Chapter 76. The Gunshot

Polinel doubles up with a guffaw, waving the gun in the air as if it’s a flag.

Then she rises to her feet. “It’s funny, isn’t it, mother—that your favorite daughter is eager to see you dead?” She queries mockingly. “How very pitiful. Do you know I’ve always envied you, Mellow…?” Right, that’s a small and subtle step to knowing her weak point. “…Mother always saw you as the best of us both. She wanted you to take over the factory instead of me. I remember how desperate I was to show her that I could actually beat you and be the best, yet she wouldn’t buy any of that. How fervent she was to hold on to her little girl who went ahead to marry her fantasy husband, ignoring me who was right next to her.” There! There’s a weakness! “Do you know how painful it was living with you, mother? And you, Mellow, while you visited public sites with your beloved husband and broke the Fanning’s sacred rule, did you ever consider that you’ve left a dangerous footprint that might be eating at the nex