Chapter 3

The people attending Winona's funeral crowded forward upon hearing my words. Seeing that the coffin was empty, all of them were shocked. Could Winona really have come back to life?

Mom spoiled and doted on Winona excessively. So, of course, she couldn't bear to let Winona suffer by stuffing her inside a coffin for hours.

In my previous life, Mom rushed to hold Winona's funeral the day after she died.

I had always been suspicious about her sudden death. Those thugs didn't want money, nor did they want her body. What were they after?

But Mom claimed she wanted Winona to be laid to rest as soon as possible. So, she stopped me from investigating further.

After Kenneth and I held our wedding, she wouldn't let us register our marriage, saying it was to honor Winona's memory. She didn't want me to take the official title after I had already taken her husband physically in real life.

I had been suspicious. But Sonny's incessant crying wore me down, and I slowly let down my guard on this issue. In the end, it was all just a ploy to let Winona inherit Kenneth's assets.

Seeing that her lies were about to unravel, Mom panicked. Then, she suddenly teared up and wailed, "I didn't want the crying and sobbing sounds to disturb Winona, so I put an empty coffin here."

The expressions of the relatives and friends present soured considerably. They had come to attend Winona's funeral out of sympathy for her unexpected death. Yet now, Mom was complaining that they were too noisy.

On the other hand, Kenneth wasn't buying any of it. He grabbed Mom by the collar and roared, "Is Winona dead or not, you old hag? Don't tell me you teamed up with that bitch to put on a show. I spent so much money on you two all these years, and all I got was a brat who's all screwed up in the head!

"Even if that bitch is dead, your younger one has to pay me back by giving me a son with a proper head on his shoulders!"

Mom trembled at his words and quickly promised she would give him a satisfactory explanation in a few days. Kenneth was unhappy with her answer, but he nodded reluctantly anyway.

Before he left, he ran his lewd gaze up and down my body. He then warned Mom to hand me over to him intact and not pull any tricks.

Once he walked off, Mom lifted her hand to slap me. But upon remembering Kenneth's words, she froze mid-swing and glared at me viciously.

I clasped my hands around hers and asked tearfully, "Mom, could what Kenneth said be true? Winona isn't dead, right?"

Mom laughed scornfully and sneered. "So, you still remember that I'm your mother, huh? Is this how you repay me?"

Her glare toward me grew even more hostile.

I smiled back and wondered what scene they planned to stage next.