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But I couldn't accept it.I refused to accept it.All because of their laughable obsession with avoiding the suspicion of favoritism, I was going to be burned alive.The agony made my entire body convulse uncontrollably.I bit down hard on my lower lip and tremblingly pulled out my phone.All I needed was a video, even one that lasted just a few seconds, and it would prove I wasn't lying.However, I never imagined that my own mother would cut off my last chance of survival.“Tamara, the command center isn't a tool for you to throw tantrums with.“To stop you from acting so irresponsibly again, I've remotely disabled your phone. Stay in the safe zone like a good girl. When it's time to rescue you, we'll come.”My breath caught in an instant.“Tammy, how are you? Are you okay?”Outside the door, Austin still hadn't given up.I hurriedly opened my mouth to answer, but my throat was so badly burned that I couldn't make a sound.I took a deep breath and forced myself to stay ca

The fire was finally extinguished.Mom calmly and methodically handled the aftermath while Henry was directing emergency vehicles across the city to clear a path for Amelia.James was in the emergency department of a central-city hospital, registering Amelia and paying her medical bills.He'd even pulled every string he could to secure the city's top respiratory specialists.Meanwhile, I had already died inside the burning building, along with the baby I had been carrying for two months. All signs of life had left me.Things hadn't always been this way, though. Growing up, I'd once been the apple of their eyes.Then an orphan with no parents moved into next door, and everything changed.Mom was always praising Amelia with pity in her eyes.“She's been dealt such a cruel hand in life, yet she's still strong and sensible.”Whenever I complained about their favoritism, Henry would frown and scold me.“Amelia has already suffered enough. Can you stop being so selfish?”Even Ja

The video played on a loop in the living room. The footage wasn't particularly clear, but it was more than enough for everyone to see exactly what had happened.In the hallway engulfed in flames, I desperately smashed my way out of the closet.Amelia had already been so terrified by the scene before her that she was sobbing uncontrollably.“Help me! Somebody, please help me!”The moment the heavy object began to topple, I instinctively reached out, desperately trying to pull her out of the way.But a cruel, calculating glint flashed through her eyes.While I was completely off guard, she shoved me backward without the slightest hesitation.“No! This isn't real!”Amelia rushed in from outside in a panic, trying to snatch the remote control.“Henry! Mrs. Smyth! Please believe me! This isn't real!”Mom stared at her in disbelief.“Amelia, weren't you having an asthma attack at the hospital?”Henry clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He stared at the f

The case was solved much faster than anyone had expected.Amelia's cousin confessed everything on the third day after he was taken into custody.Slumped in the interrogation chair, he wept uncontrollably, insisting that he'd had no choice. Amelia had told him to use the cheapest materials.“After all, the Smyths were rich. Nothing could possibly go wrong.”The noncompliant polyurethane insulation, the substandard electrical wiring, and the fireproof coating had been cut back to the bare minimum.Every violation was documented in black and white, with irrefutable evidence to back it up.Amelia had no way to defend herself.She tried to pin all the blame on her cousin, claiming she was innocent and knew nothing about what he'd done. However, when the police recovered their chat history from her phone, she finally fell silent.In those logs, she had made her intentions crystal clear. "Cut corners wherever you can. Why not keep the money for ourselves? Just make sure Tamara doesn