Chapter 987


    With her face buried in her own hands, Marjorie sniffled. “I''m sorry that I couldn''t say anything and also


    lacked the courage to back then. That night, I was attending a banquet and had a little too much to


    drink, so I went out to the backyard to clear my head. That was when I overheard the conversation


    between Mrs. Graham and Jacqueline.”


    “Please continue, Mrs. Larson,” Natalie said in an encouraging tone as she held Shane''s hand.


    Marjorie nodded. “Since you came all the way here, I will. I''ve always known that someone wille


    asking eventually, so I''m going to tell you everything. That night, I heard Mrs. Graham press Jacqueline


    for her reasons for harming Mr. and Mrs. Graham. The girl stated that it was because Mrs. Graham


    found out about her true nature and wanted to disown her as her god-daughter. That was what


    motivated Jacqueline to act against them.”


    “I see,” said Natalie as she bit her lip.


    So Jacqueline had Shane''s mother killed because she uncovered what Jacqueline was really like. To


    think that such a monstrous person has survived till now.


    With his fists clenched, Shane''s body shivered in a murderous rage, for he had never expected this to


    be Jacqueline''s justification for killing his parents.


    Have they not treated her well enough?


    Had he known earlier, he would not have continued to have someone care for Jacqueline for ten years


    on ount of her being his mother''s goddaughter.


    He thought he should have taken her off life support when she got into the traffic ident and rued


    being the one who brought his own parent''s murderer back to life.


    That made him feel that he had let his parents down.


    Natalie sped his fingers when she sensed the mood he was in. “Let''s try to stay calm for now,


    Shane. Shall we hear Mrs. Larson out and see what else she has to say?”


    The woman''s gentle voice brought back some of Shane''s capacity for reason.


    He took in a deep drawl and closed his eyes before he forced himself to settle down into a slight frown.


    “Do continue, Mrs. Larson.”


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    “Okay.” Marjorie nodded. “I was really stunned when I heard this. How could a ten-year-old girl be so


    vicious as to go as far as tomit murder? What shocked me, even more, was what Jacqueline did to


    Mrs. Graham.”


    “Did Jacqueline also do something to her own mother?” asked an astounded Natalie.


    Marjorie grunted under her breath. “Yes. Mrs. Graham might have realized the gravity of her own


    daughter''s crime and was prepared to have her turn herself in. What I would never have expected was


    for Jacqueline to threaten to kill herself if Mrs. Graham forcibly took her to the police and cause the


    Grahams to lose their own child forever. Mrs. Graham was driven to tears that time, andmented how


    they could have brought that monster of a child into this world who made them barren.”


    That caused Natalie to hold her breath, and even Shane''s brows perked up in astonishment.


    “Jacqueline caused her own parents to be sterile?” Natalie swallowed hard.


    Marjorie affirmed that with a nod. “Jacqueline behaved really haughtily back then. She told them that it


    was their fault for wanting more kids which she felt would deprive her of resources and their love.


    Hence, she decided to drug them and make them impotent, making her the only child they would ever


    have for the rest of their lives. That was what made Mrs. Graham forgo the idea of making Jacqueline


    turn herself in.”


    “That was because she knew that Jacqueline would be the only child that would be conceived between


    Mr. Graham and herself, ever. As a mother, I''m not surprised that Mrs. Graham did what she did,” said


    Natalie with her eyes lowered.


    Mrs. Graham''s decision couldn''t be categorically considered right or wrong, because had they turned


    Jacqueline in, she would likely be kept away from them forever.


    At just ten years of age, even if Jacqueline could not be sentenced, the authorities would not have


    allowed Jacqueline to continue living freely in society in consideration of her antisocial personality


    disorder. That would mean that she would be detained somewhere indefinitely.


    Natalie reckoned that Sisley must have realized this and thus decided to drop the idea in the end.


    Though she understood the woman''s dilemma, she found herself unable to concur with the decision


    she made.


    “Sheer foolishness.” Shane was conversely a lot more critical of Sisley.


    There''s no other way to describe someone who would indulge such a monster.


    Marjorie nced over at Shane. “You''re right about that, Mr. Shane. Mrs. Graham''s decision was


    foolish, and as a result, she paid a terrible price for it herself.”