Echoes of Yesterday: A New Dawn

Chapter 121

Claude stormed out of my office, leavingin a whirlwind of confusion. | decided to seek out Gabrielle in her

hospital room. Despite everything, she had been kind toover the years, save for hiding the bitter truth. As |

approached the door, unsettling noises seeped through the cracks.

"Ugh... ugh... ugh..." It sounded like someone in agony.

"You old hag, you'd better die soon so Claude and I can be together forever. Claude's under my thumb now." It

was Kate's voice, laced with madness.

| burst through the door to find Kate straddling Gabrielle, suffocating her with a pillow. Gabrielle's feet kicked

frantically against the bed.

"Kate! Have you lost your mind?" | pushed Kate aside, removing the pillow from Gabrielle's face. Gabrielle gave

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| frantically rang for the nurse and started giving first aid, straddling Gabrielle to keep her stable.

Just then, Claude entered. In a panic, Kate burst into tears, "Claude, Claire's trying to kill your mom! | walked in

and saw she was smothering Mrs. Hart."

Claude pulledoff Gabrielle and was about to slapwhen | slapped him first. "Are you blind? | was saving

her!"

The doctors arrived, shaking their heads at Gabrielle's condition. "The patient's cancer has spread, and the

suffocation has led to a cerebral hemorrhage. It's too late." | was stunned. | had arrived just in time.

"No, she was breathing. You can bring her back!" | attempted CPR again, but the doctors heldback, "We're

the professionals here."

I had a sinking feeling that Kate had bribed them. "Kate, this is too much. We can still save Mrs. Hart. Get these

doctors away from her." Kate slandered me. "Claire, you're accusingnow? | saw you smothering Mrs. Hart

with my own eyes. You're the murderer!"

"Talk about the pot calling the kettle. black! It was you!" | looked around for cameras, but all the security lights

were off. It was a perfect dead-end accusation.

"Enough!" During our heated argument, Claude pushed past the doctors to Gabrielle's side and solemnly

covered her with a white sheet. "Claire wouldn't kill my mom. Let's leave it at that." Claude refused to try to save

Gabrielle.

"Claude, how can you be so heartless? She still had a chance to live!"

Claude sighed. "Cancer was torturing her. Claire, even if you were the one to end her suffering, | would thank

you. She was in too much pain."

| stared at Claude, shocked at his cold indifference. It wasn't just towardbut toward his mother.

I shoved Kate aside and fled the

room, feeling nauseous. Claude knew | was innocent. Yet, he didn't question whether Kate was the perpetrator.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't punish her. After all, Claude was under Kate's spell.

"Have swater." | had been retching in the corner for ages when a hand offereda bottle. Max's

voice snappedout of my sorrow,

and | stood up tall.

At that moment, the injustice of it all hithard. Gabrielle had kept secrets, but she had been good tofor

ten years, always looking out for me.