\u201cDo you really think I\u2019d believe a word you say? You deserve everything that\u2019s happening to you! You lied to us for years, secretly in contact with your father. If you had just told me or Finley the truth about your situation, we could have helped you deal with him. This is all your own doing!\u201d Leopold\u2019s voice was filled with rage. \u201cI\u2019m not saving you. And don\u2019t even think about calling Finley. He\u2019s in the hospital right now because of the poison he took to save you, a poison he never got treated for himself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom now on, you\u2019re on your own. Your life is your own problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He hung up without a second thought. He would never forget what she had done while he lay unconscious in a hospital bed. The fact that he hadn\u2019t killed her with his own hands. was the greatest mercy he could offer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica\u2019s grip on her fork tightened. \u201cLeopold, was that that little bastard, Honora?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t need an answer. She slammed her fork down on the table. \u201cHow dare that wretch call you! If it weren\u2019t for her, we wouldn\u2019t be in this mess!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They had been cast out of the Judson family, and the old man hadn\u2019t even given them a house. They were now living off their personal savings.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more Vivica thought about it, the angrier she became. \u201cIt just goes to show, blood is thicker than water. No matter how well you treat an outsider, a wolf will always be a\u00a0<\/p>\n
wolf!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her rage turned to regret. \u201cIf I had just realized that sooner, if I had just been good to my own daughter from the start, we wouldn\u2019t have ended up like this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked at Leopold. \u201cI know you and Finley used to dote on her, but she is the reason for our downfall. No matter how much she begs, you must not give in to her again. I\u2019ll make sure to remind your brother when I see him at the hospital.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I won\u2019t help her,\u201d Leopold said, his tone resolute. \u201cThe only person I care about now is my real sister, Larissa.\u201d He paused, a thought occurring to him. \u201cHer birthday is coming up soon, isn\u2019t it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica blinked, then nodded. \u201cYes, the twenty\u2013first of November.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She understood what he was getting at. \u201cWe\u2019ve never celebrated her birthday with her before. This time, we have to do something spectacular! A grand surprise. If we move her enough, she might forgive us right then and there!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was exactly what Leopold was thinking. Larissa\u2019s birthday was the perfect opportunity for their family to reconcile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He opened his banking app to check his balance. It was the money he had earned in the two years since his debut. After covering his own expenses and buying gifts for Honora,\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
09:57\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 479\u00a0<\/p>\n
he had about three hundred thousand dollars left. He had originally planned to buy Honora a car for her birthday. Now, the thought of wasting that money on her made him\u00a0<\/p>\n
sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He began to scheme, wondering how he could use the money to give Larissa a birthday gift so incredible it would begin to mend the shattered bond between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a dilapidated rental unit in a rundown part of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou little bitch! Open the damn door! Who told you to lock it? What are you doing in there? Open up!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bathroom door rattled violently as someone slammed against it from the outside, the lock on the verge of breaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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