Chapter 743: Guilt kills
[FLASHBACK]
"I did everything, Atlas. Everything. I worked and studied ten times harder than anyone else, all in hopes you’d like me. I enrolled in martial arts classes to have something in common with Hugo, and I even studied music and arts so I’d have something to talk about with Slater."
"So yes, I am jealous, because Nina didn’t have to do any of that for you all to like her!"
How could you say all of that?
Atlas looked at Penny through the glass, watching as her chapped lips curled into a sinister smile. Her eyes shone with tears, but she was smiling and even giggling.
He couldn’t recognize her.
Was this really the Penny he knew?
"You really are something. I knew it. I knew you were bad news the day you came into our house," Atlas breathed out, barely processing the cruel things she’d just uttered. "Well, at least now I understand."
No, he didn’t understand at all.
"Atlas..."
"I heard your execution date is set. I... don’t know what to say, Penelope. I just finished Hugo’s funeral arrangements, so... I’ll find you a decent resting place, but it won’t be with our parents or Hugo." Atlas let out a jagged breath, his head rocking slightly as if he wanted to say more.
There was so much more he wanted to say. After all, he had come here to console her, even though her actions had destroyed their family. Yet Penny kept denying what she had done now that her execution was near. And when he didn’t believe her, she finally revealed her true colors.