My Birthday, My Downfall novel Chapter 39

"Eileen White, are you insane?"

My best friend Darlene's choked screams echoed in the hospital room.

"You have just three days left to live, and you're telling me you want to find the people who killed your sister-in-law Rosy?"

"Your brother is a shameless coward. Why does he blame you for what happened?"

As I listened to Darlene's outburst, I pushed through the agony and sat up on the hospital bed, mustering a weak smile.

"I don't blame him. I was the one who was wrong from the start."

Noah hated me for six years because I killed my daughter-in-law, Rosy Copeland.

She was Noah's first love, and they had a wonderful relationship and never fought.

Rosy was incredibly gentle. Every time we met, she would shower me with gifts, chat with me, study with me, play games, watch movies, and go shopping.

Her favorite line was, "Eileen, you are the gift Noah gave me, the best girl in the world."

And I, too, felt that Rosy was the best gift my brother gave me, the most wonderful daughter-in-law.

But I killed the best daughter-in-law in the world.

It was a cold, rainy night on Noah's birthday when Rosy accompanied me to buy the gift he desperately wanted.

To make sure it was a surprise when he got home, I took the shortcut through my usual alley.

I didn't remember much after that.

I only recalled waking up in the hospital, Noah slapping me twelve times.

That day, I could never forget the fury in Noah's bloodshot eyes and the overwhelming hatred and pain I saw in them.

"Eileen, are you even human? Why would you do this to her?"

"Rosy loved you so much. How could you be so heartless? You knew she was afraid of the dark."

That was when I realized I hadn't imagined it. There were twelve drunken men in that alley.

When they saw us, they rushed over with bad intentions.

I was knocked out, but Rosy, trying to shield me, begged them to let me go.

Those beasts ended up stabbing her thirty-three times after humiliating her.