Chapter 217 I Overestimated Her Humanity
Sophia: [I always thought my pain was mine alone—something only I could see and feel. I never imagined some people would not only see it but pour salt in my wounds, mock me, and call me dramatic for showing it.
This bottle of pills—more than thirty left. Enough to end everything. I know I made a mistake, but I never thought one small error would be blown so out of proportion that I can't even catch my breath.
All I wanted was to save my brother. What's so wrong about that? Why won't the person in 15-301 just let it go? They won't accept my apology or my offer to pay for damages! Do they actually want me dead? Fine then. I'll give them what they want.]
When Sophia sent this message, Luna was busy in the kitchen.
Charles came back and brought a tablet for Eric.
Eric pestered Charles to teach him how to use it.
While helping Eric set up the tablet, Charles glanced towards the kitchen at Luna.
He had a gut feeling that something was off with her.
Charles' first thought was that she was upset because he bought Eric a tablet without her permission.
So he signaled Eric to put the tablet away and decided to talk to Luna first.
"Luna, if you don't like me buying electronic devices for Eric, I can put it away. I just thought it would be more convenient for Eric to look up information and view pictures on a tablet."
Charles walked into the kitchen and looked at Luna seriously.
Luna looked up at him, shook her head, and said, "It's not about the tablet. Thank you for always thinking about Eric. As long as you set a daily usage limit for him, it's fine. I was thinking about the issue in the homeowners' group."
Luna explained to Charles what had happened in the group.
Charles' face also turned grim as he listened.
Luna washed her hands and opened her phone, seeing Sophia's new message, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Look, she's at it again."
Luna handed the phone to Charles.
The more Charles read, the darker his expression became.
Some people just couldn't be given a chance!
Because they had no shame!
"I thought if I gave her a chance, she would cherish it. I overestimated her humanity."
Luna shook her head and said.
"I'll handle this. I was the one who called the tow truck! I'll take care of it."
Charles took on the responsibility himself; he couldn't let Luna deal with those scoundrels.
Because of Sophia's suicidal comments, the sentiment in the group did shift a bit.
[The owner of 15-301 should just accept the compensation and apology, and make peace with her! If someone dies, it would be so creepy!]
[Yeah, if someone really dies, the property values in our community will be affected! Especially since she's renting, how would the original owner feel?]
[Since she's willing to admit her mistake and apologize, let's just let it go! We're all neighbors, why push someone to the brink?]
Most of these people were speaking from their own self-interest, mainly fearing the impact on their property values.
Charles had Max compile all the evidence and sent a message to the group.
[Would any of you accept an apology like this? An apology based on moral coercion and threats, is it a sincere apology or forcing the victim to comply?
Does it mean that whoever threatens suicide is automatically in the right? If she were truly sorry, she wouldn't be avoiding reality until now! She has never been willing to tell the whole truth!
No problem, if she won't say it! I will!]
After Charles sent this message, Theodore, on the other end, had already typed out a message but deleted it word by word.
With Charles handling it, he felt reassured.
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