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My calm counterquestion left everyone at the scene utterly stunned.
Jacob’s face paled with panic as he stammered, “W–What do you mean, hiring a hitman?”
“You’re still trying to falsely accuse us at this point?”
Margaret frowned and said, “Emily, we don’t expect you to understand our good intentions.”
“But you don’t have to slander us like this!”
“We’ve been honest and decent people our whole lives. We’ve never done anything immoral.”
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“And now, you’re publicly smearing us like this? Are you trying to push us into a corner?”
George scoffed coldly, his tone full of anger.
“I see you for what you really are now- you’re an ungrateful wretch!”
“We were blind to have ever cared about
you!”
“If you want to clear your name, go ahead, but don’t drag us through the mud!”
“Not everyone is as heartless as you!”
“I believe the people here have eyes to see the truth. They won’t just take your word for it.”
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Spurred on by George’s words, the hesitant crowd quickly hardened their stance.
“That’s right! There’s no proof–we’re not going to believe a heartless woman like you.”
“What kind of person ignores their own child? Nothing she says can be trusted!”
“She let her own son die and now she’s trying to frame her husband and in–laws? She’s the one who truly deserves to die!”
Even the livestream chat was flooded with accusations, calling me a liar and saying they had recorded evidence of my defamation to press charges against me.
Seeing that public opinion was completely on their side, Jacob and his parents exchanged a barely noticeable look of satisfaction.
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But at that moment, a large group of police. officers stormed in.
“We received a report of an attempted murder,” one of them announced.
I stepped forward and said firmly, “I made the report.”
Then, I pointed at Jacob and his parents.
“These three hired a hitman to run me over for the insurance payout.”
I explained the full story to the police and handed over the evidence proving their crime.
Jacob and his parents, who had just been smugly enjoying their moment of triumph, suddenly looked stricken with panic.
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The spectators and livestream viewers, who had been so sure of their judgment, now hesitated. Their expressions grew complicated as they reexamined the situation.
The police officer reviewing the evidence frowned in confusion.
“If your husband isn’t their biological son,” he asked, “then why would all three of them treat you well for so many years, only to suddenly try to kill you for insurance money now?”
“What were they after all this time?”
It wasn’t just the police–everyone was baffled.
If Jacob and his parents wanted me dead,
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why had they waited so long?
Under the weight of everyone’s questioning gazes, I spoke calmly.
“Because my in–laws have a daughter who has been bedridden with a severe illness for years.”
“Recently, a treatment became available that could cure her.”
“But it requires an enormous amount of money.”
“So, they set their sights on me–if they killed me, they could claim my insurance payout, save their daughter, and reunite their family.”
A wave of realization swept through the crowd.
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“They have a biological daughter?”
“If that’s true, then these two aren’t as kind as they seemed.”
“Yeah… They were willing to sacrifice someone else’s life to save their own daughter.”
Even the livestream chat exploded with shock at the unexpected twist.
Jacob and his parents stared at me, completely dumbfounded.
They never expected me to know about their
secret.
After all, they had hidden their daughter well all these years.
Still, Jacob quickly composed himself and
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retorted, “Even if everything you said is true…”
“What does that have to do with you refusing to save our son?”
“Is that your excuse for being a cruel mother?”
I chuckled coldly at his audacity.
“Our son?”
“Jacob, don’t you feel guilty saying that?”
“You always claimed you had health issues and pushed me to undergo artificial insemination.”
“But in reality, what you wanted was for me to be a surrogate for you and their sick daughter, wasn’t it?”
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Jacob’s eyes widened in feigned shock.
“W–What nonsense are you talking about?”
“I may not be their biological son, but they’ve always treated me like one!”
“I would never do something like that!”
I scoffed.
“Drop the act.”
“That ‘son‘ you talk about was just a cover story.”
“In reality, you and their daughter grew up together as childhood sweethearts.”
“When she got sick, you moved into their home, living with them, taking care of her,
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staying by her side.”
“And me? I was just a pawn–a smokescreen to cover up your real relationship.”
“You only married me to use me as a tool to have children for you two, didn’t you?”
The entire venue fell into stunned silence once again.
The livestream chat exploded:
“Whoa… So that’s the truth?! These three really are scumbags!”
“Using someone just to have kids was bad enough, but now they even want to kill her for insurance money? That’s beyond disgusting.”
“I can’t believe I was defending them earlier.
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This is terrifying.”
“Yeah, they almost turned all of us into accomplices in their scheme!”
As furious glares bore into him, Jacob gritted his teeth and asked, “So… you knew all of this from the start? Is that why you deliberately let Ethan die?”
I shrugged indifferently. “That’s right.”
Jacob exploded with rage.
“You bitch! You let my–Sophia’s–son die on purpose!”
“I’m going to kill you!”
He lunged at me in a frenzy.
But the police were faster. They pinned him.
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down on the spot.
Restrained on the ground, Jacob glared at me with pure hatred.
“Emily, you heartless woman! You knew Ethan wasn’t your biological son, yet you still let him die!”
“You call yourself a doctor?”
“You’re nothing but a murderer! You’ll be cursed for life!”
“You deserve to die more than any of us!”
I smiled serenely.
“Who said I’m a murderer?”
As soon as I finished speaking, the boy lying on the stretcher suddenly sat up.
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Completely unharmed, he got to his feet.
Wiping the fake blood off his face, he flashed a bright smile and ran over to hug me.
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