A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1214

But who could have anticipated this twist? Darleen hadn't been the mastermind; she had simply turned a blind eye and refused to help.

Starla closed her eyes. Words failed her. As she listened to the wind howling through Smaro Town, it felt as though the very storm was tearing through her chest, leaving her shattered.

Herbert placed a large, warm hand over hers. "Starla."

"A joke," she whispered. "It was all just a sick joke."

She stared into nothingness. "Why would fate play with people like this?"

Her connection to the Hoggart family had been a joke, and now, everything involving the Yelchins was just another cruel punchline.

"None of that concerns you anymore. To Fairfax, you are already dead."

Dead. The word echoed in her mind. Even in death, there was no peace. Fairfax must loathe her very existence now.

"The conflict between you and him didn't start with your mother's hatred, you know that," Herbert said gently, trying to ease her torment. What a tragic mess this had become.

"You're right," Starla murmured. "Our issues didn't stem from my mother."

It was because of Brinley. Fairfax's sister-in-law.

But did that even matter now? The only reason she had struck the fatal blow against the Yelchins was because she believed they had murdered her mother. If it had only been about Brinley, she never would have gone to such devastating extremes.

Now, all her righteous vengeance was nothing but a catastrophic mistake.

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