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Chapter 8

Author: Perfect Timing
The man objected. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

His face turned even paler as he coughed. His frail body looked like it might collapse at any moment.

I glared at him. "You and Edith got a divorce because you raped Betty! It was also why you were cast out and didn't dare come home for over 20 years!"

The man's fists clenched tightly. His face was flushed red with anger. "Betty seduced me! She was a married woman. Yet, she wore shorts in the middle of summer! Why had she worn such revealing clothes when she knew I was at home? If that wasn't an attempt to seduce me, then what was it?"

Right now, he looked like a rabid dog—powerless and enraged.

I kept pressing. "You were driven out of the house for assaulting her. And when your son and grandson passed away, you didn't even make an appearance. Yet now, you suddenly show up and say you want to help me? What do you really want?"

The man had another coughing fit. Quickly composing himself, he put on a smiling expression onc
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