Semua Bab My Wife Killed Her Parents: Bab 1 - Bab 9

Vivian Gardner clicked her tongue in irritation. "Ezekiel Stevens, are you deaf?!"She snatched a printed "Food Safety Liability Waiver" from her assistant's hand and slammed it down in front of me. "Sign it now! Tyler's sensitive, so don't scare him!"The apprentice in her arms, Tyler Lambert, was trembling.He stole a glance at me, then said in a pitiful, tearful voice, "Vivian, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have tried to impress them. I'll take full responsibility, even if it means getting on my knees and begging for forgiveness."Vivian immediately covered his mouth tenderly, showing a gentleness I never saw from her before."Don't say that! This has nothing to do with you. It's their own weak stomachs! Besides, unlike normal oysters, these oysters are high-end ingredients. It's normal for country folks like them not to be used to it."I pointed at my in-laws, Melvin Gardner and Sharon Murphy, who were now convulsing on the table, and said slowly and deliberately, "Vivian, t

I handled Melvin and Sharon's funeral arrangements all by myself. I contacted the funeral home, ran through all the tedious paperwork, ordered the urns, and scheduled the cremation.Throughout the entire process, Vivian did not call once. It was as if the deceased were just strangers who had nothing to do with her.However, she posted something on her social media. It was a photo of her and Tyler at an upscale bar, with the caption: [Taking out the trash and welcoming a new beginning.]At the crematorium, we already reached the stage where the bodies were about to be cremated.Just then, Vivian showed up with Tyler and a few of her kitchen staff. She was wearing an expensive Chanel suit with flawless makeup, completely out of place with the solemn, sorrowful atmosphere.She walked straight up to me and slammed a document in my face. "Sign it."The paper cut my cheek, bringing a sharp sting. I picked it up and saw it was a divorce agreement.The terms were outrageously harsh: I h

Vivian's wild laughter froze on her face. She looked at Felix in disbelief, then mechanically turned around and rushed toward the two damaged headstones. She frantically wiped the dog urine off the headstone with her Chanel sleeve.Finally, she saw the inscription clearly: [Melvin Gardner] and [Sharon Murphy], along with the photos of her parents."No! That's impossible!" She muttered to herself, her face turning deathly pale.She whipped around and lunged at me like a madwoman, grabbing my collar tightly. "Weren't those your parents?! Weren't they supposed to be those two hicks from your hometown?! How did they become my parents? Ezekiel, tell me!"She screamed hysterically. Even the dogs that were running wild moments ago cowered on the ground, too scared to move.I stared at her calmly and replied word by word, "Six months ago, my dad died from a heart attack, and my mom couldn't handle the shock and became bedridden. I went back home to handle the funeral and took two weeks of

I understood immediately what was going on.Tyler acted weird the whole time. He orchestrated this entire tragedy from the restaurant table to the graveyard.And now Vivian knew it too.That deathly calm in her voice over the phone terrified me more than any heart-wrenching screaming could. I immediately pulled up the investigating officer's number and dialed with trembling fingers.As soon as the call connected, I shouted frantically, "Officer! Something's wrong with Vivian! She might be in danger! She just called me."The officer cut me off, his voice even more urgent than mine. "It's too late! We just got a call informing us that there's been a murder at Cloud Nine! We're heading there now!"I felt like I was struck by lightning, my mind going completely blank.I hung up and rushed downstairs like a madman, driving at top speed toward Cloud Nine.When I arrived, the restaurant entrance was already cordoned off with long strips of police tape. I contacted the officer I just s

I held that heavy will in my hands, unable to say a word.The simple, kind faces of Melvin and Sharon kept flashing clearly in my mind again. They were always thinking of me, and their care for me was no less than what they had for their own daughter.It was a massive sum of money. I accepted the will, but I did not plan to keep the money for myself. Instead of boarding my flight home, I bought a ticket to Melvin and Sharon's hometown.In Melvin and Sharon's name, I donated the entire fortune to the small town where they lived their whole lives. I signed an agreement with the town government specifying that the funds must be used exclusively for education.The town government used the money to renovate and expand the town's only elementary school.They also built a modern library and named it "Goodwill Library." On the day the construction was completed, the town erected a memorial archway in honor of Melvin and Sharon to commemorate their charitable act.Standing beneath the arc