Mag-log inAfter leaving the police station, Autumn saw Keith’s car parked right outside.Keith was leaning against the vehicle. Under the dim glow of the streetlamp, he looked like an angel who had stepped into the mortal world, so radiant it was almost hard to look at him.Autumn hurried over. “Why are you here?”When Keith noticed how lightly she was dressed, he took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders.Then he unwound the scarf from around his neck and wrapped it around hers as well. “If you run into trouble, why didn’t you call me? Is your phone just for decoration?”His coat and scarf still carried his warmth. Autumn felt wrapped in something soft and safe, and her heart eased a little.She tugged lightly at his arm. “I just… you’ve been so busy lately. I didn’t want to distract you or make it harder for you to focus. I thought you wouldn’t have time to help me.”In truth, everything happened too suddenly. She only thought about handling it herself; she never even considered aski
Just days earlier, Autumn had been brought here over the incident involving Dorothy. Only a few days had passed, and she was back again—she was practically becoming a regular at the police station.Autumn shrugged helplessly. “I was bitten by a couple of rabid dogs while helping a friend. But it’s fine now. I have more than enough evidence to prove attempted murder.”As she spoke, Autumn quickly took out the voice recorder from her pocket. It contained Anne’s vicious curses, the sounds of physical assault, and the bodyguards’ threats.She also played a video for everyone in the interrogation room. After watching it, several officers slammed the table in anger.“This is outrageous. They even tried to twist the story right in front of us. They really don’t know when to stop.“Miss Lewis, don’t worry. With this evidence, we’ll be placing all of them under criminal detention.”As for the final verdict or how many years they would get, that was no longer within their scope.The statements
Autumn let out a cold laugh. “If we’re talking about viciousness, who could possibly compare to you, Anne? Pinning your own sister-in-law’s head into a sink. You were leaving her no way out.“The moment we walked in, we were restrained by your people. Do you think the police are blind and can’t tell what was happening here?“And look at Selena’s face—swollen from your slaps. You still have the audacity to claim we were the ones causing trouble? You’re unbelievable, twisting the truth so shamelessly.”At that, Autumn turned to the officers, her expression tense but controlled. “Officer, my friend’s mother is seriously injured. She was vomiting blood just now. Could you make an exception and let her take her mom to see a doctor first?“Don’t worry, I’ll stay behind and cooperate fully. This is a matter of life and death. I hope you can understand.”The officer glanced at Evelyn lying on the floor, then nodded at Autumn. “That’s fine. I’ll have a colleague help your friend carry her moth
The kick sent a searing pain through Evelyn’s chest. She spat out a mouthful of blood. Selena screamed and rushed over to check on her. “Mom, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”Tears streamed down her face. If anything happened to her mother, she would never forgive Anne.Evelyn struggled to breathe. As Selena tried to steady her breathing, she glared at Anne and shouted, “Anne, all the evil you’ve done will come back to you. This is intentional assault; it’s a crime. Aren’t you afraid of going to prison?“If anything happens to my mom, I won’t let you get away with it. You brought this on yourself. Once the truth comes out, what does it have to do with us?“If you have the guts, go after the real culprit instead of bullying people you think are easy targets. You’re worse than animals.”No matter how outrageous Anne had been before, she had always kept up a facade. Now that she was cornered, she could not even be bothered to pretend.She was truly venomous to the core.“Shut up!” Anne swung
While they were still stunned, Autumn rushed in as well and quickly pulled Evelyn out of the sink.The two bodyguards snapped out of it and moved forward to grab them. Autumn lifted the phone in her hand.“I already called the police on the way here. They’ll be here any minute. You deliberately assaulted someone, prepare to face the law.”When she sensed something was wrong earlier, she had kept a backup plan and sent a message asking someone to call the police. Otherwise, the two of them stood no chance against several large bodyguards.After being framed so many times, she had learned to stay cautious. Without that, they would only end up completely at someone else’s mercy.“What? You called the police?” The bodyguards exchanged looks, shock flashing in each other’s eyes.Autumn replied calmly, “Yes. And I’ve already secured the evidence and sent it to a friend. Even if you detain us, it won’t change anything. You’d better surrender now.“And even if you try to run, it’s useless. Th
She had seen this kind of thing far too many times. When personal gain was no longer at stake, people revealed their true nature—self-interested to the core, capable of turning even mothers and daughters into enemies.Let alone someone like Anne, who was vicious and self-serving to the extreme. There was nothing she would not do, only things others could not imagine.After all, what happened to Ian was very likely her rotten idea. If she could even be involved in killing someone, what else was beyond her?Only then did Selena come to a sudden realization. “I think you’re absolutely right. I’ll call my mom right now and have her hire a caregiver tomorrow. We’re done swallowing this humiliation.”As soon as she finished speaking, she called Evelyn. The first call rang for a long time with no answer.The second call was the same.That had never happened before. A bad feeling rose from deep inside her chest. Could something have happened to her mom?She immediately called her father. Afte







