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The laughter inside the house continued, but my head was buzzing.Just moments ago, I was wondering if my wife, Julia Sullivan, would panic after finding out I was terminally ill.That was why I came home early. I wanted to comfort her and calm her down.But instead, I heard all of this.Julia continued, “It’s such a shame about our child. They’ll have to take his last name, Johnson. Just thinking about it makes me sick.”As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed. “Don’t worry. After he dies, I’ll take everything he leaves behind and marry you.”I held onto the doorframe and almost laughed.I had noticed a month ago that Julia would occasionally feel nauseous.She told me her stomach was just upset and told me not to overreact.Looking back, she must have already been pregnant with Caleb Zimmerman’s child at the time.I was about to push the door open and demand an explanation when Caleb’s voice sounded again. “Tristan’s such an idiot. He doesn’t seriously think I introdu

Julia froze for a moment, but she quickly put down her phone and turned to look at me.She stared at me smugly. “Honey, you heard that, right? Your mother will never let you do something so reckless.“If you really dare to make me get rid of this child, she’ll be the first one to stop you!”I ignored her. I walked past her and sat on the couch.She thought I had given in. She let out a sigh of relief, sat down beside me, and started crying. “Honey, I really don’t mind becoming a widow.“What I’m worried about is seeing you suffer during this last month…“How about this? I know the director of a private hospital. They offer home hospice care. Why don’t—”I interrupted her coldly. “Are you trying to get me to choose euthanasia?”She nodded, and her eyes turned teary again. “Yes. I just can’t bear to watch you suffer…“Honey, think about it. Instead of staying in the hospital with tubes in your body and suffering for a month, wouldn’t it be better to leave this world with dignity

The words on the stamp were not the name of a hospital at all. It was “Prank Hospital.”The words were printed a little smaller than usual, but if she had truly cared about my illness, she would have checked the source of the report.Unfortunately, she was so eager for me to die that she did not even bother to look closely.I took a deep breath. “It was a fake medical report made for an April Fools’ prank. You really believed it?“Also, I was the one who told my mom to bring the divorce agreement here. This was my decision.”Julia immediately panicked. “Fake?! It’s fake?! How’s that possible?”Caleb was stunned.My mother suddenly walked up to Julia and slapped her across the face. “Julia, when you begged me to let you marry Tristan, you promised that you would stay by his side through sickness and health!“But now, all Tristan did was joke that he had a terminal illness, and you wanted him to choose euthanasia?“Are you even human?!”The slap sent Julia tumbling to the floor

My mother walked over to them. She pointed at Caleb and Julia. “I’m the one who called the police!“She cheated on my son with him, and they tried to kill him for his money!“Arrest them now!”When Julia and Caleb saw the police officers, they tried to deny everything.I took out my phone and played the audio recording I had made outside the door.“Terminally ill? He’s already dying. Don’t tell me he’s going to waste money on treatment.“That money will be ours sooner or later. Why should he spend it on himself?“No. When he gets home, I’ll tell him I’m pregnant.“He loves me so much. He’ll definitely give up treatment for the baby and me.”Their voices were crystal clear in the recording.The police officers’ expressions turned serious.The people in white coats looked even more panicked than Julia and Caleb.One of them quickly said, “We really didn’t know the report was fake! People in our line of work record videos and audio to protect ourselves!“Look! This is the rec