Chapter 539
Sherry:
“Why did you do that, huh? Did you want me to die thinking I could not save you?” Madeline cried as they sat on the grass in the cold night.
“I just do not want to live. You do not understand, Madeline,” Yuvonne sobbed, trying to pull her hand free from Byron, who was sitting on her left side and holding it tightly to stop her from getting up.
When Madeline grabbed her right hand, Yuvonne tried to shake her off as well.
“But he forgave you,” Madeline insisted.
Yuvonne shook her head, crying even louder.
“You do not have to lie. There is no way he would forgive me,” she screamed, then began to hiccup.
“So I was right. He saw the video. Graham showed him the fucking video, did he not? He showed you the video too.”
As she cried out loudly, Madeline tried to hug her. Then Yuvonne’s eyes lifted to me, and she fell into silent hiccups.
Both Byron and Madeline followed her gaze and looked at me. Madeline’s face tightened into an angry frown the moment she saw me.
She rushed to her feet and stepped in front of her sister.
“What are you doing here, huh?” Madeline demanded, her voice filled with anger. “There is a video?” I asked calmly, watching Madeline’s face tense.
“Oh, so you are going to inform Graham again, like you tried to do earlier? Make a call and put it on speaker so he can listen to our conversation?” she snapped angrily.
That made me realize they were far more intelligent than I had thought.
“So, do you know everything?” I asked, my voice cracking.
I fought back tears as I gently stepped around Madeline to look at Yuvonne again. Madeline tried to block me, but Yuvonne spoke first.
“No, do not. She is a friend.”
At that, Madeline turned to her with disappointment on her face, as if she wanted to
tell her I was not a friend but a snake. However, that was not what I was.
I stepped forward and knelt in front of Yuvonne before sitting cross-legged on the grass. I could drop my high, luxury persona for her any day.
Madeline came and sat beside us, anger flashing across her face.
“Then maybe she would like to tell you she is having an affair with Graham,” Madeline exposed me.
Or should I say, my plan.
Yuvonne simply smiled at me. It seemed to confuse both Byron and Madeline because they expected a harsh reaction from her.
“So you did it?” Yuvonne asked.
Byron and Madeline looked at each other in confusion, then back at Yuvonne, and finally at me.
“I did. I told you. I will have him exactly where I need him,” I replied.
As I spoke, I could already see the shock settling on Byron and Madeline’s faces.
“You know what happened? His father lost the children too. Their family is falling apart, and it is only the beginning.”
I delivered the news to Yuvonne, and a smile brightened her lips.
“Wait, Penny lost her children?” Madeline asked, worry creeping onto her face.
I knew she was an empath, but she needed to understand that sometimes karma works in brutal ways.
“You do not need to feel bad for them, Madeline. She was not a good woman either. The only reason she changed was because you were kind to her, even when she was cruel,” I said, patting her shoulder gently.
She still looked stunned.
“Wait, I do not understand. What is going on here?” she demanded.
When I glanced at Byron, Yuvonne followed my gaze and gave me a reassuring nod.
“He is safe. You can speak in front of him.”
Those words made Byron straighten his posture.
I knew Byron’s reputation. He was seen as the most unhinged Alpha, but I had
realized he was no threat to anyone except other Alphas.
“So what exactly is going on?” Madeline asked again.
“I am getting close to Graham. He is starting to confide in me. The moment he falls
into despair, he will come straight into my arms,” I explained.
I told them about my plan. I was tying a noose around him slowly tightening it until every one of his crimes came out f This time, he would not walk away with a slap on the wrist.
“He needs to be in prison. You need to understand that,” I said firmly.
Honestly, I could never fall for someone like Graham. Every time I was in bed with
him, I wanted to throw up. That is how much I hated it.
But I did it for Yuvonne.
She had suffered enough. When I found out she had lost the baby, visited her in the hospital. She tole me he had blackmailed and tortured her and tried to do it again.
That was when I knew someone had to put that rapist behind bars. And I was going to be the one.
“In fact, I am sure he will come to my cabin tonight. I will get him drunk, and I will get that video for you,” I said confidently.
Yuvonne’s face lit up before Byron cleared his throat.
“There is another person who has the video,” he mouthed to me.
I gave him a small hand gesture, signaling him not to say it in front of Yuvonne.
Yuvonne immediately looked at Byron.
“What is it? Tell me,” she insisted.
“Actually… Ron knows everything. And he is not angry at you. He is angry at
Graham,” Byron said, holding her hand.
I smiled at Yuvonne because I knew what that meant for her.
“No. Tell me the truth, please,” Yuvonne whispered.
“I am telling you the truth. He wants
to see you. He cried in front of me today. He told me he wants to hug
you. He told me that the next time he sees you, he will not reject you He will hold you tightly and protect you,” Byron said gently.
I was stunned.
He was known for having no emotions, no empathy. Yet here he was, speaking like
a gentle giant.
“You are serious?” Yuvonne asked, a small laugh escaping her lips, like she had not laughed in so long.
“Of course I am. Wait, he gave you something.”
Byron searched his pocket and pulled out a small handmade bracelet with tiny
stones carved with the letters R and Y.
“Even when he was angry with you, this is what he was making in prison.”
As Byron handed it to Yuvonne, she clutched it tightly. She pressed it to her chest
and cried.
This would be the last time she cried.
Because their downfall had begun, and we had become a team of hunters.