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My relationship with my father–in–law wasn’t very good, but it wasn’t as bad as my relationship with Victoria either.
But after hearing Isabella’s words, he actually turned to me and said, “What’s wrong with you? What kind of ability is it to bully their mother and son, who are orphans and widows, every day instead of staying at home properly?
Before I could say anything, Isabella spoke up. “She wants to take my house away.”
I said, “How can this be your house? The court has already ruled that you should move out.”
The more my father–in–law listened, the more confused he became. So Isabella tearfully and exaggeratedly told him the whole story.
My father–in–law got angry. “This is my son’s house. He can give it to whoever he wants. Why do you want to take it back?”
I used to think that only Victoria was unreasonable, but I didn’t expect that my father–in–law could be even more unreasonable and shameless.
Fortunately, I wasn’t afraid of him at all.
I rolled my eyes and said, “This house was bought after I got married to Ethan. It belongs to our joint property after marriage. He gave this house to her without my consent, and I have the right to get it back. The court has also awarded it to me. What’s the use of you saying you don’t agree? If necessary, we can have another lawsuit.”
My father–in–law was intimidated by me like this.
Isabella looked at my father–in–law pitifully and said, “Dad, I have no money. And if I return the money and the house to her, how will Zach and I live?”
My father–in–law thought for a while and then spread his hands to me. “How much money is it? I’ll pay it for her.”
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money is it? I’ll pay it for her.”
I was very surprised when I heard this. I took out the transaction records from my bag.
My father–in–law looked through the pages one by one, and finally, his face turned livid. “Gina, are you crazy from poverty? You even included a one–dollar bottle of mineral water in
it.”
I also felt wronged and said, “Even a small fly is still meat. All this money is my hard–earned money.”
After my father–in–law finished looking at those transaction records, he directly threw them to his secretary. “Transfer the money to her later.”
I quickly thanked him, “Thank you, Dad.”
“Ethan is dead. Don’t call me Dad.”
“Okay, thank you, Uncle.”
My father–in–law looked at Isabella and said to her, “Move to my place today and return
this house to her.”
Isabella wanted to say something more, but my father–in–law glanced at her and said
very domineeringly, “My place is much better than here. Zach is my real grandson. Even if the law doesn’t recognize him, I do. He will definitely be named in my will.”
Isabella thought about it and obediently made room for me.
She wasn’t stupid. After all, my father–in–law’s property was several times that of Ethan’s.
Watching her happily move those things onto the car, I kindly reminded her, “Isabella, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. I advise you to think carefully before moving there.”
Isabella’s mouth curled up wildly. “You’re just jealous because you can’t get it. After all, no matter how rich Ethan was, he was just a second–generation rich. How can he compare to his father? It’s a pity that you don’t have a child. Even if something really happens to the old man, you won’t get a single penny of his property.”
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man, you wont get a single penny of his property.
After Isabella finished loading all the things, she generously invited me to inspect the
house.
I sat on the sofa and didn’t move. Suddenly, I asked her, “Isabella, you already knew you were pregnant before you went abroad, right? The Henry family likes you so much, and you and Ethan were so in love. Why did you two break up?”
I remembered that on the night Isabella just returned to the country, Ethan couldn’t sleep all night. He kept turning over and looking at his mobile phone in bed, for fear of missing
any news.
I don’t know which of Isabella’s sore spots this question touched.
She withdrew her smile, and there was a hint of panic on her face.
“What does this have to do with you? Ethan is dead. Why are you asking about this?”
I smiled and said, “It’s nothing. I just think you’ll come back and beg me.”
Isabella seemed to have heard a joke and laughed twice.
“We’ll see who will beg whom.”
Half a year later, Isabella really came.
She knelt in front of me, shouting hoarsely.
“Gina, please save my son. Only you can save him now.”
She crawled towards me and grabbed the hem of my pants with her hand. “Ethan’s father wants to kill him and has imprisoned him. I really have no other way. Please help me.”
I took a sip of tea and asked, “What’s going on?”
It turned out that my father–in–law’s current child was sick and needed a kidney transplant, but my father–in–law wasn’t a match. Isabella’s child’s genes were a match, so that’s why my father–in–law had brought her to his villa.
At first, Isabella thought that she would become more respected because of her son, but the situation gradually got out of her control.
Her child would always have
injuries on his body, and he would also
encounter falling objects from high places when walking on the road. It was only when Isabella found out that my father–in–law’s child needed a kidney transplant that she understood the abnormal situations during this period.
She originally wanted to take her child and leave, but my father–in–law noticed it.
My father–in–law used bodyguards to stop the child and directly drove her out of the house.
“Then you shouldn’t be begging me. You should call the police.” I sincerely gave her a suggestion.
“I already called the police, but it didn’t work.
Isabella cried and said that when the police went, my father–in–law would become very nice and even let her take the child away. But Isabella’s son had been spoiled by my father–in–law during this period. He knew that he wouldn’t have such a good life if he left
Then you shouldn’t be begging me. You should call the police.” I sincerely gave her a suggestion.
