Chapter 395 A Surprise (2/2)

Beryl fought against a tide of tears, her voice was filled with grief, ”So... will it do?”

”Honey, why are you crying?” Tina pretended to be surprised. She said with feigned surprise, ”I am praising you for your beautiful painting.”

Beryl w

ked and opened her mouth, wanting to spit out the meat, but her lips were at once covered by Tina's hand. She ordered,” Swallow them all!”

”Uh, Uh!” Beryl's protests went unnoticed. She wanted to retch, but was forced to swallow the rabbit meat. Overwhelmed, she burst into tears, like a flood gate had opened.”Ooh, ooh, ooh...”

Seeing her suffering, Tina opened her mouth wide and laughed heartily as if she had seen something funny. ”Hahahaha... Beryl, has anyone ever told you that you look more beautiful when you cry, than when you laugh?”

Beryl could no longer hear anything past her pounding ears. In one short day, her pure and innocent heart was torn asunder, and covered with a dark reality she was ill prepared to handle.

And this was not the end.

That evening, Tina had Beryl's drawing framed, and hung in the room where Beryl lived, right across the foot of her bed.

Beryl lay quivering in the bed, and as she opened her eyes, she saw the picture she had painted. The rabbit in the picture had hollow eyes, but she felt it was looking right at her.

During the daytime, when Beryl thought of the tragic fate of the rabbits, their sad rabbit squeaks seemed to be echoing in her mind.

”Beryl, why didn't you help me?”

”I died miserably. I really suffered.”

”I am the rabbit you loved most ...”

When she opened her eyes, she once again saw the painting of the rabbit. But when she closed her eyes, the real rabbit flashed vividly in her mind. She screamed as she broke down, ”Sorry, I am really sorry...”