LOGINMy husband, Mark Thompson, and I went hiking. After eating some wild berries I picked, he was poisoned and died. When I got home, a woman named Sarah Miller and her son, Tommy Miller, showed up at my door. It turned out Mark had given them our house and car. On top of that, he owed them a huge amount of money. I ended up giving them all the savings I had. To care for my sick mother-in-law, Judith Thompson, I worked three jobs. I was surviving on basic meals like bread and butter. After years of exhausting work, I collapsed in the hospital. Judith told the doctors to stop my treatment. Just as I was about to die, Mark walked into the ward with Sarah and Tommy in his arms. He tossed five dollars at me. “Thanks for taking care of my mom all these years.” That was when I realized Mark had faked his death just to be with Sarah and their love child. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day we went hiking together.
View MoreI asked Sarah, “Do you really think he loves you? Then do you know why he didn’t marry you back then?”That one question caught Sarah off guard.Of course, she did not know. She had dated Mark for seven years, but when they were about to get married, he dumped her. She even had to watch as the man she loved quickly went on to marry someone else.Later, she was so desperate to be with him that she became his mistress. She turned from his first love to a homewrecker.The woman in front of me choked up and asked me why. I did not answer her. Instead, I gestured for her to ask the man standing behind her.She turned around and stared at Mark. She wanted an explanation.Mark stammered. He did not dare to answer her.Sarah suddenly went crazy and started pulling Mark’s hair and slapping him furiously.“You crazy woman, what the hell are you doing?” Mark shouted and pushed her to the ground.Lying on the floor, she pointed at me.“What did she mean by that? Why didn’t you marry
Since everything was out in the open, Mark and the other two knew they could not fool me anymore, so they stopped trying to contact me. However, just because they were not coming to me did not mean I would not go after them.I still needed to get the one million they owed me.Mark and Judith had told me to go ahead and sue them, and that they were ready for a fight. Well, that did not intimidate me at all. I told them that Mark’s precious reputation would be the one to suffer.Mark, who cared so much about his image, could not handle the idea of his name being ruined, especially with the truth about his fake death and cheating hanging over him.In a panic, they started scrambling, borrowing money, and selling off whatever they could, until they managed to scrape together enough.Today, they arranged to meet me at a cafe to hand over the money.Mark sighed and gestured for Sarah to hand over the money. She hesitated for a long time before finally placing it on the table.“Her
After a few days at home, my supposedly “dead” husband suddenly showed up. Mark began apologizing as soon as he walked in.“Eve, I didn’t die that night. I’m back. I had no idea my mom would lie and say I was dead, and that she’d make you repay six million dollars.”Oh, so now he was playing innocent and acting like this was not all his plan and trying to push the blame onto Judith. He would not have shown up at all if it was not because they could not repay the one million he owed me.He hugged me gently and said, “Let’s put all this behind us and move forward together. Your money is my money, and my money is yours. Let’s not be apart anymore.”I thought, “Your money is my money, huh?”After my mom died, with no one to support him, he’d been living off the lottery winnings, which most of it was already gone. He just did not want to repay the one million he owed me.I shoved Mark away. Then, I grabbed the ashtray nearby and smashed it hard against his head.“Who are you? My
Judith was completely flustered and tried to grab the contract from me, but I dodged it.“What are you doing, Judith? People are watching. You’re not trying to tear up the contract, are you?”Judith shot me a resentful look but backed off.Seeing this, Sarah was not having it. She waved the IOU in my face and glared at me. “If you’re not paying, then who is? He promised me six million dollars!”I pointed to Judith. “This is Mark’s beloved mother. Naturally, she should be the one to pay.”Sarah looked over at Judith, as if considering something.Judith took a few steps back. “What is the meaning of this? Don’t tell me you’re really going to ask me to pay? Haven’t I always treated you well?”Sarah scoffed. “You promised me six million dollars. If you don’t pay, you can forget about ever holding your grandson.”As she said that, she shot me a smug look. She was full of arrogance, as if having a child made her superior to me. Little did she know, I could not care less about her
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