"What?? Is there something you would like to say about my mother's death?" Sabrina questioned sharply. "There is no need for that, I will look into it myself! You should mind your own business, Mr. Lynn!"
Sabrina had not mentioned that she wanted revenge, but it was enough to scare the daylights out of Lincoln.
"You should be fine. As long as you haven't betrayed your conscience, that is!" she added.
Conscience? He couldn't afford to think of that. Seeing the way Sabrina stood in the middle of the hall in her beautiful dress and the crystal heels Sebastian put on for her, accompanied by her loving husband and daughter, his heart throbbed with excruciating pain. The pain intensified especially when he saw the adorable little girl Aino. It was the kind of pain that shook one to the core. He finally realized that Sabrina was exactly like a weed. She would not succumb to fire, nor would the rain kill her. All it would take was a wave of summer breeze and she would revive, i
He felt as though there was a hole in his heart, when h e thought back to how Sabrina had been wrongfully forced into prison, how she was dragged out only to sacrifice her body in hope to save her mother, and how she had to run from assassination when she had been pregnant with a child. The list of what they had
done went on, but he couldn't bring himself to admit t o them.
Lincoln sat wordlessly on the ground with his head buried in his arms. Sabrina then decided to turn her attention to Jade and Selene. The two were trembling like two featherless chickens that had just come out o f a cold water bath. Selene still hadn't noticed the state of her face and therefore made no effort to clean herself in any way. The strides of colors remained on her face, reflecting the foul soul she had within her.
"Having fun yet?" Sabrina asked.
Jade did not reply.
"Please...please have mer- mercy on us. My grandpa will help...your husband in getting that- that island. Please spare us...for my grandpa's sake?" Selene pleaded. At this point, she was struggling to speak without accidentally biting her tongue from the gutwrenching fear. Pride. Marrying Sebastian Ford. None of those mattered anymore. She had to focus on staying alive. When Sabrina refused to respond to her plea, Selene fell to her knees and continued, "Sabrina... please! Think about how we took you in and how my parents had raised you for eight years. Could you please just let us go for old time's sake?"
Selene was the first one to react. She scrambled and ran from the scene with no regard for her parents. She didn’t even look back at her grandfather, the old Master Shaw, who had been protecting her the entire time.
The old Master Shaw watched as his granddaughter ran away and his heart was torn into pieces. He was suddenly reminded of what his grandson Marcus had repeatedly told him, that Sabrina was more alike to his aunt than Selene was. He turned his gaze to Sabrina with a mournful expression. He knew that what he and the Lynn Family had done today had completely destroyed his reputation. Just as he was struggling on what to do next, Sabrina called out to him.
"Old Master Shaw!"
He flinched. Was it finally his turn to be punished? He closed his eyes and refused to look at Sabrina.
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