Chapter 818

"Let me go!" I snapped. Conrad didn't budge, holding me tightly. All of this was his doing, and I was furious and full of hatred for him. I slapped him across the face, the sound echoing through the air. "Conrad, you're a bastard!" I cursed in rage. He even took advantage of his own parents' funeral. Such a person was beneath contempt. And Brandon must be under his threats. Otherwise, he wouldn't side with Conrad or hurt Lisa. "Go ahead! Curse me all you want." Conrad, his face reddened from my slap, didn't seem upset at all. Instead, he encouraged me to insult him. He had gone off the deep end. I couldn't bring myself to insult him. For one thing, I wasn't good at it, and for another, he wasn't even worth it. "Madeline, you can call me anything you want. Bastard. Jerk. Whatever. But I wasn't always like this. Do you remember when you first came to our house?" Conrad started reminiscing about the past. "I used to be the big brother who always put you and Chris first. I alw