Chapter 4

I had just stepped out of the shower when Joseph grabbed me in a tight embrace. He looked exhausted, his spirits completely drained.

He stared at me for a long time before finally speaking hesitantly, "Honey, it's Helly… She's sick. She has kidney failure and needs a transplant. And right now… only you can help her. Can you help her, for the sake of her saving you before this?"

Joseph hadn't even finished, and I had already exploded in fury. "You want me to donate a kidney to your mistress? In your dreams!"

Joseph looked like he was going to have a breakdown. "I'm begging you, please help Helly. She's in the final stage of kidney failure… If she can't get a matching kidney soon, she'll die!"

"Oh, you want me to give her a kidney?" I chuckled faintly as I seemed to have thought of something. "Fine. Bring that little homewrecker over and have her wash my feet! When you two manage to satisfy me, maybe I'll consider the transplant. How about that?"

Joseph clenched his fists tightly at his sides and glared at me.

Meanwhile, I pressed down hard on Helly's head, forcing her to kneel. "What are you waiting for, you homewrecker? If you want this kidney, get down and wash my feet!"

My laughter became even louder.

Helly looked helplessly at Joseph, her lips trembling as her tears welled in her eyes. She looked utterly pitiful.

"Quin! Don't cross the line!" Joseph finally shouted.

I sneered. "If you don't want to, that's fine. You can forget about the kidney, too!"

With a heavy thud, Helly dropped to her knees and crawled over, as if heading to her doom. I showed no mercy and kicked her right in the face. "Stop with the act! I'm going to teach you a lesson today! You act coy all day long so that you can seduce other men… Who's even watching?!"

With that, I shoved Helly's face into my foot basin.

Then, Helly sobbed as she washed my feet. "Quin, I've done what you asked… Please, I'm begging you, help me."

Joseph knelt before me, too, almost grabbing my leg. "Quin, please… Save Helly. She really needs this kidney."

I picked up the basin and dumped the water right into their mouths. "You think you can have my kidney, you filthy wretch? Dream on! Let me tell you something! I'd rather throw it out to the dogs than give it to the two of you!"

My laughter was one of complete frenzy.

At that moment, a piercing voice belonging to a woman rang out from the spectators. "Quin, I just want to live a healthy life! What did I ever do wrong? If you weren't the only person in Ryverton who matched my kidney, do you think I'd be begging you like this?"

Helly stood in the center of the spectators, her fists clenched and eyes brimming with tears, looking heartbreakingly pitiful. "Quin, I helped you so much before… Please, just this once, I'm begging you, alright?"

Instantly, the entire spectator stand erupted.

"She should just plead guilty! No trial necessary! There's no one who could possibly be more ungrateful than her!"

"Seriously! Helly watched her daughter and even donated her blood, yet she can't even donate a kidney to the one who saved her life?"

"Exactly! It's just a kidney! It's not like she'll die from it."

"I don't believe there are any twists here now that we're at this stage. Let's just watch Quin getting executed."

"Can't wait to see her get executed too!"

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Listening to the spectators all taking his side, Joseph curled his lips, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes as he looked at the judge. "Since we've all seen just how vicious she is, can you declare the verdict now?"

Everyone chimed in.

"That's right, judge! Hurry up and announce it! Let her be gutted on the platform! Let her get what's coming to her!"

"I can't wait! How does someone like that even have the nerve to live? Hurry up and die already!"

"Someone like her deserves to be erased completely! She's nothing but trouble if she's still alive!"

"Execute Quin!"

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"Order!" the judge called out.

The courtroom fell silent as the verdict was being deliberated. Everyone waited with bated breath for the judge to announce the verdict. They couldn't wait to watch me get torn apart, my heart and kidney ripped out for all to see.

The judge's stern gaze swept over the room before he announced icily, "I declare the defendant, Quin Olson, not guilty!"

For a moment, the entire spectator stand and comment feed erupted in disbelief.

[How can someone so heartless be innocent?! If she's not guilty, I'll eat my hat on livestream!]

[Yeah! There's definitely something shady going on!]

[The judge has never gotten it wrong in all these years. Is there something we don't know about?]

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The gavel struck once more. This time, my memories were projected onto the big screen…