Lahat ng Kabanata ng What Was Buried That Night: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

"This is what your mom gets for breaking into someone else's house!"I froze on the spot, my whole body going stiff. I snapped my head up and stared across the room. My mom, Amy Wallace, was sitting there calmly, sipping coconut water like nothing had happened.Frowning, I looked closely at the bloody photo on my phone. When I saw the details clearly, my heart skipped a beat.Wait… wasn't that my mother-in-law?Rage exploded in my chest. I immediately dialed Linda Rogers."Linda, have you lost your mind? The woman in that picture is my husband's mother!"On the other end, she let out an icy laugh, completely unfazed."Mr. Smith said it himself. Your mom is your mom. His mom is his mom. He's never considered your poor excuse of a mother part of the family."Then the crazy woman hung up on me.That involved a human life. I did not dare waste even a second. While frantically booking a return flight and rushing toward the airport, I called Nash Smith."Nash, something terrible ha

Shirley crossed her arms and lifted her chin, looking down at me like she was some kind of judge. She let out an icy snort."Jeannie, your mom brought this on herself. Don't try that pathetic act in front of me, blaming everything on Linda." She paused impatiently, then jerked her chin forward. "Just sign it. Stop wasting time."The two of them stood there like they were handing down a sentence, waiting for me to bow my head and obey.I did not even bother looking up. I casually pushed the stack of papers back toward them, my tone as calm as if we were talking about the weather."I'm not qualified to sign that. You should keep it for yourselves."Nash's voice shot up instantly when he saw I was not giving in. It turned dark and threatening."Jeannie, don't push your luck.”"Someone like your mom, living on the edge of society, what value does she even have? She just takes up space. Linda is young, with a bright future ahead of her. Are you really going to drag her whole life int

Amy was completely thrown off by Nash's nonsense. She frowned and stared at him like he was some kind of alien."Hey, what did you take? Did you hit your head or something?”"I'm standing right here, alive and kicking. Who are you saying is dead?”"I just got off a long flight and rushed over. Sure, my back's a little sore, but I'm nowhere near meeting God yet."Seeing that Amy was perfectly fine with not even a single hair out of place, Shirley froze on the spot. She narrowed her eyes at Amy and immediately switched into interrogation mode."You're sure you just came from the airport?”"You didn't sneak into this villa around noon?"Amy looked at her like she was joking. "Noon? I was sunbathing at San Aria Bay at noon. What, did I teleport here?"As she talked, she whipped out her boarding pass and flaunted it, revealing the departure and arrival times.That was the tipping point.The entire crowd fell silent, and the vibe turned tense and uncomfortable in an instant."What

He had forgotten.Back then, he was the one who begged me to quit my job and stay home to prepare for pregnancy. Then, all he did was look down on me for being out of touch with society, saying I could not compare to Linda, that slick workplace siren who "understood him."He had long since forgotten how he once stood in front of Amy, thanking her over and over, swearing he would repay our whole family for the rest of his life.Then, all he did was accuse me of being petty. He even thought Amy getting beaten was completely justified.He had forgotten the promise he once made to stand by me, no matter what came.Then, all it took was a few whispers from Linda, and he would unleash a storm of cruel words at me.The memories came crashing in like a rising tide, salty and bitter, then receding just as swiftly.I stared at the man in front of me, the one who was going all out to protect his mistress while tearing me down, and I could not connect him to the passionate, sincere boy I on

Watching the siblings go all out to defend the woman who had killed their own mother while attacking me, I felt nothing but a deep, bitter sense of absurdity."I just hope that when the truth finally comes out, you two can still stand by Linda like this."Nash let out a scoff, the disdain on his face almost overflowing."The truth?”"The truth is that you're so jealous you can't stand seeing Linda doing well. So, you hired some extras to come here and put on a show. Now things got out of control, and someone died, and you're trying to dump the blame on Linda. You even made up this ridiculous lie about my mom being dead to distract everyone!”"Jeannie, I must have been blind to fall for someone like you, someone who just makes things up nonstop!"After throwing that out, he angrily started dialing his phone again, shouting into it the moment it connected."Use every connection we have and figure this out! What's going on with my mom's flight?”"Why hasn't she shown up yet? What