Later, Dad learned he’d become sterile. Hector was his only son, so he stopped trying to get rid of him.
He wasn’t cut out for business, so he made countless losses over the years. That was why he wanted Mom’s inheritance.
He knew he couldn’t get rid of me, but the money would go to him, Lisa, and Jennifer once I married a man who loved Jennifer and had his child.
Jennifer wasn’t a saint, either. Dad and Lisa had sent her abroad in hopes that she could latch onto an affluent heir there. It was too bad she’d only ended up infertile after being played by one too many men.
She had no choice but to pretend to have lung cancer to trick Benjamin into marrying me and having a child with
- me.
They didn’t expect Benjamin to stumble upon the truth, though.
Gwen told me that Benjamin had lost his mind after I’d disappeared on our wedding day six months ago. He’d beaten Jennifer up and rendered her unconscious, even going so far as to disfigure her.
Dad and Lisa clamored about wanting to have him thrown behind bars. Unfortunately for them, he went straight
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to the police with evidence of the falsified accounts and bribes Dad had made over the years. He also revealed that Dad was the one who’d suggested he excavate the area around the old settlement for his and Jennifer’s wedding Dad had conspired with a local shrewd businessman on the excavation, wanting to take the opportunity to secretly mine in the area.
Dad had been scared out of his wits by this and had immediately fled, leaving Lisa and Jennifer to fend for themselves.
Lisa had always bragged to Mom about being Dad’s true love. She was furious and panicked when she woke up one morning to see that Dad had emptied the villa of everything, leaving her with nothing.
