The Frozen Apocalypse: Betrayal and Rebirth Chapter 8

Rebecca rushed ecstatically to the study, but when she pulled out the safes, her face fell: "Michael Mitchell, are you screwing with me?"

Those were heavy-duty safes I'd bought at great expense. Indestructible.

Derek came with a cleaver to hack at it—how could he possibly break through?

"The password—I'll only tell Lily. She has to get things each time. Otherwise, you can all starve to death! But these two boxes might not be enough for so many people!" I laughed as I reminded them.

Over the phone, I told Lily the password and warned her that if she took everything out, she'd be thrown out directly.

Lily Mitchell, I've fulfilled my father-daughter obligation to you.

I did leave a backup plan initially—didn't expect it would appear this way so soon.

They wolfed down the compressed crackers Lily retrieved. Derek returned to his ingratiating manner toward Lily.

Only this time Lily didn't speak. She ate silently.

She was like her mother and grandmother—always only thinking of herself.

After the safe's food ran out, Lily faced the camera and phone daily, calling: "Dad save me, Dad I was wrong, Dad save me. Dad where are you! Dad come back, please!"

Resources exhausted. I saw Rebecca dragging her leg as she cut open her mother's hand, muttering while doing it: "Mom, you said you loved me. This is what you owe me..."

Even so, she died beside her mother—probably from infected wounds plus viral infection. I could see her feverish red face even through surveillance.

Lily tried to do the same with a knife on her mother. I felt nauseous, shut off the surveillance, and sent Lily one final message:

"Lily, Dad used to tell you—books hold houses of gold, books hold beautiful companions, books enrich the soul. Your grandmother, mother, and Uncle Derek teaching you that girls only need to be pretty and marry well—that value system was wrong. Now reading makes you full! FULL!"

I couldn't have a grand revenge like the Count. After all, this extreme cold was humanity's disaster.

But I destroyed their waiting and hope.

The Count said forgiving them was God's business—he just wanted to send them to God. But he forgave Danglars.

Because forgiveness is the best quality of a beautiful soul.