Chapter 15
Not long after the words fell, she fainted. Mateo, feeling lazy to say more, directly ordered someone to throw her out of the door.
Because Catalina’s body had been kept in the freezer, but it was also starting to decompose.
Others all suggested that Catalina should be cremated as soon as possible and laid to rest.
Although Mateo was reluctant, he still did as he was told.
Before the cremation, he kissed Catalina’s forehead, soon, he would join her as well.
I hope no matter where she was, she wouldn’t forget him.
In order to let Catalina leave quietly, he even held a grand funeral for her.
The people who came were all well-known figures in the circle, and everyone knew that today’s protagonist was Catalina.
She used to be the most famous heiress in the circle, but no one ever thought she would now lie quietly in the coffin.
Mateo also contacted the prosecutor’s office and had the case of the Higgin Group retried. Catalina’s father, Rodney Higgin, was released from prison because he was found not guilty.
But when he tried to share the good news with Catalina, he found that he couldn’t reach her no matter what.
He waited for a long time at the prison gate, only to receive the news of Catalina’s death.
He couldn’t believe that he was being taken to the place where Catalina’s funeral was being held.
He had waited for three years, never once imagining that this would be the outcome.
When he saw Catalina’s body, he cried so hard that he couldn’t catch his breath.
“Catalina, Dad is back, get up…”
“Catalina, didn’t you say you would wait for me?”
“Dad has never blamed you, can you please get up?”
In an instant, it seemed like all hope was lost. His tears fell on Catalina’s body, hoping she would open her eyes, even just to look at him.
At that moment, he suddenly felt a deep hatred, hating his own incompetence.
“Mr. Higgin, Catalina passed away due to illness.”
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“Don’t be too sad, Catalina will also be upset when she finds out.”
Rodney looked up and met Mateo’s eyes, immediately turning fierce.
“What were you pretending to do here?”
“Wasn’t our family destroyed by you?”
“You get out of here! I don’t want to see you again!”
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Mateo was stunned, knowing that he had no face to face Rodney again, so he could only let him insult him at will.
He endured all the harsh insults.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Higgin, I made a mistake back then.”
Mistake? Just because of one mistake, their whole family endured all the hardships!
Rodney suddenly chuckled, “Can a simple ‘I’m sorry’ bring back their lives?”
“You get out of here!”
Mateo knew that no matter what he said, he wouldn’t be listened to, so he simply shut his mouth.
Listening to the discussions around him, he had no intention of arguing back.
Watching Rodney unable to straighten his back, his heart felt like it had been pricked by a needle.
How could Catalina not hate him again?
After the funeral was over, Mateo wanted to take Rodney back. But as he approached him, he received a slap in the face.
“How could I have agreed to let you be with Catalina in the first place!”
“From childhood to adulthood, she has never asked me for anything, but in order to be with you, she knelt down and begged me for a full three hours before I agreed. She has never suffered any hardships since she was young, yet she is willing to do this for you!”
“She said how good you were, how happy she was with you, and how she didn’t mind your background…’
“But you! Why did you have to destroy her in the end!”
These words engulfed Mateo deeply like the sea, leaving him no chance to catch his breath.
Rodney never knew the things he talked about.
It seems like their love was a long time ago, his tears couldn’t stop falling.
Just like a runaway faucet, he could
no forgive himself for what he did back then.
Just as Rodney was about to leave, a familiar figure suddenly appeared before his eyes.
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It was Valerie, her arms wrapped in bandages. “Mr. Higgin, I was a friend of Catalina’s before.”
Mateo felt uneasy, “What are you here for?”
Valerie smiled, “I came to see Catalina off for the last time, how about that? Are you disappointed to see me?”
Mateo ignored her and turned to Rodney, saying, “Mr. Higgin, let me take you back first. You don’t need to deal with this crazy woman.”
Just as they were about to leave, Valerie stopped them in their tracks and immediately turned on her phone.
“Don’t leave yet, Mr. Higgin, I have a video I want to show you.”
“It was something Catalina had specifically instructed me before she passed away.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she opened her phone and played the video in front of Rodney.
In the scene, Catalina was pinned down tightly by Mateo, followed by the sound of Catalina’s painful screams.
Rodney’s eyes welled up as he heard his daughter’s scream in his ear.
“Why! Why!”
Valerie turned off her phone and said, “Mateo not only harmed you all, but he also kept Catalina captive by his side, as his lover, forcing Catalina to serve him. This kind of thing has happened countless times, and the video you saw was just one of them.”
Rodney was stunned for a moment, he had never known what Catalina had suffered outside.
Suddenly, unable to control my emotions, I collapsed to the ground and cried in pain.
Mateo pushed Valerie down and said, “Say one more word, try me? Are you done yet?”
He was just about to explain when he saw Rodney writhing in pain on the ground.
Mateo didn’t have time to think much, he took Rodney directly to the hospital. But shortly after arriving at the hospi- tal, it was announced that Rodney couldn’t withstand the blow and had passed away from a brain hemorrhage.
Mateo slumped in the chair for a moment, wondering why he didn’t even have a chance to make things right one last
time.
