When They Beg I Rise (Lemira) novel Chapter 783

Evelina nodded. “After all, Lemira never got along well with the family. She’d be more than happy to see the Langston family in trouble—then you’d have to beg her for help, Asher.”

“Evelina, that’s enough! Lemmy isn’t like that,” Lucian snapped, his voice sharp with warning. “Stop trying to drive a wedge between us siblings. If it weren’t for you, our relationship never would have ended up like this!”

Lucian had grown completely disgusted with Evelina. If she hadn’t still served some purpose, he would have kicked her out long ago.

A hint of mockery appeared in Evelina’s eyes. “Lucian, I never did anything to Lemira. Wasn’t it all of you who treated her like that?”

Lucian’s anger flared so intensely that his chest ached. “Evelina, you ungrateful brat! How did I ever think you were more sensible than Lemira?”

Evelina, tears running down her cheeks, replied, “It’s true. I was adopted—I spent every day trying to win everyone’s approval in the Langston family. Why would I ever dare mistreat Ms. Langston? Did I want to get myself killed?”

“But you set Lemmy up so many times, didn’t you? Remember when you were officially adopted, and we threw a party for you? You claimed Lemmy pushed you into the water. To stand up for you, we pushed her in, too, and made her give you gifts as an apology! Have you forgotten all that?”

“I haven’t forgotten,” Evelina answered innocently. “But you’re the ones who pushed Lemira in as ‘punishment.’ And you made her offer me those gifts—it wasn’t my idea.”

Lucian was so furious he struggled to stay on his feet.

Because Evelina was telling the truth. They’d done those things by their own choice.

His face twisted in misery. “We’ve been so cruel to Lemmy all these years… we were worse than animals.”

Asher was deeply shaken by this revelation, and his guilt towards Lemira only grew.

He murmured, “That’s right... I was the first one to hold Lemira when she was born. Back then, I promised she would always be my only sister.”

But when had things started to change?

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