Chapter 3

I sat on the ground and shot back. "Do you even know what she did?"

Anna glanced at the body lying on the ground. "What does my daughter have to do with your sister's death? Your sister was just unlucky!"

I was furious. But more than anything, I kept thinking about the girl who had fallen from the roof.

Who was she? And why had she been here?

"You're a mother too. If your daughter had fallen from that roof today, would you still say the same thing?"

Anna's face turned red with rage. "Your sister is dead, and now you're cursing my daughter! You're completely insane! This is karma! Your sister should have died a long time ago!"

"Enough!" A police officer who had been investigating the scene walked over to stop the argument.

I raised my bleeding hand and pointed at Cecilia, who was still in Anna's arms. "Officer, she's the one who pushed the girl off the roof!"

Anna immediately started defending her daughter. "Don't make things up! Cecilia is just a child. How could she possibly do something like that?"

I let out a cold laugh. "You don't need to argue with me. There are security cameras on the roof. Once the police see the footage, they'll know the truth!"

With help from the building management, the security footage from the roof was quickly pulled up.

On the screen was the girl who had been pushed off the roof just minutes earlier. She was wearing the same school uniform as Judy. Her hair was also the same length as Judy's.

She stood with her back to the camera, hanging laundry on the rooftop.

After she finished, she walked over and stood near the edge.

A few minutes later, Cecilia and her two friends appeared. They only stood there for a few seconds before walking toward the girl.

Then Cecilia shoved her hard.

The girl's thin body instantly lost its balance and fell over the edge.

Cecilia immediately put on a frightened, innocent expression. "Officer... I really didn't mean to do it. We're classmates, and we're usually good friends. I came to see her and play with her, but when I called her name, she ignored me. I just wanted to play a little joke on her. I never thought she would actually fall!"

Anna glared at me. "You heard her! Cecilia didn't mean to do it!"

The police officer frowned as he watched the footage. "Whether she meant to do it or not, this is still a criminal case."

Anna raised her voice. "Cecilia is only 13!"

Then she turned toward me and pointed angrily. "Look what you did to my daughter! You scared her half to death! What if she has nightmares tonight?"

The neighbor came over to me again and whispered, "Tiffany, their family has a lot of power. You can't beat them. Besides, Judy was mentally disabled. She always wandered into dangerous places. When you really think about it, you're partly responsible too."

I stared at her. My lips trembled, but I couldn't say a word.

In my previous life, this was the same woman who had taken money from Anna and lied in court.

She had claimed that Judy had something wrong with her head. She said no one had pushed Judy and she had jumped off the roof by herself.

The neighbor avoided my eyes.

Then she stood up and told the police, "Officer, I'm her neighbor. Judy really did have some mental problems. She caused her sister plenty of trouble growing up. Everyone in this apartment complex knows that."

Anna immediately joined in. "Exactly! Then why was she standing so close to the edge of the roof? She scared my daughter so badly, and I haven't even held her responsible for that!"

The security footage was right there for everyone to see. Yet they still twisted the truth.

This was the despair I had experienced in my previous life.

The same scene, the same excuses, and the same people had turned Judy's death into nothing more than an "accident."

I slowly stood up. Blood from underneath my torn fingernails dripped onto the floor.

Cecilia tugged on Anna's sleeve. "Mom, are the police really going to arrest me?"