บททั้งหมดของ My Sister-in-Law Tampered With the Wrong Car: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

At 8:40 p.m., the sound of a bowl smashing on the floor came from the next room.I was scrolling through my phone in my own room when I paused for a moment.My sister-in-law Sophia Jensen's voice rose in stages, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on."Jacob, what kind of man are you?"My older brother Jacob Kerr's voice was then muffled behind the wall, impossible to hear clearly.The door was suddenly pulled open. Sophia wiped her tears as she crossed the living room and turned into the storage room.I stood up.I tapped on the video recorder icon on my phone and aimed the camera at the storage room door.Sophia came out carrying a hammer as the corners of her mouth tightened like a string pulled taut.Without saying a word, she headed straight downstairs.I followed her quietly.The lights in the underground parking garage flickered on and then off.She bent over and checked the license plates one car at a time.When she reached a white Tesla, she stopped.The licen

That evening, Sophia's family showed up.Her parents, Simon and Sasha, along with two male cousins and her third aunt filled an entire sofa.Sophia sat off to one side, sobbing quietly, her eyes as red as a rabbit's.Sasha crossed one leg over the other."Sophia has never had to put up with this kind of bad treatment in her life. Now that she's married into your family, she's being berated to her face."Simon smoked, flicking his ashes onto the floor of my home."Some people never start their own families. They just keep mooching off their parents and spend every day eyeing their older brother and sister-in-law's property."If you can't raise your son properly, send him over to me. I'll discipline him myself. One beating a day, and all his problems will disappear."My parents smiled ingratiatingly and swore on their lives."Riley will definitely move out this year. We won't let him disturb Jacob and Sophia's lives anymore."Early the next morning, I called a tow truck and had

Mom was the first to react. She rushed over and grabbed Sophia by the arm."What did you just say? What did you do?"Sophia's lips trembled, but she couldn't get a single word out.Dad threw his jacket onto the sofa and shouted, "Let's go to the hospital first!"I grabbed my car keys and phone and followed them out.No one spoke during the drive. Mom wiped away tears in the front passenger seat. Sophia huddled in the back, twisting her hands together until her knuckles turned white.I glanced at her in the rearview mirror. She happened to look up at the same moment and met my gaze. Then she quickly lowered her head again.The lights in the ER hallway were blinding.When Jacob was wheeled in, the medical staff's white coats were covered in blood.We waited on the plastic chairs in the hallway. They were connected in a row, and the hard seats were ice-cold.Mom kept repeating Jacob's name. As she went on, she eventually broke down in tears.Sophia sat at the far end, saying no

The search history on Sophia's phone was only the beginning.Days later, the investigation had a breakthrough.The police retrieved the chat history between Sophia and her family, with the earliest message dated back three years.Sasha had sent Sophia messages.[Riley has money, and he's even bought insurance for himself. If he dies, the payout will be substantial.][He's already this old and still hasn't started a family. What is he planning? To compete with you for the family property?]I read those messages three times.Then I put down my phone and sat in the hospital hallway, motionless for a long time.People came and went around me. None of them knew that, in my mind, I had finally closed the case on something that had happened years ago.My parents found out the next day when the police informed my family of the situation.After listening, Mom leaned against the wall and slowly slid down.Dad stood beside her, his lips trembling. He couldn't utter a word.After a lon

The case dragged on for five months.Sophia was formally charged with attempted murder, with me as her intended victim. She had tampered with Jacob's car, but I was the one she had been targeting.The brake failure had caused serious injuries to one person.The prosecution charged her with attempted murder and intentional infliction of bodily harm.I attended the trial.Sophia had lost a lot of weight. Her hair was cut short, and she sat in the defendant's seat.When she saw me, her lips moved slightly. Meanwhile, Sasha sat in the gallery, wiping away tears throughout the proceedings.During the trial, the prosecution presented the evidence one piece at a time.Three sets of surveillance footage. Records of the incidents of car vandalism. The parking-space layout.The search history on her phone.Jacob's medical assessment, which documented his serious injuries, including permanent impairment of his right leg.The prosecution also read aloud the messages she'd exchanged with