My Wife Fed My Daughter To The Sharks

By the time I arrived, the rescue team had just brought down the shark with a tranquilizer dart.A vast stretch of the ocean had turned red.I dove into the water without hesitation and cradled my daughter, Violet Fuller, in my arms. The shark had mauled her badly. The sight of her left my eyes filled with tears.Tears streamed down my face.I had only stepped away to buy some water. I had been gone for less than an hour.How had my healthy, cheerful little girl ended up like this?When Violet saw me, her unfocused eyes briefly cleared, as though my presence had pulled her back from the brink.She parted her lips and murmured weakly, using what little strength she had left.I leaned closer and heard her say, “Daddy, it hurts. It hurts so much… Daddy, my hand’s gone, isn’t it? Why doesn’t Mommy love me anymore?”My entire body began trembling. As Violet’s eyes drifted shut, I called out to her over and over again.“Violet, no! Violet, stay with me! Look at me, please. Please,

I had no time to think about Eunice anymore. I stumbled toward the doctor and asked how Violet was doing.He gave me a sorrowful look, then shook his head.In that instant, every last trace of hope vanished.I stood there frozen. I was too stunned to move.The doctor placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.“She doesn’t have much time left. Spend it with her while you still can.”Then, I heard him murmur with a heavy sigh, “That poor girl…”It was only when I opened the door to Violet’s room that I understood what the doctor meant.My sweet little Violet lay in the bed and was barely breathing.One of her arms was gone, and the leg on the same side had been amputated.She looked like a broken rag doll.I was not a man who cried easily, but seeing Violet broke me.No matter how hard I tried, I could not stop the tears from falling.By the time I reached her bedside, all the strength had left my body. I collapsed to my knees.I held Violet’s little hand as it gradually grew

I lost control and slapped her. I roared, “Eunice, take a damn look! Do those clothes not seem familiar? Can’t you even recognize your own daughter?”After staying out of it until then, Matt finally stepped forward and placed himself between us.He said indignantly, “Say whatever you need to say, Phil, but don’t you lay your hands on a woman!”He turned to Eunice, clearly expecting her approval. Instead, he found her staring at the television as she collapsed onto the floor. Tears welled up in her vacant eyes.She continued muttering under her breath, “No, that can’t be right. Great white sharks don’t even like human blood.”I gave a derisive laugh. “Then, why did you bite Violet’s finger until it bled?”Eunice faltered. After a long silence, she finally said through her tears, “I… I just wanted her to buy us a little time. I never meant for Violet to die. I didn’t know…”Seeing that she was still trying to argue her way out of it, the rage inside me burned even fiercer.I shov

“As long as I what?” Eunice’s spirits lifted as she urged me eagerly.“As long as you sign the divorce papers.”With that, I slid the papers across the table toward her.She swayed on her feet and stared at me in disbelief.“Don’t you love me anymore, Phil?”The sheer audacity of the question made me laugh.I hated her enough to want her wiped from the face of the earth. How could I love her?I just felt that letting her die would be too easy on her.I shattered whatever hope she still held. “Whatever we had ended the moment Matt came back into your life and the moment Violet died, Eunice.”She looked at me with wounded eyes. “So, you really are upset about Matt and me. There’s honestly nothing between us—”I cut her off impatiently. “I’ll say this one last time. If you want your job back, sign the papers.”Eunice’s lips trembled before she stiffly forced out a word. “Fine.”I smiled in satisfaction.She had no idea that her nightmare was only beginning.Just as Eunice wa

Just as Eunice was on the verge of breaking down, I had the private investigator show up at the right moment.He handed her the teddy bear with the built-in voice recorder.It contained one recording that I had not played for her.Through her tears, Violet asked, “Teddy, what should I do? That older boy Mommy brought over hit me again. “He even got some other boys at preschool to pull up my skirt. I’m scared to tell Mommy because it’ll make her sad. Teddy, what should I do?”After that, Eunice broke down and sobbed uncontrollably.Toby, the boy she had always doted on, was the one behind Violet’s bullying.The bitter irony was that she had abandoned a daughter who loved her so deeply to a shark for the sake of that monster.Eunice clutched her head, seemingly unable to make sense of it.When Eunice returned home in a daze, Matt was thoroughly drunk, thanks to the people I had sent. Toby sat beside him, caught up in his father’s excitement.From the doorway, she heard Matt sn