Female Novel
Chapter 2143
Furthermore, since Bryce had previously locked Leah in the basement, Cindy caught a glimpse ofLeah's condition through the videotapes. The basement didn't seem like a pleasant place—itsconditions were harsh, and Leah had spent a long while inside. Despite so, Leah still managed tosurvive, and she even came back as her usual arrogant, aggressive, and haughty self. Cindy couldn'timagine what Leah must have gone through to end up sacrificing her own life.
Ian didn't know the details of the situation, so Cindy had a lot of questions that she didn't have theanswers to. Both of them could only sigh and lament over the situation on the phone. Soon enough, Ianarrived at the hotel. He had to grab a meal, so they ended the call before that. After Cindy got off thecall, she hurried off to check the news. It seemed like there were no reports on Leah's situation yet.
Even though there weren't any reports just yet, Cindy was certain that the news would spread soon. Iwonder what the public will think of Ian then. People nowadays seem to use death as a measure of thewhole situation. Regardless of the evil deeds one may commit throughout their life, it seems as ifthey're absolved of all sins from the moment they die, she thought.
Things were the same with Bryce—Bryce was the one who had put himself in such a dire situation. Yet,the public was quick to forgive him simply because his story had a bad ending to it. They talked abouthow things were hard for him, how he had been fooled, and how pitiful he was. They placed all of thefaults on Leah. Now that Leah is gone, the public is probably going to find ways to make her seeminnocent. They'll probably shift all of the blame to someone else instead. Cindy let out a sigh. It seemslike this series of terrible events will never end. novelbin
After a short while, Cindy flipped her book open before going through its contents. Initially, she thoughtshe couldn't read much, but she felt surprisingly calm as she immersed herself in the book. She was
quick to regulate her emotions and calm herself down, perhaps because she had learned to acceptthings as they were after all the horrible encounters she had. Cindy read for a while before she put herbook aside and turned the lights off. It was bedtime, so she lay down and shut her eyes.
She couldn't help but recall Leah's face once she closed her eyes. She had images of both Leah as anelegant, proper woman and Leah as a crazed, frantic woman. Cindy no longer got a chance to seeLeah after Logan ruined Leah's face, and she didn't see Leah's dead body, either. Just the two imagesthat Cindy had in her mind were already enough to make her feel rather uneasy. Cindy wasn't an evilperson—regardless of how much she despised Leah, she still felt rather sorry to hear that she wasgone.
Cindy didn't necessarily feel any heartache or pity for the woman—she was simply reminded of howfragile and unpredictable life was. It doesn't matter if this was an accident or if it was planned—eitherway, her death feels really sudden. Cindy tossed and turned in bed as she sighed and told herself notto overthink the situation. She eventually fell asleep, but she was plagued by a bunch of confusing andmessy dreams, all of which contained Leah.
Leah looked frantic and crazy in some of the dreams, while she looked like a mess and was locked upin the basement in others. Cindy also had dreams of Leah keeping watch over Ian. She had one toomany dreams throughout the night, so she couldn't distinguish between all the dreams by the time shewoke up the next morning. Maybe I'm too easily influenced. I spent the whole night dreaming about thismatter after hearing the news.
After washing up, Cindy went back to bed and reached for her phone. She scrolled through the news,but again, there were no articles on Leah. Cindy was genuinely curious to know more about Leah'sdeath. Even though Leah whined about being poor and miserable, she was actually a wealthy woman,and she typically had some money with her. She had never been as poor as she claimed to be.