Chapter 276
"That's right," her aunt responded back, the lantern which was sitting next to her on the table, the flame moved gently for the shadow to tether on the wall along with the wind as the door was open, "The magistrate back then could only think about having his hands off the case so that he could have no work to do . If I had to find the truth on what happened and what I believed in then I had to show up proof . I tried speaking to Laure but she would fall into a fit of tears . My parents didn't like me bringing up the event as they were already shameful for what had happened . In months, I let it go because my opinion changed that I must have thought about the boy wrongly and he wasn't the person whom he showed around but the truth was far from it . "
In the meantime, Penny continued to listen to the woman's story where her aunt's eyes looked distant as she recalled what had happened,
"Our family was happy but we more isolated compared to the rest of the other villagers . Children of my age refused to play with me and I had only her . While my parent's work had turned dire where they were having trouble bringing enough money back home . As time grew, the people who once were close to us, people who spoke to us or offered to stop by to talk started to avoid our very presence . Finally, after a few more years, I got married but Laure didn't like it . . . Before that she tried to have us separated, trying to seduce my very own fiance but she failed as I had caught her . We had a fight and I forgave her . Thinking she was only feeling insecure which she was, but I didn't know how vile she could be . When I was told that I was pregnant with a child, guess what she did?"
Her aunt's eyes held contempt, her voice filled with pain, "She tried to kill it," the whispered words felt quieter than the room itself . Her aunt raised both her hands, "I lost my child before I could even see or hold it . Do you know the pain of losing a child?"
Penny didn't know how to feel about this . The mother that she knew and had grown up around was never like this, which was what made it hard to think that she could do something like this . The person she had grown up with, who had brought her had loved and taken care of her .
"I am not making this up," her aunt added, her eyes glaring down at Penelope, "She tried to push me from the church stairs . No not tried, she was successful in it . If there is a reason why I can't bear a child anymore, the reason is her . "
Damien asked, "Is that why you tried selling Penelope to the slave establishment? To find peace from avenging the death of your unborn baby?" the woman didn't respond but only stared . So it was true, thought Penny to herself .
"My mother must have done it to you, but I did nothing but respect you, Aunt Lyse-"
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