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    "I know my family caused your brother''s tragedy. I can''t calmly make peace with him as if nothing has happened. My guilt doesn''t allow me to do that. Plus, my hatred didn''t drive me away from him. It''s because of my selfishness. I wanted to get away from the situation where I kept punishing myself. I''m so sorry!"


    Joanne''s eyes were red as she sobbed and confessed everything to Renee.


    Her family had been torturing Quinton, turning him into a gloomy and vicious demon when in fact, he was God''s favored child.


    However, Renee let bygones be bygones and kept helping Joanne. She pulled Joanne out of her abyss and kept teaching Joanne, leading Joanne into a normal path.


    It filled Joanne with shame.


    "Don''t say sorry to me. You and your family are different. You''re my brother''s light. I should thank you instead," Renee said.


    She took a deep breath as resentment gleamed in her eyes.


    "The mastermind hidden behind your family is the worst!"


    She had no way of knowing the past between that mastermind with the Everheart family, so she couldn''t tell which party was in the wrong.


    There was one thing that Renee could confirm, though. The mastermind behind that scheme must have hated the Everheart family vehemently. If not, they wouldn''t use such a despicable and long-term tactic to take revenge on the Everheart farmily.


    Quinton was the only son of the Everheart family and represented the future of the Everheart family. If they simply wanted to vent their anger, they could just kill Quinton.


    But they didn''t do that. Instead, they made him live a shabby and vulgar life. Then, they watched with a nasty interest how the Garcia family tortured Quinton until he grew up.


    No one could grow up to be a pure and nice person under such circumstances. That might be their purpose-they were insane and outrageous.


    "Don''t thank me. If it weren''t for me, your brother wouldn''t end up like this..." Joanne said, sobbing quietly.


    "You don''t know what happened to me the night before the college entrance examination. I won''t tell you, either. But it was on that night that Quinton finally failed to hold back after suppressing himself all that while. He took me away from that devil''s home. At that time, he was just a teenager. We led a wandering life and suffered a lot of nasty looks and humiliation. I can''t tell you everything in a short time...'' she went on.


    "It wasn''t because of you." Renee held Joanne''s hand and tried to ease Joanne''s sadness.


    "You said it," she continued. "That was a devil''s home. He would run away even without you. But you made him human. I need to thank you. If you weren''t by his side in that house all that while, he might really be ruined by now."


    Quinton was just a little extreme and gloomy, but he wasn''t a bad guy. It might be because Joanne was by his side as he was growing up.


    If Joanne wasn''t around, or if she harmed Quinton like her family, he would be ruined. He would never even reunite with Renee.


    "I think both you and Quinton are the victims. The most despicable person is the mastermind behind this! Renee gnashed her teeth. "I must find out who it is and give justice to you guys and my family!"Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.