Chapter 396
Fiona’s tone seemed like a gentle, motherly reprimand, but it was a calculated move to stir up Adrian’s anger.
Mira finally understood where Mara had learned her uncanny ability to twist the truth and play the victim—she had clearly inherited it straight from Fiona.
Right on cue, Adrian’s glare turned vicious. Just as he opened his mouth to shout, Mira cut him off.
“You think being cold is bad? At least I’m not a malicious sociopath who personally pushed her own brother off a cliff p>
“What are you implying?” Fiona demanded, her eyes locking onto Mira’s as if trying to read her mind.
“You know exactly what I’m implying. Oh, wait, maybe you don’t. At this point, Mara probably hasn’t confessed her dirty work to you yet. And she most likely doesn’t even know who you really are to her p>
Mira hadn’t planned on exposing the truth about Fiona and Mara’s biological relationship just yet.
But standing face-to-face with the two people responsible for so much of her suffering in both her past and current life, her fury boiled over.
“What kind of nonsense are you spouting? And who pushed their own brother off a cliff?” Adrian’s eyes widened. How… how did she know about Mara’s true
parentage?
“Whether it’s nonsense or not, you’d know if you bothered to look into it. Oh, right, you won’t investigate. Because no matter what your little bastard child does, you’ll always cover it up p>
Both of them stared at Mira in stunned silence. Did she actually know the truth, or was she just bluffing?
“Mira, there is a special place in hell for people who run their mouths like that p>
“Hell? You should save those warnings for your so-called goddaughter. She’s going to need them if she wants to avoid a grisly end p>
“You p>
Fiona’s face flushed crimson with rage, but she didn’t dare fire back.
Because the deeper this went, the more terrified she was of what Mira might expose next.
They were standing in the middle of a hospital corridor. If the wrong person overheard them, it would be an absolute disaster.
Mira knew exactly how to exploit that weakness. She knew Fiona was too terrified to make a scene.
“You ungrateful wretch!” Adrian roared, raising a hand to strike Mira. Silas instantly stepped between them, his towering frame blocking the blow.
Fiona quickly grabbed Adrian’s arm, silently begging him not to lose his temper.
Years ago, Fiona had been the one to arrange for Mira to be abandoned in a dumpster And last year, when the entire Mercer family bullied Mira into running away, Fiona’s
ve
fingerprints were undoubtedly all over that, too. sŵnovels
lel
As far as Mira knew, Shane Porter hadn’t wanted Mira to leave the Mercer house, Keeping her trapped there would have made it much
easier for them to execute their schemes.
Thinking back on it, Fiona was probably the one whispering in the family’s ears when they chose to save Mara during the kidnapping in her past life.
If Mira had to guess, Shane’s original plan for that kidnapping was either to extort a massive ransom or to have both girls killed.
By that point, Shane had practically squeezed all the usefulness out of Mara anyway. There would have been no reason to leave loose ends.
Just as the tension hit a breaking point, Lacey Quinn Mercer heard the commotion and stepped out of the ward. “Mira? Are you here to see Julian p>
“No. I was just passing by p>
Fiona immediately latched onto Lacey’s arm. “Ma’am, we just bumped into the young lady in the hallway. We were just catching up p>
Since Fiona was desperate to bury the conversation, and Mira wasn’t ready to pull
the pin on that grenade just yet, she turned away with Silas and Jax in tow.
“Mira Lacey called out after her.
Mira ignored her. Sometimes, stupidity was a sin in itself, and Lacey’s ignorance
was worse than just mere stupidity.
As the three of them navigated
through the bustling hospital lobby and stepped out into the fresh air, Silas glanced at Mira. “You practically shoved their darkest secrets in their faces Aren’t you worried they’ll try to silence you p>
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