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8 Kabanata

Chapter 1

By the time I finished cleaning up the mess, it was already noon the next day.Exhausted, I dragged myself home, only to hear Sarah Clarkson's pained screams when I reached the door. She and my husband, Dominic Kane, were childhood sweethearts."God, my head is spinning! My stomach hurts so bad! I'm in so much pain! Please, help me! Do something!"Mixed in with her cries was Dominic's panicked voice. "What happened, Sarah? You were fine just minutes ago!"A bad feeling instantly crept up on me. My heart skipped a beat as I shoved the door open and rushed inside.Sarah's face was deathly pale, and she was leaning weakly against Dominic.He had an arm around her and looked utterly concerned for her well-being. The second he saw me, he exploded. "Look what you've done, Hazel Brown!"Sarah was breathing hard, her eyes full of resentment. "Hazel, why would you do this to me?"I was confused—stunned, even. The next second, I caught sight of the plate of fried mushrooms on the table.

Chapter 2

"Well, if she's poisoned, just take her to the hospital already," I said, pulling out my phone, ready to call an ambulance.Dominic suddenly rushed over and snatched it from my hand. "Drop the act! I want you to apologize to Sarah right now!"Sarah's complexion was worsening by the second, yet she still lifted her chin and looked at me with superiority and arrogance. "Please apologize to me, Hazel. Otherwise, I will call the police!"Seeing that I wasn't reacting, she simply doubled down. "It's just the three of us here, so I'll allow us to handle this privately. As long as you apologize and promise you'll never sell poisonous mushrooms to the public, I'll let this go."But if you won't, I'll report you to the police. Feeding someone poisonous mushrooms is attempted murder, by the way!"Although she was already curled up in pain, her attitude was still just as sharp. I merely smiled indifferently. "I never fed you any mushrooms, so why should I apologize?"Having lived through

Chapter 3

Dominic instinctively stepped back from me, his voice wavering. "What the heck are you talking about? I'm doing this for the sake of our future!"A wry smile tugged at my lips. "For our future, huh? Let's call the police, then."The moment the words left my mouth, sirens grew louder outside. Dominic's eyes widened in disbelief. He was so flustered that cold sweat instantly broke out across his body."You called the police? Are you out of your mind?" he hissed.I ignored him and went outside to meet the officers. Thankfully, I had been cautious enough. The moment I sensed something was wrong, I had already called the police before entering the house."Who made the report?""I did," I replied. "Someone here has been poisoned, and I suspect attempted murder."Before I could even say more, Dominic hurried over to the officers with a forced smile."It's a misunderstanding! Yeah, just a misunderstanding! My wife's talking nonsense. Nobody's been poisoned—I can assure you of that, off

Chapter 4

The officer scrutinized Dominic's expression, clearly suspicious. "Let's stabilize the patient first. Then, we'll talk about everything else after we get to the hospital."Dominic nodded, then flashed me a smug smile, as if he had things under control. I quietly clenched my fists, barely suppressing the excitement bubbling inside me.Soon, we arrived at the hospital.Just as Sarah was about to be wheeled into the emergency room, she suddenly regained consciousness. Her voice was hoarse, but she used the last bit of her strength to accuse me in front of the police."Hazel, why did you feed me mushrooms, knowing they were poisonous? I trusted you! So why did you do this to me?"I looked puzzled. "But based on the timing, my mushrooms were only supposed to mature today. When exactly did I ever give you any?""Look at you, still trying to argue your way out of this!"Dominic charged forward furiously. "I saw you handing Sarah a whole bag of them this morning! I saw it with my eyes!

Chapter 5

The atmosphere instantly became tense.Dominic stood there with his mouth half-open, barely breathing. Meanwhile, to verify my statement, one of the officers called the farm manager, who could confirm my alibi.During that time, Dominic staggered toward me with a deathly pale face. "Hazel, what did you just say?"I stepped closer to him. He was so nervous that I could hear his frantic heartbeat."Didn't you hear what I just said? I burned down all the mushrooms in my greenhouse. I don't have any mushrooms left. The mushrooms Sarah ate today were your mother's."With that, his legs gave out, and he dropped straight to his knees. He shook his head desperately. "N-No… That's impossible!"I smiled faintly. "The police will tell us whether that's possible soon enough."Every year after planting season, I would leave a portion of mushroom spores for my mother-in-law, Sophia Miller. This year had been no different.Who could've guessed that she had ended up taking the poisonous batch?

Chapter 6

Dominic shouted hysterically that it was impossible, then collapsed weakly to the floor. His eyes were bloodshot."No way. Your test results are wrong! How could this have anything to do with my mom? There's no freaking way!"The officer frowned. "Are you questioning the results of our investigation?"I quietly stepped aside and watched Dominic, who looked as though he was on the verge of collapse.Just as the police were preparing to detain someone, Sophia arrived… with company. Sarah's mother, Mrs. Clarkson, was right behind her.When Sophia saw me, she raised her hand without a word. "You shameless bitch! Why did you hurt Sarah?"Unfortunately for her, the slap never landed. I grabbed her wrist midair and shoved her hard enough that she stumbled straight to the ground. "How dare you lay a hand on me?"Behind her, Mrs. Clarkson's face twisted with rage. "You bitch! You poisoned my daughter! I'll kill you for this!"This time, the police reacted quickly enough and stopped them

Chapter 7

In an instant, the color drained from Mrs. Clarkson's face. She shoved Dominic aside and rushed toward the doctor. "What did you just say?"Desperate and unable to accept the news, she grabbed onto the doctor's sleeve. "What the hell did you just say? What happened to my daughter?"The doctor lowered his head with regret. "I'm sorry. We did our best. If she had been brought in even ten minutes earlier, the outcome could've been different.""No! How could this happen?" Mrs. Clarkson screamed in agony. "How could she die? Dominic!"She charged toward Dominic hysterically and grabbed him by the collar. "You said she was only pretending to be poisoned! How the hell did this happen?"Slap after slap landed across his face. Watching this scene, Sophia was heartbroken for her son. "Enough! Stop hitting him! This wasn't his fault!"Her words only added fuel to the fire. Mrs. Clarkson instantly found a new target and lunged at her."It was you! You fed my Sarah those deadly mushrooms! Yo

Chapter 8

After leaving the police station, I immediately started the divorce process.Sophia was officially arrested for attempted murder, and naturally, Dominic couldn't escape accountability either.Sarah was pronounced dead, and her body was cremated three days later. On the surface, it looked like everything had come to an end, but Mrs. Clarkson still hated me to the bone.In her eyes, Sarah's death was my fault. So, she wrote a long accusatory post online and blasted it across social media. It was similar to what happened in my previous life, though not exactly.In my previous life, Sarah accused me of selling poisonous mushrooms. This time, Mrs. Clarkson accused me of indirectly causing Sarah's death.She conveniently skipped over all the truth and details of what actually transpired. Instead, she told the public that I was so jealous of Sarah's friendship with Dominic that I set up a trap to kill her.Those ignorant of the truth quickly turned against me. They dug up all my persona

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