Jane Eyre lay in the hospital for a whole month, and upon her return, she was imprisoned. Days passed by monotonously. Her world was confined to the view from her window. She didnt know what date it was, and her meals were brought to her by Calpurnia.
"How does it feel to be imprisoned?" Catherine Capulet entered, her sharp high heels echoing as she walked. Her delicate face looked much healthier, but her eyes sparkled with cunning calculation.
"Why did you do this? I thought I treated you well..." Seated on the bed, Jane Eyre didnt move. Her cold gaze, filled with hatred, fixed on Catherine Capulet, the perpetrator who had destroyed her family.
They used to be best friends, both passionate about painting, with similar interests that made their companionship natural. Their families also had business dealings, making their bond even closer.
"You treated me well? Pah! Why did everyone only see you, Jane Eyre? I tried so hard, yet why could the professors only see you?" Catherines face suddenly turned fierce. No matter how hard she tried, she could never match up to Jane Eyre. "Including my Atticus, you even had to steal him from me!"
No matter where she went, Catherines radiance was always so easily overshadowed by Jane Eyre, and even Atticus Finch was the same. Although she was his girlfriend, he often caught himself staring at Jane Eyre, lost in thought without realizing it.
"Is that the reason you caused the destruction of my family?" Jane Eyres eyes bore into Catherine, her hands clenching the bedsheet until her knuckles turned white.
"Yes, the most important reason is... you fell in love with someone you shouldnt have. Atticus Finch can only be mine." Watching Jane Eyre tremble with anger, Catherine Capulet smiled even more triumphantly.
Jane Eyre stared at Catherine, her lips tightly pressed together, the taste of blood in her mouth from biting them. Because of Catherines jealous heart, she had been harmed so cruelly.
"By the way... I was indeed assaulted, but it wasnt by your brother!" Catherine whispered into Jane Eyres ear, and seeing how distraught Jane was made her feel even more exhilarated.
"Ill kill you!" Jane Eyre suddenly pounced on Catherine, her hands tightly gripping Catherines neck. She had completely lost her rationality, with only one thought in her mind鈥攖o avenge her family and her unborn child by killing Catherine Capulet.
"Youre not worthy! Go die!" Catherine Capulet raised her foot and viciously kicked Jane Eyre in the stomach.
"Ah..." Jane Eyre fell to the ground, curling up into a ball. The sharp tip of Catherines high heel had struck her not-yet-healed wound, causing her to break out in a cold sweat as warm liquid gushed out.
"Daring to strangle me, youre looking for death!" Catherine Capulet sneered, her face contorting with rage.
Then, she walked up to Jane Eyre, squatted down, and forcefully grabbed her hair, coldly saying, "Wait, the good play is about to begin."
Suddenly, Catherines demeanor changed dramatically. She slapped herself hard across the face, then knelt on the ground, kowtowing to Jane Eyre repeatedly, constantly saying, "Jane, please forgive me, I really didnt mean to..."
The loud "thud thud thud" echoed as blood gushed from Catherines forehead.
"Why dont you just die!" Jane Eyre knew she was acting again, and sure enough, the door was kicked open, and Atticus Finch, filled with rage, stormed in.
"Damn it, Catherine, what are you doing? Why are you kowtowing to her?" Atticus Finch glared at Jane Eyre, then stepped forward, lifting Catherine Capulet up and holding her in his arms. The blood on her forehead pained him.
"Atticus, let go, Jane said that if I kowtow to her until shes satisfied, shell forgive me..." Catherine Capulet finished and knelt down again, continuing to kowtow.
"Slap!"
Atticus Finch slapped Jane Eyre hard across the face.
"Making Catherine kowtow to you, youre really asking for death!" Atticus Finchs eyes, cold and fierce, looked at her, then he carried Catherine Capulet and left decisively.