The Divorce Prescription

Lucy eagerly grabbed Carly's hands, her eyes filled with hope. Right now, Carly

was her only chance at survival. She truly believed Carly would save her.

Carly looked at her and called out softly, "Mom."

Lucy immediately hugged Carly tightly. "Carly, I'm here."

Carly let herself be hugged. Then, in a quiet voice, she said, "Mom, Nigel is starting to suspect my identity."

"What?" Lucy froze. "Carly, why would Mr. Hampton suspect your identity?"

"Mom, it's because I went to him and begged for your release. I wanted him to let you go, but he refused, saying you committed murder and deserved punishment.

"So, I begged him on my knees. He said you're just my foster mother, not my biological mother. That was when he started suspecting my identity," Carly explained with an aggrieved look.

Lucy felt a wave of emotion wash over her. "Carly, you did all that for me? I thought... I thought you had abandoned me."

"Mom, how could I abandon you? Back in the hospital, when I accused you, that was just a tactic to buy time. I was never going to leave you behind. But now, I've failed. I couldn't save you. Worse, Mr. Hampton is questioning my identity. Mom, what should I do now?

"If I lose my identity as the richest heiress, the Tate family won't want me, and the Hampton family wouldn't want me either. I'll be left with nothing. I've been better than Celine all my life, but if I fail now, she'll crush me beneath her feet.

"Mom, I don't want to live like that! You're my real mother. You'll help me, right? Right now, you're the only person I can rely on."

Tears poured down her face, her sobs heartbreaking and desperate.

Lucy felt her heart ache. "Carly, don't cry. I'll figure something out."

"But what can you do? Mr. Hampton wants to force the truth out of you. He already suspects us. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Lucy asked.

"Unless... you disappear from this world."

What? Disappear?

Lucy staggered back. Her expression was twisted in shock, unable to process what Carly was trying to imply.

Carly took a step closer. "Mom, this is the only way. You have to take all the blame

on yourself and end your own life. That's the only way to protect me."

Lucy stared at Carly in utter disbelief.

"Carly, you came here today to... to tell me to end my life? You never actually begged for my release did you? You lied. Your tears-they were fake, weren't they?" fo

"Did she figure it out?" Carly wondered in her mind.

Carly had tried to deceive her into taking her own life willingly.noveldrama

But now, Carly's plan was exposed, and the jig was up.

Carly decided to drop the act. She immediately wiped her tears away, her face turning cold and emotionless.

"You're right. I never pleaded for you."

"Carly, how could you..."

"Why not?" How could I beg for your release when Nigel is already suspicious of me? Do you want my secret to be exposed?

"Mom, you were the one who made

me the richest heiress. You gave me everything. And now that I've reached the top, do you really expect me to fall? Ain't no way in hell that's happening.

"How is it wrong for me to act in my own interest?" Carly countered with determination.

Lucy's face turned pale as a sheet. It was then that it dawned on her—this was her own doing. She had raised Carly like this.

"Mom, ever since I was little, you

taught me to climb higher and to crush Celine beneath me. Isn't this exactly what you wanted? I've gotten used to being admired, cherished, and being at the top. I won't give it up now.

"And you... you're my real mother. You've already been convicted of murder. There's no way out for you. Shouldn't you do one last thing for your daughter?"

As she said that, Carly clutched Lucy's shoulders tightly. "Mom, I'm begging you. Take the fall. Protect me."

Lucy stared at Carly. She had spent her entire life paving the way for Carly. She had taught Carly to stop at nothing to climb to the top, whether it was stealing Celine's identity as Adam's savior or the identity of the richest heiress.

Lucy had allowed it all to happen. She was simply reaping what she had sowed.

She had raised this selfish and ruthless daughter, and now, her very daughter wanted her dead.