Chapter 523 Faking Death
No longer able to receive Bernard's compassionate help, Scarlett, with trembling hands, used all her strength to grab Bernard's leg... "Bernard, it's not like that... The things I just said were all orchestrated by Katherine's ghost... This is exactly the outcome she wanted to see. Katherine won't let me go even in death; she has to see me abandoned by everyone to be satisfied! Bernard, please don't be fooled..." she pleaded desperately.
Bernard looked down at her, his face filled with disgust. He lifted his foot, pulling his leg free from Scarlett's grasp, and stepped back a few paces to distance himself from the sister who had completely broken his heart.
Scarlett, despite her disheveled state, crawled on the ground, inching closer, trying to gain a bit more of Bernard's sympathy...
"Scarlett, at this point, you need to stop being so stubborn!" Scarlett suddenly heard her grandmother's voice as she crawled towards Bernard. She froze, looked towards the source of the voice, and her pupils dilated in shock!
She saw Katherine supporting Hellen as they walked in slowly, and beside them, Vincent was also being assisted by his trusted aid...
'Katherine? How could Katherine be alive?!' Scarlett realized something, she quickly turned to look at the disfigured corpse of 'Katherine'...
The corpse was still lying on the mortuary bed, and it hadn't disappeared.
And the spot where Katherine's ghost had stood when she spoke to her earlier, there was no ghost now, only Fiona standing there with her arms crossed, looking furious.
How could Katherine be supporting Hellen? Wasn't she already dead?
Scarlett was certain that when she had thrown her phone at Katherine earlier, it had passed right through her body.
What on earth is going on?!
Today, everyone was here to hear the things she shouldn't have said; it was no coincidence!
It was Katherine's doing! She wasn't dead?!
As Scarlett replayed everything in her mind, Vincent and Hellen had already walked up to her.
Hellen sighed in disappointment, "Scarlett, the things you just said to Katherine, Vincent and I heard them clearly from outside. Stop trying to deny it. Over the years, we've loved you, partly because you resemble Laura a bit, but you and Laura are both children of the Mitchell family.
"How could we have no feelings for you and see you only as a substitute? Regarding Bernard, you know better than anyone how he's pampered and protected you all these years. How could you say such things about him? And you are always scheming and using others, yet you think the things you have done were justified? Is this the value system your mother instilled in you?"
Scarlett vigorously shook her head, her voice choked with sobs. "Grandma, I didn't. It's not like that..."
Vincent snorted heavily, "Hellen, don't expect her to repent! She is becoming more like Alice, using any means to achieve her goals, without any remorse!"
Scarlett looked pitifully at Vincent, still shifting the blame to Katherine, "Grandpa... I didn't... It was Katherine who guided me..."
Vincent turned his face away in disappointment, not wanting to see such a disgrace in his proud family.
Having lost all sympathy from her family and friends, Scarlett fell into utter despair.
When a person had a mental breakdown, they often went mad. Scarlett pointed at the calm Katherine, who was supporting Hellen.
Scarlett blamed, "It's her! It's all her fault! Otherwise, how could she fake her death and now stand here unharmed!"
Vincent and Hellen frowned at the unrepentant Scarlett.
Katherine looked down at her and chuckled lightly, "Unharmed? Scarlett, Are you blind? Am I not injured?"
She pointed to the bandage wrapped around her forehead.
Scarlett's brows furrowed tightly, wishing her gaze could kill! "Katherine, if you're only slightly injured, why did you fake your death? Wasn't it to trick me into saying those spiteful words?"
Katherine didn't deny it and nodded, "That's right, I faked my death to trick you into saying those words."
Scarlett's eyes lit up, and she immediately cast a pleading look at Vincent and Hellen, "Grandparents, Bernard! You heard her. Katherine admitted it herself. She provoked me into saying those things!"
Vincent, Hellen, and Bernard, however, did not doubt Katherine at all. They all looked at Scarlett with the same hopeless gaze.
Katherine said calmly, "Yes, I led you here. I made you think I was dead, made you think the threat was gone, so you would let your guard down and reveal your true thoughts. Miss Mitchell, none of the things you just said were out of anger; they were your deepest, truest thoughts, weren't they?"
Scarlett, humiliated and furious, crawled towards Katherine, looking like she wanted to bite her, "No! You set me up, you ruined me!" she blamed.
Katherine stepped back just in time, avoiding Scarlett's mad lunge...
At that moment, Bernard stepped forward, shielding Katherine and kicking the crazed Scarlett away!
Scarlett fell to the ground, struggling to get up, but she didn't stop her madness, shouting hysterically, "Bernard! Did you just kick me? Bernard, did you actually kick me for Katherine? Hahaha... You say you care about me, treat me as your sister? Who would kick their sister for a stranger? And you say you're not a hypocrite! Do you think you look like a good brother?"
Bernard's eyes were filled with anger and regrets, "All these years, I failed to educate you properly and spoiled you into this mess! Now that you're grown, I can't straighten you out anymore, so let someone who can reprimand you do it!"
With that, Bernard looked towards the door and said, "Officers, please come in. Help the Mitchell family make a clean sweep and take her away for reformation, to receive the punishment she deserves!"
Scarlett froze in her place. The police were here? She instinctively looked towards the door...
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