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“Gertrude, isn’t this too unfair for Lucius? He’s my husband and your son.”Their voices were really soft behind the door, but they may as well be screaming into my ear. “Jacob is somewhat of a son to me too. After we lost my sister, he has been wandering about without a roof over his head. Life hasn’t been fair for him either. Wendy, I know that you’re a kind soul, but Jacob’s the most pitiful one here. “Lucius had everything growing up, and Jacob only has us now.”It was silent for a long while before Wendy Jones, my wife, sighed in resignation. “You’re right. We’ve already agreed to give Jacob Lucius’ shares in the company. We can’t go back on our promise.”“But Lucius is my husband, and he’s still young. Could he accept being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life? If he learns that we’re the ones who asked those people to break his spine, would he—”My mother immediately interrupted Wendy with a choked-up voice.“I have no other choice. Lucius is outstanding. If he d

“Lucius, I told you before to stop fighting with me over everything! Look, you ruined the rest of your life, and you can’t even find your daughter. “The most important women in your life believe in whatever I say. You can’t possibly win against me. I’m telling you now, I’m getting the Stane family’s fortune.”I gritted my teeth tightly and trembled violently in rage.“Jacob, you’ll pay for this. You better hope that you can keep up your act, because my mother hates people lying to her the most. How long do you think you can keep this up?”But I was not a threat to Jacob at all in my crippled state. He suddenly came up to me, grabbed the knife from the fruit basket, and placed it in my hand. He sneered.“Have you forgotten who crippled you? Your beloved family are the ones who hired people to smash your spine. “The photos of you being beaten until you’re all bloodied are still saved in your mother’s phone! Do you think they’d believe in me or you?”Before I could register wha

The guests all thought that this was just a party trick and got to their feet while cheering. It made my mind return to that bloody day. Those nobles acted exactly like these guests. They kept clapping and paying for more. Only Wendy and my mother were stunned. There was only a corpse in the vase. A few months had passed, and the face had started rotting, but they could still see that it was Rebecca. “Rebecca! Darling!” Wendy covered her eyes with her hands as she screamed in disbelief. All the guests watched them in puzzlement. My mother was so shocked that she started swaying and fell into her chair. She did not dare look at the girl on the stage and refused to believe that her granddaughter had been stuffed into a vase. Since my legs were useless, I could only crawl on my hands to the stage.“Rebecca, I’m here. I’ll bring you home…”The ones watching finally realized that something was off, and they sighed with emotion. Since my elbows were scratching against t

“Aunty Gertrude, Wendy, what we need to do now is to cremate Rebecca. She’s already so rotten…”Suddenly, Jacob said these things, causing Wendy to nod in silence. But I knew that once Rebecca was cremated and her funeral ended, these people would still live as free people. I held Rebecca tightly and glared at them coldly. “You have no right to touch her.”After calming down again, Gertrude started trying to persuade me to let go. “Lucius, Rebecca needs to be cremated. It’s hot, and she’s going to rot even worse. “Everyone knows that a dead body appeared in Jacob’s promotion party now. He’s the one who’ll be affected by this.”I met her gaze squarely.“You’re no longer even trying to hide it, aren’t you? You’re just worried that Jacob will be impacted by this, and you won’t even tell the truth? I’m your real son here.”Gertrude was in a bit of a daze as she kept looking between me and Jacob. Jacob was her sister’s only son. After her sister passed away in an accident, she

Someone quickly sent Gertrude to the hospital. After learning about the truth, Wendy stayed rooted to the floor, like she had her soul sucked out. Then, she fell to her knees and held Rebecca’s body as she cried. “Rebecca, I’m sorry! It’s all my fault!”The guests also called the police. “Jacob is in the wrong, but you’re horrible people too!”“You killed your daughter, Wendy, and Gertrude killed her own granddaughter! You’re all utterly insane.”When Jacob noticed that things were going south for him, he broke free of the people pinning him down and fled. I could not chase after him, but Wendy wiped her tears and comforted me. “Don’t worry. He won’t escape.“Lucius, I never expected things to turn out this way. I’m sorry…”But even she knew that her apology alone would not earn my forgiveness. I had been married to Wendy for five years. With Rebecca around, we were originally a happy family. But Jacob ruined everything. “Rebecca died, and I’m crippled. Do you really