Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 158

Ethan’s P.O.V.

I glared at the person sitting in front of me on the couch. My parents were not at home, but I informed them about her arrival. She was nervous and restless too, as she was rocking her body to and fro, and her right leg was shaking too. The boys were sitting on the couch in front of her on the other side of the table. while I and Noah were standing beside the single seat. All of us were surprised when she came here. She asked us to let her meet with Violet, but I didn’t want her to be near Violet now. She refused to tell us her reason, and I refused to let her meet with Violet. I had already texted my parents about her arrival, but none of them replied. I guess they were still busy in their respective meetings. I was really eager to know why she wanted to meet Violet. Was it enough to send her a text? What did she want now from Violet? A shoulder to cry on?

I took a deep breath when I saw Rein and Kyle coming into the living room. “What happened?” Kyle asked me while knitting his brows in confusion, but the lines on his forehead straightened up immediately when his eyes fell on Sia. She stood up and looked at Kyle nervously. “Why are you here?” he asked her in a cold tone. “I want to meet Violet, Kyle… please let me talk to her,” she requested him too in a pleading tone. Kyle stopped in front of her and looked at her coldly. I walked to them and stopped beside him.

“Do you really think that anyone will allow you to meet Violet, huh?” Kyle asked her sarcastically, making her gulp hard. I couldn’t help but feel pity for her right now. Gone was the girl who felt so highly of herself. She was looking so fragile and weak right now. She had tears in her eyes. “Please, Kyle, Ethan… let me meet her once. I … I am not here to argue or… or with any ulterior motive… I… I just need to talk to her,” Sia pleaded again, making me roll my eyes in agitation. “You already got the reply to your message, Sia. What else do you want from Violet now?” Kyle answered her again in the same cold tone.

“I… I just want to talk to her, Kyle…. Nothing else. I … I swear th.. that I will go back after having a few words with her,” Sia tried to assure us, but her statement made us raise our brows. “Sia,” Kyle was about to say something when Violet called Sia. Both I and Kyle jumped on our feet in fright. “Violet… why did you come out?” Kyle yelled while running towards her with me on his tail. She didn’t pay attention to us as her eyes were glued to Sia. I could see confusion in her gaze. Kyle took her hand gently while I stood up on the other side protectively. “Violet… I want to talk to you,” Sia said in a nervous tone.

“You don’t need to talk to her, Violet,” Kyle immediately protested in a worried tone. Violet looked at him with a calm gaze and smiled. “It’s okay, Kyle… you all here for me. Do I still need to be afraid of anything?” Violet asked Kyle and looked at me with raised brows too. I was still skeptical, but what she said was also right. Sia was under my roof and she didn’t have the guts to do anything wrong to Violet in our presence. “She said that she only wants to talk to me. Let me listen to her, please,” Violet persuaded Kyle in a sweet voice, but her tone was firm.

Kyle was still reluctant, and he looked at me. “Let’s hear what she wants to say,” I said to him in a low tone. He pursed his lips but said nothing. Violet slowly walked towards the couch with me and Kyle, still holding her hand firmly. “Please sit down, Sia,” Violet requested Sia before taking a seat on a single seat. Sia sat down again and passed a nervous smile to Violet. “Say… what do you want to say,” Violet asked her in a calm tone. She was still holding Kyle’s hand and my hand was on her shoulder right now.

Sia lowered her eyes while fidgeting with her fingers on her lap. “It… it’s about my mother, Violet,” she said in a low voice, and I widened my eyes in surprise. Did she want Violet to take the case back? “What about her?” Violet asked her in confusion. Sia took a deep breath and then looked up at Violet. “M…. my father told me th… that my mother can get a punishment of either life imprisonment or death sentence,” she paused and gulped hard. Although, her last two words made me raise my brows in surprise again. “Death sentence? Why? She was not the one who hit me or threw me there?” Violet replied to her in a confusing tone.

“I don’t know much about the law, Violet. This is what my father told me. He… he said that the trial of the case will start right after our exams an… and since yo.. your lawyer has all the evidence to prove my mother guilty, it’s possible that the case will end up soon, and she gets her punishment soon,” Sia answered Violet in a nervous tone. She was still fidgeting her fingers hard now. “What do you want from me, Sia?” Violet asked her in a calm tone. Sia looked at her expectantly before opening her mouth again.

“I know what my mother did is wrong, Violet. Whatever her intentions were behind this, it doesn’t justify her actions. I.. I am not here to ask you to take back the charges be.. because this is not possible at this point.. I… I am here to .. to request you if… if you can talk to your lawyer and … and ask him n.. not to present the case in a way that the judge gives my mother the death sentence?” she stuttered hard while asking Violet nervously. There was dead silence in the room as all of us looked at Sia. Was she real?

“Your mother hired someone to kill Violet, but you are afraid if she gets the death sentence, huh? She is free to kill Violet, but the law shouldn’t punish her for her crime. Don’t you think that your request is nothing but a s**t?” David broke the silence and asked Sia in a bitter tone. She immediately lowered her eyes and bit her lower l*p. Her lips trembled as if she was trying hard not to cry right now. “Are you listening to yourself, Sia? You are asking Violet to show some mercy to your mother when your mother made a brilliant plan of not only killing Violet but also disposing of her body without being noticed by anyone,” It was Dustin this time. The bitterness and hatred were dripping from his tone.

