Try Begging - Chapter 166.2
The coldness in his voice sent shivers down the man’s spine.
“Don’t forget, even in hell. My woman is a saint.”
As the whip withdrew, the man gasped for breath. He hoped it would be his last breath, but the god of execution knew no mercy.
“Let him die like this.”
“Please, please just kill me…”
Leon savored the pleas as if they were sweet music, leisurely wiping the dirt from his shoes with a handkerchief. The command came along with the dirty handkerchief placed before the four pale, trembling rats.
“You four will witness the end.”
‘The end of the one who dared insult my woman.’
He left the execution ground, clenching his teeth as he repeated the thought.
The innocent woman was a saint… a saint who sacrificed herself to purge evil, the purest of saints.
As soon as the word ‘pure’ crossed his mind, he let out a harsh laugh without realizing it. Of course, the woman’s depravity he witnessed in bed was a secret known only to him.
Thus, to the creatures of this world, she was a saint.
She just had to be a living saint.
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“Abbington Beach. Next stop, Abbington Beach.”
At the conductor’s shout, Grace startled awake.
When had she fallen asleep? Lately, she found that she dozed off as soon as she sat down.
Looking down at her arms, she saw that her child was peacefully asleep with a pacifier in her mouth. This child, who seemed like an angel at this moment, was actually a tiny devil.
‘Please don’t wake up.’
As she sighed and lifted her head, Grace hesitated. Between the rows of trees heavy with ripe oranges, the turquoise sea and golden sand stretched out. It was a familiar sight.
“The sea is reflected in your eyes.”
‘…Shut up. Please, just shut up.’
Grace, who had been staring blankly at the sunlight pouring onto the sea, which mirrored the color of the man’s hair, quickly turned her gaze inward. However, the tram had windows on all four sides.
As the familiar scenery unfolded from every direction, she glanced back at the sleeping child.
No matter what, she couldn’t escape the man.
“Haa… d*mn it…”
She muttered the curse quietly, squeezing her eyes shut. Despite the many changes in the sixteen years since the tram was last seen, why did only those unchanging elements catch her eye in that fleeting moment?
She hadn’t wanted to come here. After almost finalizing a lease in Wakefield, only for the landlord to change his mind, she found herself moving south while searching for a place to stay.
Rationally, it hadn’t been a bad choice.
The coastal area had many vacation homes, making short-term rentals easier to find than in other regions. Plus, as a summer tourist destination, no one would think it odd if she wore sunglasses all the time.
With so many outsiders around, there was less concern about attracting attention.
And for taking advantage of that man’s weaknesses, Abbington Beach seemed like the ideal spot. He would surely expect she wouldn’t hide in a place associated with lingering emotions like Abbington Beach.
Using that assumption to her advantage seemed like a good idea.
However, in the end, she couldn’t do it. As anticipated, the very thought of Abbington Beach made her uneasy, with its lingering emotions.
So, she ended up settling in a place about twenty minutes by tram from Abbington Beach. Since then, she had avoided coming this way, but today, she had no choice. The family who wanted to take the child lived at the end of this tram line.
She could have had them come and pick up the child. It was usually done that way when arranging adoptions, but Grace chose to carry the heavy child herself in the sweltering summer heat. She wanted to see what kind of people and what kind of home the child would be going to.
“It’s my duty to find you a good family.”
As she watched the peacefully sleeping child, not knowing this would be the last time, the tram continued past Abbington Beach. Soon, the beach was out of sight, and they entered a series of towns, eventually approaching the suburbs of a large city.
“Newhaven. The next stop is Newhaven.”
It was the stop where Grace needed to get off. The tram’s sound seemed to lull the child even deeper into sleep.
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