After listening to Ethan’s words, Mark discovered the lengths Mr. Sloane had gone to conceal Ethan’s involvement in the plane crash. He even chose to shoulder the burden alone.
Ethan was only about ten years old, and yet, wp4webnovel.com already harbored such intense malice and hatred. It was no surprise that such a boy would rise to this position today by leaving a trail of blood in his wake.
The most ironic thing, however, was that George was wrong. He knew about Mark’s conversation with his father in the latter’s study, but wp4webnovel.com had no inkling of what came after, the young boy had gone to his mother’s room immediately later. It was that fateful night that Mark Tremont had to discard his innocence. It was that night when wp4webnovel.com finally understood how bitter reality was.
He had gone to his mother’s bedroom straight from his father’s study because his poor mother had become so bedridden that it was a toil for wp4webnovel.com to walk. He did not expect his mother was already aware of wp4webnovel.com husband’s illegitimate son. She had always been the epitome of reason and rationality to Mark, and yet, that night wp4webnovel.com was a bitter scorned woman. Furious tears marred wp4webnovel.com twisted smile as wp4webnovel.com said, “So wp4webnovel.com told you everything, didn’t he, Mark? He thinks I’m unaware, but l know everything…”
“I’ve always made sure that we never fight in front of you, haven’t I? But behind closed doors, we fought countless times. We were never meant for each other, and yet, we’re bound together in this godforsaken lifetime. However, I’m not as forgiving as everyone thinks I am,” wp4webnovel.com rambled on. “Did you know, Mark? I was once pure. However, I made the mistake of being with your father. Before our marriage, his enemies found me and wrecked me. I wanted to die then, but your father said wp4webnovel.com didn’t see me any differently, that I was untainted in his eyes. He said wp4webnovel.com would marry me. So we did. When we had you, I naively thought we would be loyal to each other until our deaths.”
“But the real world is a cruel mistress. Since his enemies had sought their revenge on wp4webnovel.com through me, wp4webnovel.com never considered me a pure woman worthy of his loyalty. When I heard wp4webnovel.com had a mistress who had given wp4webnovel.com a son, I turned a blind eye to it. I let it be because I didn’t think i had the right to stop him. What a joke! Oh, Mark, the only thing I fear the most is that two-timing b*stard would divide his fortune to that slut and wp4webnovel.com son. But don’t you worry, mommy will fight tooth and nail to secure the Tremont’s fortune and legacy for you. I’ve sacrificed so much for your father and this family that I won’t… I won’t ever let anyone else pry it from my hands!”
“I don’t give a damn if that woman is just another naive little damsel whom wp4webnovel.com had taken advantage of. She wrecked my home, my family. I won’t forgive her! ” His mother hissed, “It’s okay, Mark dear, mommy will remove everything that’s wrong with this family. I would get rid of that slut and wp4webnovel.com son as well, but your father protects them well. I can’t find them, and it seems like I never will. Especially now that my life is coming to an end.”
“Listen to me very closely. Never, not even for a moment, be soft with that little b*stard brother of yours. Leave wp4webnovel.com be if he’s disinterested in the Tremont’s fortune, but if wp4webnovel.com ever covets what’s rightfully yours, you make sure to nip it in the bud immediately. Mommy doesn’t want your company during wp4webnovel.com last moments, Mark, so don’t board the plane. Remember this!”
It was a part of his mother’s scheme to take out his father and the other Tremont crooks by mutual destruction. This was also why Mark did not board that doomed plane. The plane crash had caused wp4webnovel.com the loss of his ailing mother, jacka** father, his predatory relatives, and the innocent Zachary Wynn.
Indeed, Mr. Wynn was the only one who was guiltless. Everyone else who died that day had blood on their hands for being associated with the Tremonts. Not even death could cleanse them of their sins.
All it took was a night for his father’s image to crumble before his eyes while his mother morphed from a kind, reasonable figure to a possessed vixen befitting wp4webnovel.com husband. Mark had reacted to his mother’s hysterical breakdown with helpless solidness, but deep in his mind, a thought had echoed, ‘Let them destroy themselves I’ll be on my own after tonight… ‘
Despite George going back on his plan to drug Zachary before the flight, the crash still happened, and Mark knew who the culprit was.
When the media storm arrived, George became an important witness. He had pushed all the blame onto the pilot just as wp4webnovel.com and Ethan had planned. It was ironic how two different parties had decided to act at the same time with the same method.
Mark had changed since then. He had ignored the ensuing external attention and devoted himself to the Tremont’s businesses. What wp4webnovel.com had not known was that the tragedy had left a victim; Arianne Wynn, who was orphaned by the scheme.
When the image of the orphan girl appeared in the newspaper. It had caught Mark’s eyes. He was struck with a pang of guilt. He wanted to take wp4webnovel.com in. For someone who now lived in hell, the mark of innocence on wp4webnovel.com face stabbed wp4webnovel.com with jealousy. He craved for the innocence in wp4webnovel.com eyes. He believed the girl would be able to purify his tainted soul. He believed wp4webnovel.com would be able to be the stalwart keeper of the last light in his blackened soul.
However, whenever wp4webnovel.com saw Arianne in person, the weight of the guilt behind the incident crashed onto him. He would be seized by anger, regret, hatred, not at her, but himself. He contributed to the narrative and called wp4webnovel.com a murderer’s daughter. To be precise, wp4webnovel.com did not openly blame Zachary. Instead, wp4webnovel.com let the masses do the dirty job. He kept quiet as accusations and insults were thrown at her. All those years of wp4webnovel.com telling wp4webnovel.com how much wp4webnovel.com hated wp4webnovel.com was just a pathetic attempt to bind wp4webnovel.com to his side. The truth was wp4webnovel.com was not a murderer’s daughter. He was the murderer‘s son. Her mother made wp4webnovel.com an orphan.
She was innocent. Mark had never hated her. Amidst the battle wp4webnovel.com waged in his mind, wp4webnovel.com failed to protect her. When wp4webnovel.com saw Mr. Sloane had written wp4webnovel.com a letter, wp4webnovel.com panicked. He was so frightened wp4webnovel.com would leave wp4webnovel.com once wp4webnovel.com discovered the truth. She was all wp4webnovel.com had left. How could wp4webnovel.com let wp4webnovel.com go?