Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom novel Chapter 416

“Claire must still be angry with me, right? She refuses to see me. That’s okay. I can wait here as long as it takes—until she’s willing to see me.”

May looked at the shattered man before her, her eyes brimming with scorn.

This was once the proud, arrogant eldest son of the Linwood family, the very man who’d made Claire’s life a living hell. Now he looked utterly defeated—like a stray dog left out in the rain.

So now he realizes he was wrong?

Now he regrets it?

Isn’t it a little too late for that?

Ms. Claire has been dead for ten years. Ten years.

If the Linwoods had treated her with the tiniest bit of kindness, would she really have died so young?

Even after all these years, whenever May thought back to what happened, her eyes would sting with unshed tears.

She drew in a deep breath, forcing down her sorrow.

With a frosty glare at Ethan, she turned to leave.

Ethan grabbed the iron gate in desperation, his knuckles white. “May, please, don’t go! I’m begging you—let me see Claire. I know I did terrible things. I was a monster. I failed her.

But I get it now. Ten years in prison, every single day, I’ve lived with regret. Every day I thought—if only I could see Claire again, I’d do anything to make it right.

May, I’m begging you, just tell me where she is. I only want to say I’m sorry. I need her to know I’ve changed.”

Tears streamed down Ethan’s face, his whole body trembling—the picture of a man crushed by guilt and remorse.

May’s heart ached. She couldn’t help but remember all the pain Claire had suffered in the Linwood family’s house. The memories stabbed at her like knives.