“Relax guys… she is not the one who brought harm to me. We shouldn’t forget that she was the one who came forward and gave her statement to the police. She still didn’t take back her statement, even when she knows that her statement can be used against her mother during the trial. She was the one who told about the kidnappers to the police,” Violet asked us while defending Sia. I g*****d in frustration and looked down at her. Kyle was also staring angrily at Violet right now. “I… I am sorry, Violet… I… am really sorry,” Sia said in a low tone but didn’t lift her head up. She was sitting like a culprit in front of us right now.

“I don’t know much about the law, Sia, and I can’t assure you anything. Still, I will talk to my stepdad about this case. Let me talk to him first. He is one of the best criminal lawyers in the country. He can tell us better than anyone another lawyer,” Violet said to Sia in a calm tone. Sia immediately looked up and I saw tears in her eyes this time. “Will you talk to him?” Sia asked Violet in a cracked tone this time. Violet smiled and straightened his back. “I told you once that I hold grudges, Sia…. But whatever happened to me this time was not your fault. In fact, I am grateful to you that you acted quickly and took both Kyle and Ethan to the hospital immediately, and I came to know that it was you who called the police too. Thank you for helping us at that time, Sia,” Violet replied to Sia in a calm tone.

I looked at Kyle who also looked at me at the same time. Violet’s statement about holding grudges made my heart skipped a beat, and I was sure that Kyle felt the same. “Go home, Sia… and prepare for tomorrow’s exam. No matter what is going on in our lives, we can’t risk our futures,” Violet said further in the same calm tone. “I… don’t know what will be the outcome of your conversation with your stepdad, Violet…Still I want to thank you in advance. It’s enough for me that you… you will talk to him in this matter… I don’t expect a positive result… still I want to thank you,” Sia replied to Violet, and stood up from the couch.

Violet also stood up slowly. “I am get going now,” Sia said, bowing her head a little in front of us before walking out of the living room. I signaled a maid to escort Sia out of the mansion. “Do you really want to talk with your stepdad, huh?” Rein asked Violet after some time in an angry tone. “Can I ask you something, Rein?” Violet asked him instead of answering him. “Yeah,” he replied immediately. “Your father is abusive towards you. He beats you often. Can you still imagine a life without him around you?” she asked him in a firm tone. His jaw clenched immediately, but he didn’t answer her.

To be honest, I was also startled by her question. My parents always doted on me. I couldn’t even imagine a single day without them, let alone my whole life. “No.. you can’t… Sia’s mother was caring and loving to her. She pampered her daughter like the doting mother she is. She even committed this crime to make her daughter happy with her love interest. Do you think it will be easy for Sia to see the dead body of her mother?” she asked again while explaining her question. All of us were still at our places as if we were struck by lightning. She lowered her head. “Sia is scared, and I can understand her fear. My parents were not dead, but they were dead to me. Although our circumstances are not the same, but I can understand her fear and her pain,” she paused when her voice cracked.

I immediately wrapped my hand around her shoulder and pulled her into my side embrace to comfort her. “Her mother is not only charged for this case but also for her previous case. Her mother can get a death sentence for her previous case. I can’t do anything for her here, but I can talk to Mr. Westfield only to know what the possible punishments are. I just hope that… that,” she paused again when her voice choked. “Hey… calm down,” I immediately asked her in a gentle tone while rubbing her arm. Her eyes were still lowered and I knew the reason very well. “I am sorry, Violet… I didn’t have any intention to open your wounds,” Rein apologized to her sincerely.

She sniffed and lifted her head up. “Don’t say this, Rein. You said nothing like that. I can understand your concern too. You guys also suffered a lot because of Sia. Our hatred towards her is understandable,” she comforted him in a cracked tone. Kyle looked at me and signaled me to remove my hand from her shoulder. I gave him a knowing look but he just stared at me. I grimaced but removed my hand from her shoulder. He wrapped his hand around her shoulder from the other side immediately. “You need to rest more, Violet… let’s go,” he ushered her in a gentle tone. “Yeah, princess… you should go and rest a little more. We will call you for lunch when after some time,” Noah also ushered her. She sighed and leaned on Kyle’s shoulder.

Kyle took her back to her room. I sat down on the single seat and closed my eyes while rubbing my forehead. Violet didn’t forgive Sia but she is concerned for her now. “Will she hold grudges against us too?” Rein voiced out after some time in a very low and timid tone. “I… don’t think so. She trusts us now,” David answered him but I could feel the nervousness in his tone. I slowly looked up and stared at the blank spot in front of me. Violet didn’t say that she would help Sia in any matter but she didn’t refuse either. Her argument was also understandable. I hated Sia, but the girl who came here was not the girl who studied with us. She was only a daughter who wanted to see her mother alive for a long time.

“Let’s not think too much about this. We also have an exam tomorrow. We should concentrate on our studies right now,” Justin spoke this time with a sigh. “I am hungry… we should eat something first,” Noah whined this time, making me shake my head lightly. Violet was right. Whatever was going on in our lives, we can’t risk our future for that. None of us could do anything in this case. So, it was nothing but a waste of our time if we dwelled on this matter more. “I will ask the kitchen to serve our lunch,” I said while standing up.