“The fortune teller said the baby you’re carrying is a reincarnated emperor. Our family’s going to be rich.”
Isobel beamed, patting her slightly rounded belly as she and Dana went shopping for clothes.
The
memory ended.
I was in tears.
The audience fell silent, waiting for my final words.
I said, “All my life, I’ve tried to do right to everyone. Yet I was repaid with cruelty.
“This trial reopened old wounds, but I think it was worth it.
“They lost my son, and those who knew the truth told me he was dead. But I’ve never given up hope. My son should be eight years old now. They said they left him in the woods near Sugas.
“He has a red birthmark on his stomach. That’s how I knew Billy wasn’t my child. I just want to see my son again. I dream about him every night.”
By the time I finished, the audience was tearing up.
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By the time I finished, the audience was tearing up.
Some were sobbing quietly &
*Jake and his family are monsters.”
“We were wrong about Elena. Jake’s the real criminal.”
*Jake and his family deserve to rot.”
“And that mistress and her son? Don’t let them get away either.“N
The crowd was on the verge of a riot.
People were throwing shoes, shouting curses, and wishing death upon Jake’s entire family.
Jake turned pale, his mouth opening and closing. He tried to protest, but his voice was drowned out by the roar of the crowd.!!
Dana collapsed on the floor, trembling in terror.
Nicole looked like she was ready to bolt, but the guards wouldn’t let her go.”
When the shoes started flying, she held Billy up as a human shield.
He cried in pain, then turned and bit her on the neck.
“Ahh!”
She screamed.
Blood spurted from the wound.}
The courtroom was a chaotic mess.}
The audience was hitting the roof.
The judge had to call for order, directing the injured to be taken away.
Then, she delivered the final verdict.
I was declared innocent.
Jake was ordered to divorce me, leave me with nothing, and compensate me for emotional damages, totaling a whopping five million
dollars.
His other charges, including attempted murder, would be handled in a separate trial.
Jake’s life was effectively over.
He collapsed, sobbing uncontrollably.
“Why? Why would you do this?}
“Judge, did she bribe you? Leaving with nothing is bad enough, but why do I have to pay her five million? You might as well kill me now.“}]
The audience cheered.
“Serves him right, that scumbag.”
“Only five million? He should be castrated and thrown in prison for life.”>
“Someone, get this trending. Let everyone know what a pig Jake is.”
Jake, realizing he had no way out, immediately yielded.
He begged me for forgiveness.}
“Elena, please, I’m begging you.”
“It was al! Isobel’s idea. I’ve always loved you.”
“She’s the one who should pay. She was a prostitute before. She can sell herself again to make the money.”
“I swear I’ll dump her the minute we get home. I’ll love you for the rest of my life.“”
Before he could finish, a furious scream rang out from the back of the courtroom.
“Jake, you bastard. I’ll kill you.“@
Isobel, disheveled and wild–eyed, charged at him with a knife.”
Before anyone could react, she plunged it into his stomach.
He screamed like a slaughtered pig.
I stood there, watching the blood spill. Isobel had disguised herself as a member of the jury.}]
Jake’s betrayal had pushed her over the edge.
Now, the courtroom was in chaos, with people screaming and scrambling.
But inside, I felt strangely calm.
This was karma, pure and simple.
After the courtroom emptied, the world went quiet once again.”
Jake was stabbed in a vital area by Isobel, and despite the doctors‘ best efforts, he didn’t make it.”
Isobel was sentenced to life in prison. She had tried to apply for house arrest, claiming her pregnancy as grounds for leniency, but before a decision was made, she had a miscarriage.}}
After Jake’s death, his debt to me had to be repaid. They sold off most of his assets, but the remaining balance was left to his mother
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Jake was stabbed in a vital area by Isobel, and despite the doctors best efforts, he didn’t make it.”
Isobel was sentenced to life in prison. She had tried to apply for house arrest, claiming her pregnancy as grounds for leniency, but before a decision was made, she had a miscarriage.
After Jake’s death, his debt to me had to be repaid. They sold off most of his assets, but the remaining balance was left to his mother and sister to settle.§
Unwilling to face the responsibility, Nicole fled, leaving Dana alone to deal with the aftermath.
Dana was left with no choice but to pay me back little by little with her meager retirement pension. To make matters worse, she was
diagnosed with cancer. Her days were numbered.§
As for Billy, he remained in Dana’s care.
She clung to the belief that as long as the Morris family had an heir, their legacy would live on.
But Billy was growing more and more out of control.
Without my guidance, his living conditions deteriorated rapidly. His violent temper only got worse, and he started lashing out at Dana. But she swallowed it all, biting down her pain and accepting her fate.§
After all, these were the consequences of her own choices.
Meanwhite, my life had finally gotten back on track.§
Thad money and a thriving career. I’d renovated my home, erasing every trace of that family from my life.
It was around this time that a journalist came to interview me.
jagreed to speak with them.
“Why did you stay married to Jake for so long when you knew there were so many problems with his family?” the journalist asked. I didn’t look like someone who wouldn’t put up with all that for so long.
I smiled faintly.
“I was looking for my son,” I replied.
My real son.
The truth was, the moment I first saw Billy, right after I’d given birth and briefly lost consciousness, my vision had been a bit blurry.
But even then, I knew immediately that he wasn’t my child.}
My son had been born with pale, smooth skin.
Billy already had a head full of hair. He was clearly a few months old.
But the clinic where I had delivered was one that Jake had chosen. It was a shady place, and I suspected that everyone there had already been bribed.
So, I kept quiet. I knew they would never reveal what had happened to my son.
Later, I questioned the doctor, but she told me the child had been abandoned long ago.
That was why I chose to fight in the country’s most influential Moral Tribunal Court.
I needed my case and my search for my son to be seen by everyone.”
Thankfully, luck was on my side.
The court’s massive influence stirred many kindhearted people to aid in the search for my son.
Eventually, he was found at a nearby orphanage.
Eight years ago, a good Samaritan found my son and brought him to the orphanage, where he had grown up, healthy and happy.
The trial had been live–streamed, and my son, in that orphanage, had seen it all unfold.§
A bond like ours could never be broken.
I turned toward the door and beckoned with my hand.
My son came running in, straight into my arms and greeted the journalist with polite warmth.
His fair face still held the innocence of childhood, but his eyes were clear and bright.
The journalist gasped, saying he looked just like me.
I smiled and named my son Noah Mann.
I hoped his life would always be smooth and peaceful.
