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HELLO SINNERS, IT'S TIME FOR RECKONING

Chapter 5 Embers of Reckoning

Word Count: 2173    |    Released on: 05/03/2025

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ybody who had come to show their condolences left including the priest but I stayed back at the graveyard as I couldn't bear to leave her

ered my aunt's words. The hurtful words she ha

an a pauper like him. No wonder he left you since you have nothing to offer him. Be like you sister, Catherine, who makes good choices. Look at the man she will be getting married to tomorrow. Follow her footsteps a

to the cold hands of death. I sat still on the floor beside her grave crying, when I heard footsteps behind me. I wondered who that could be and

om the floor and faced th

old you you could show your faces her

ffer you our condolences. I lost my niece, so it's my duty to

's daughter before she died" Catherine, my sister, whom I gave everything up f

you be friends with someone who snatched my fiancée away from me? We are siblings, we should support each other.

?" she said a

she hadn't, someone else would have. No man would want to be with a wretched being like you forever. At least,

speechless, not k

thankful to someone like her?" I had silently thought, looking blankly at Catherine, wondering how someone could have suddenly changed. That wasn't the Cathe

focus on us because of her. I thought the only thing to make him be with us permanently was to take her out of the way, and which I did. But you know I didn't do it for my sake alone, I put you into consideration too. Now that she is gone and Charle

What does she mean my that? I was told a car hit Mia at the school entran

swallowed my saliva down my throat. My eyes blinked repe

that, could she?" I queried myself internally, as I held tightly

have a thought in you head right now, which you do not want to beli

sked, my mou

d hand in hand with your mother-in-law" she said but paused

I mean" she said giggling,

inside her classroom. It was at that moment the driver had the opportunity to hit your little Mia. I paid the driver to do so and so you know, your darling Charles, is aware

urt, the pain, the mockery - I just couldn't

she had forgotten, which was why she had to leave Mia all alone. How could she had done that to her granddaughter? To my poor

till mourning my dear baby, who had died in pain. I remembered how she struggled to keep being alive until

s and make something out of your life" Ivory said, as she

ulfill all righteousness. I hope we never cross paths again. Goodbye, stepsister" Catherine said, as she

when the figure got to where I was seated, I realized it was a man who was standing in front of me. Looking up to see who it was, I was s

ny emotion. His look was fierce and determined,

OURS

le of great reputation graced the event and I knew for sure that Catherine was one lucky lady to have made her

was my sister. It was less than 24 hours that I buried my daughter and I still hadn't got

to the hall. Catherine's wedding gown was screaming beauty and the suit her soon-to-be husband put on, showed how wealthy

e priest pronounced them as husband and wife after which he instructed the groom to kiss the bride. At that moment, I

he hall in her wedding dress. She was wedding the same dress as that of the lady who was standing in front of Carlos. Confusion washed o

duals in the hall, who knew exactly what was going on. Catherine rushed to w

t am I even saying? You wouldn't even have known I wasn't the one" she sai

" Catherine yelled angrily. Before she could say another word, Carlos' aunt Stephanie, had

" the lady boldly said and in a swift

nding before her. Guess who it was? It was ME. I

ied life?" I said as I smiled at her. Catherine co

have a lovely relationship together. You also need to know that I am the kind that give back the type o

uences, but I was ready for it all. I was ready to unlea

to me and placed my lips on that of his, kissing him passionately and igno

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1 Chapter 1 Prologue2 Chapter 2 Vows and Veils3 Chapter 3 Her Worst Fear4 Chapter 4 A Mother's Grief5 Chapter 5 Embers of Reckoning6 Chapter 6 Ruthless Redemption7 Chapter 7 A Deal Sealed in Silence8 Chapter 8 The First Retribution9 Chapter 9 Bound By Vows, Driven By Revenge10 Chapter 10 Dinner with Shadows11 Chapter 11 Shadows of a Father's Absence12 Chapter 12 A Shattered Dream, A New Beginning13 Chapter 13 The Unforeseen Calamity14 Chapter 14 When the World Fell Silent15 Chapter 15 Sacrifices and Secrets16 Chapter 16 Between Two Worlds17 Chapter 17 Shadows of Doubt, Promises of Forever18 Chapter 18 The Reunion Revelation19 Chapter 19 Shattered Trust20 Chapter 20 Unveiling the Lies21 Chapter 21 Broken before the Aisle22 Chapter 22 The Last Straw23 Chapter 23 Awakening to Chaos24 Chapter 24 A Crimson Revelation25 Chapter 25 The Unexpected Affection26 Chapter 26 His Confession27 Chapter 27 A Heart in Turmoil28 Chapter 28 A New Beginning29 Chapter 29 The Beginning of the End30 Chapter 30 A Night of Broken Promises31 Chapter 31 A Touch of Revelation32 Chapter 32 The Devil's Reappearance33 Chapter 33 The Lies we Lived34 Chapter 34 A Crack in the Wall35 Chapter 35 The Other Woman36 Chapter 36 A Heart in Ruins37 Chapter 37 Her Outburst38 Chapter 38 No Mercy Left39 Chapter 39 Kill for Me40 Chapter 40 The Price of Betrayal41 Chapter 41 The Edge of Forgiveness42 Chapter 42 Shattered Lives43 Chapter 43 When Time Stood Still44 Chapter 44 In the Silence of the Night45 Chapter 45 A Broken Silence46 Chapter 46 The Escape Plan47 Chapter 47 Familiar Strangers48 Chapter 48 The Weight of Reality49 Chapter 49 An Unexpected Proposal50 Chapter 50 The Choice Between Love and Loyalty51 Chapter 51 When the Past Strikes Back52 Chapter 52 Silent Wounds53 Chapter 53 That One Call54 Chapter 54 Whispers of the Dead - A Fatal Feast55 Chapter 55 In the Wake of Death56 Chapter 56 A Truth Rewritten57 Chapter 57 Cracks in the Mirror58 Chapter 58 Trapped in Her Scheme59 Chapter 59 In the Shadow of Grief