Megan was confused by Selena’s words. “Guilty? Why’d you say so?”
“There is something I didn’t want to tell you, but after seeing your apology, I think it’s necessary for me to reveal it, or else you won’t know what really happened to you for the rest of your life.” Selena looked at Megan and explained, “I believe you still remember the time we fell out at the hospital, right? Not long after that, you fell from the stairs and had a miscarriage.”
Upon hearing that, Megan’s expression darkened as she would never forget that darkest moment of her life. After all, she was deeply disappointed about her miscarriage just when she thought she could finally have a child with Finneas, not to mention the fact that she almost died because of that. “I’d prefer not to talk about that.”
“Me neither, but I must say that you probably still hate me every time you think about that because you reckon I was the one who caused your miscarriage.” Selena then pointed at the family photo hanging on the wall and said, “I have kids too, so I know what it’s like to be a mother. Furthermore, when I thought my sons were dead back then, do you think I’d kill someone else’s child?” She bitterly smiled and added, “Well, you might say that I took your child’s life in a fit of rage to make you feel my pain, but if that’s the case, I don’t know what else I could say.”
Megan let out a sigh and said, “Well, maybe that was karma trying to punish me for what I’d done. I could only accept it.”
Selena shook her head. “Karma? What if I told you it was orchestrated by someone else?”
Megan tilted her head and stared at Selena in surprise. “I was tripped by someone, but it was too crowded back then, so I couldn’t really identify the culprit from the security footage. Nonetheless, Meredith was the closest to me!” She was then seen with her eyes widened. “No! That can’t be!”
“Believe it or not, I had never doubted Meredith because I didn’t think she would do something so cruel to her own sister. At the same time, I couldn’t really figure out what she was up to until they didn’t agree to let me marry into the Fowler Family. Think about it—Pierre’s relationship with his father became strained and even worsened at one point precisely because of that. So who do you think benefited the most from that situation?”
Megan covered her head with her hands, subconsciously trying to deny everything she just heard. Nevertheless, she was reminded of the incident that happened that day. I didn’t do anything, and I remember how confused I was when Selena came to me asking for her daughter.
“When my daughter was abducted, I was anxious, so I thought it was you when I saw you. But if you were not the one who took my daughter away, who else could it be?”
Needless to say, Megan knew who it was deep down because she couldn’t think of anyone else but Meredith.
“When the matter happened, I had never really doubted her until you woke up and wanted to kill me. At that moment, I knew it was Meredith who abetted you to do that; otherwise, you wouldn’t have gone that far.”
At that moment, Megan’s heart sank, as if it had stopped beating. Then, she recalled the painful moment she went through when she woke up and learned that Finneas was going to divorce her. While the shocking news devastated her so badly that she wanted to die, Meredith whispered in her ear like a devil and told her that everything was Selena’s fault. Due to that, her anger got the better of her, making her want to kill Selena so badly.
“She’s been using you all this time, and you became her tool again and again! All this could have been avoided had you just used your head, Megan! You’re unreasonable and domineering, so Meredith used your ego to her advantage and made you play into her hands while manipulating you into doing her bidding. And look at where she got you in the end—prison!”
Megan painfully closed her eyes and broke into tears, disappointed to learn about the secret betrayal of her sister, whom she had been trying to protect all the while.
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