Semua Bab The Child They Got Wrong: Madness Ensues: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Flames engulfed the abandoned warehouse that my stepson, Lucas Lincoln, was trapped in. I quickly phoned the fire brigade before repeatedly calling Jasper's number.Jasper Lincoln was Lucas' father as well as the leader of a search-and-rescue team. But right now, he was Lucas' final hope.Jasper rejected all my calls before finally answering one. I immediately asked him for help. "Your son is stuck in a fire, Jasper! You need to come and save him!"A cacophony of noise filled the background over the phone. I could hear cheers of congratulations and laughter being exchanged by people.Jasper's voice held a clear hint of irritation as he said, "Noah deserves what he's getting for always picking on his brother. If he's gone, I no longer have to deal with him wasting my money and framing Lucas for theft."Jasper then hung up the call.Everything seemed to turn silent as I gazed at the roaring flames.So Jasper thought it was Noah Green, the son I had with my ex-husband, who'd been c

Yvonne soon changed into a new pair of latex gloves before holding up a sharp scalpel. Its metallic brilliance was projected onto the big screen behind Yvonne.She went to the body and sliced its chest open without hesitation.Yvonne then swiftly removed all the internal organs with a pair of surgical tongs. Crumpled bits of black were tossed onto a tray, dull noises of impact echoing out each time.The reporters carefully recorded Yvonne's thorough demonstration with their high-definition cameras. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, these videos would later serve to torture Yvonne for the rest of her life.Presently, Yvonne was still explaining the process while making delicate and precise movements."Take a look here. Though the ribs are charred, we can see that the seventh rib here is a little different from the rest."She tapped that rib with her tongs."Here, we can see traces of an old bone fracture. Based on the way it's healed, the deceased must've been quite young when t

All the blood drained from Jasper's face as he stared fixedly at the cufflinks in Gabe's hands.Jasper had personally pinned those cufflinks on Lucas' sleeves last year. They were engraved with Lucas' initials—LL. There were no other cufflinks like this one anywhere else in the world.Jasper's body began trembling uncontrollably. His mouth moved, but not a single sound came out.He turned around and stared at the animal feeder again, watching as the white mice tore into the charred bits of flesh.Those charred bits had once been Jasper's beloved son, Lucas."No!" A guttural cry tore from Jasper's throat. He ran toward the feeder and scraped out the charred flesh with his bare hands. "Luke! Oh, Luke!"His fingers were bleeding from the mice's bites, but he seemed not to have noticed at all.Yvonne finally pieced everything together.Signs of an old fracture in the seventh rib. That expensive titanium alloy dental crown. The lack of a pacemaker.Noah needed to wear a pacemaker f

The sound echoed throughout the small house.Yvonne was taken aback by the force of the slap. Her lip had split and was now bleeding.She gaped at Jasper, who had a terrifying look on his face. She found it hard to believe that this was the man who'd been so tender and affectionate with her mere moments ago."Did you just hit me?" Yvonne asked."Hit you? I could kill you right now!" Jasper seemed to have completely lost his sanity. "I lost everything because of you… My life is ruined because of you! How could you betray me like this?"Jasper began violently assaulting Yvonne.Whatever shared affection and promises they'd made to each other before were now nothing more than sharp, painful blades held to each other's necks. The pitiful love they had for one another was torn to shreds in the face of the truth.Yvonne's painful sobs and Jasper's angry cussing rang out from the house. The neighbors swiftly called the police, irritated by the noise.By the time the police barged into

The sounds of Jasper having a conversation with another man rang out."You have to make it look like an accident. Make sure the little bastard dies in there.""Don't worry. I've gotten everything under control. Once the other guys come over, you just need to delay the search-and-rescue team for some time. Not a single bone shard will be left of the kid after."Remember to pay me the remainder after this is done.""I got your back. I'll pay you a nice sum once Yvonne's public lecture goes smoothly."The guests went dead silent. They were shocked by what they'd just heard from the audio recorder.So that fire hadn't been an accident at all. Jasper had single-handedly planned it all out just so he could provide Yvonne with a "specimen" for her public dissection demonstration.It was Noah whom Jasper had intended to kill. But in the end, Jasper ended up taking Lucas' life instead.All the blood drained from Jasper's face, leaving it deathly pale. He stared at me in disbelief, fear