!
If she’s taken in for questioning, everything will be exposed, and all of us will be ruined p>
Jarred didn’t make a sound.
His dark, bottomless eyes cast a fleeting glance at Celeste by the door, before settling back into his usual emotionless mask.
Seeing his agonizingly slow reaction, Helena anxiously stepped forward and shoved his knee.
“Did you hear me?! If Celeste gets taken away, her life is over.
Your grandmother moved mountains to save her, and you’re just going to sit here and watch?
You owe her a life, Jarred! Your life was paid for with her legs p>
Taking the cue, Celeste’s eyes turned crimson. Her face was soaked in tears, her lips bitten completely white.
She curled up in her wheelchair like a terrified little animal backed into a corner.
She looked at Jarred, her voice shattered into broken fragments. “Jarred… just let me go p>
Helena whipped her head around. “Celeste, what nonsense are you saying p>
“Helena.” Celeste reached up and gently touched Helena’s arm, her voice trembling and weak.
“I should have known… Sienna will never let me go. As long as I’m alive, she’ll keep digging.
Rather than dragging your entire family down to suffer with me. should have just died in that psychiatric hospital p>
Her shoulders shook violently as tears streamed down her face, deliberately amplifying her guilt and helplessness.
“I’m just a curse… If I don’t die, Sienna will never let me go, and she’ll never let the Sterlings go p>
It’s better if I just disappear now, end this all for good, and never burden you again p>
The moment the words left her mouth, she suddenly threw her upper body sideways, launching herself toward the rigid bulkhead
She threw herself into the act of a desperate woman seeking death to atone for her sins.
“Celeste p>
Helena screamed and lunged forward.
She grabbed Celeste’s arm, but Celeste’s forward momentum was too strong, dragging Helena into a clumsy stumble.
Helena’s arm smashed hard against a metal accent strip.
Ignoring the pain, she desperately yanked Celeste back.
The two of them crashed onto the carpet together as the wheelchair tipped over.
Celeste clung to Helena’s chest, her body convulsing with sobs.
Her face was smeared with tears, her hair completely disheveled, looking like she had just been dragged out of a river.
Crying uncontrollably, she gasped, “Helena, let go of me… Just let me die if I don’t die she won’t let me gó… She won’t let any of you go p>