“I already called the police, but it didn’t work
Isabella cried and said that when the police went, my father–in–law would become very nice and even let her take the child away. But Isabella’s son had been spoiled by my father–in–law during this period. He knew that he wouldn’t have such a good life if he left his grandfather, so he refused to leave no matter what.
“So I can only come to you.” Isabella had snot and tears all over her face. “Please help us.
After all, Zach is Ethan’s own flesh and blood.”
“Why should I help? This is your child with Ethan, not my child with Ethan.”
I took an indifferent attitude as if it had nothing to do with me.
Unexpectedly, Isabella said, “Because Ethan loved you.”
Isabella told me that the person Ethan had always loved was actually me. The disgusting
things he did to me, like wanting to divorce me and be with Isabella, were all because he
had a terminal illness.
“Ethan didn’t have much time left. He didn’t want to delay you.”
Isabella was telling me about Ethan’s love for me, but I didn’t show much emotional
reaction.
I knew he loved me.
I also knew he was dying.
After all, he drank and partied every day and had to rely on medicine to maintain his strength. How could he not get sick? And if he got sick and didn’t take medicine, how could
he not die?
I was the one
a who got Ethan’s physical examination reports every year. I knew his physical condition better than he did.
“So what?” I sneered, “Should I save your son
Isabella didn’t expect me to be so cold–blooded. She realized later, “You don’t love Ethan at all.”
It was more than that.
I hated him.
Isabella was desperate. There was no one else who could help her except me.
She also went to see Victoria, but Victoria had lost all her remaining money in an investment some time ago. She went to ask my father–in–law for money every day and was trying to curry favor with him at the moment. How could she offend him?
“Zach, what should I do? Mom can’t save you.
Isabella beat her chest in grief.
I watched her go crazy for a while and then said, “Isabella, do you remember that I asked you why you broke up with Ethan in the first place?”
Isabella stopped crying. “We…”
“If you tell me the truth, I can consider saving your son.”
Isabella bit her lip. After a few minutes, she seemed to make up her mind. “It’s because Ethan hit and killed someone that year.”
That day, Ethan took Isabella to the mountains to watch the stars. On the way back, they encountered a heavy rainstorm, and Ethan hit and killed someone.
That woman lay on the ground, covered in blood and flesh.
But Ethan was surprisingly calm. He first sent Isabella home and then went to deal with the matter.
Isabella thought that Ethan would go to jail because of this matter, so she broke up with
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Ethan hit and killed someone that year.”
That day, Ethan took Isabella to the mountains to watch the stars. On the way back, they encountered a heavy rainstorm, and Ethan hit and killed someone.
That woman lay on the ground, covered in blood and flesh.
But Ethan was surprisingly calm. He first sent Isabella home and then went to deal with
the matter.
Isabella thought that Ethan would go to jail because of this matter, so she broke up with him the next day and went abroad with the help of her family.
When she came back after not doing well abroad, she found that Ethan not only didn’t g to jail but also became even richer, so she shamelessly stuck to him again.
As I listened to these words, my hands were shaking, and my voice was terrifyingly low.
“Then do you know how he dealt with the body later?”
Ith the body later?
“I asked Ethan, and he said that he compensated the family a large sum of money, and it was all right.”
“Damn it, he’s lying!” I directly threw the cup in my hand on the ground, and the glass shards flew everywhere.
Isabella looked at me in surprise and seemed to understand something in an instant.
“Isabella, help me with something, and I’ll get your son out. How about it?”
Isabella looked at me with a gloomy expression and took a step back. Finally, she nodded.
Two days later, Isabella went to the police station and reported that Ethan had once fled the scene of an accident.
When the police heard this, they just filed a case. After all, Ethan was already dead. Even if the case hadn’t been reported and dealt with at that time, they didn’t know how to investigate it.
However, that night, there was a heavy rainstorm, and a pile of white bones was washed out from the middle of Tuoshan Mountain.
After the police confirmed, these bones belonged to a rural woman named Gloria who lived at the foot of Tuoshan Mountain. Her family had reported her missing eight years ago, and these bones were just a part of her body.
This case was very important, and the city specially established an investigation team.
Later, someone went to the police station and said that eight years ago, on a rainy day, they saw a car hit a person on Tuoshan Mountain and then leave after the accident. Although it was raining heavily, they still remembered the license plate number.
The police checked this number, and the owner of the car eight years ago was the outstanding entrepreneur in this city, Ethan.
Two weeks later, Ethan’s parents were arrested because they had helped their son flee the scene of the accident and treated the victims body cruelly. They threw the body parts into the mountains, rivers, and garbage dumps respectively.
Too much time had passed, and only the body parts in the mountains were left.
At this point, the truth of everything was revealed.
Two days later, I went to the police station to collect Gloria’s ashes.
Holding the urn, I burst into tears.
