Goodbye Saintess (by Edelweiss W.S.) novel Chapter 222

**The Unseen Kingdom That Followed Me Into Every Dream**
by Alyndra Meron Valeen
**222**

In a sudden, jarring moment, Sabina clutched at her chest, her breath hitching as she collapsed onto the bed, her frail form sinking into the soft pillows.

The room was engulfed in a heavy silence, the kind that feels almost suffocating, as if the very air had thickened with dread.

Claire, feeling a surge of panic, tore herself away from Sandy’s comforting grip and rushed forward, her heart racing. “Grandma!” she cried out, her voice trembling with urgency.

Tears cascaded down her cheeks, hot and unrelenting, like a waterfall crashing against the rocks below. “Don’t do this to me, Grandma! Please, don’t scare me like that!”

“Oh, Cici… I’m perfectly fine, sweetheart. Please don’t cry. It breaks my heart to see you like this,” Sabina murmured, her voice a soothing balm as she swallowed a few pills, her hands trembling slightly. Mere moments later, she appeared to regain her strength, her color returning as if the life had been breathed back into her.

Claire, overwhelmed by a rush of relief and love, threw her arms around her grandmother, sobbing into her shoulder, feeling the warmth of Sabina’s embrace wrap around her like a protective cocoon.

But just as the moment seemed to settle, the storm of family drama was far from over.

“Cut the act, twerp,” Jack sneered, his voice dripping with malice. “You wish you could squeeze a few more crocodile tears out of Grandma to fatten your share of her will, don’t you? Please. Grandma’s inheritance belongs to me!”

Claire’s expression darkened, her heart pounding with indignation.

Before she could even process the venom in Jack’s words, a surge of fury propelled me forward. In a swift motion, I snapped my hand across his cheek with all my might, the sound of the slap echoing in the stillness like a gunshot.

Jack screamed, staggering back, shock written all over his face.

I was so furious that I felt the jarring impact of two of his teeth giving way beneath my strike.

“You are the most despicable piece of garbage I have ever encountered!” I roared, my voice reverberating off the walls. “A jackass, just like your name suggests! How dare you speak like that when your grandmother is alive, well, and standing right in front of you?!”

“What the hell have I been putting up with all this time? How can you people even call yourselves a family? You’re worse than animals! You’re monsters!” I bellowed, my anger like a wildfire, consuming everything in its path.

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