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“And now, in front of me, you still have the nerve to mock my wife-call her mentally unstable? Bianca, where did you get
the guts for that?!”
“Brandon, what… what are you talking about? I don’t understand…”
Brandon had expected that response. That was why he’d instructed his assistant to record the testimony of the funeral
home staff on video.
Bianca hadn’t imagined Brandon would discover the truth about Bella’s desecrated remains. She was momentarily too stunned to speak.
“You knew how devastated Ava was after Bella died. Yet you not only took her ribs-you smashed the bracelet made from them right in front of Ava. Do you even realize how much pain you caused her?!”
“Bianca, you’ve been with me for years. You know I have no patience for lies.”
“I’ll only ask once-aside from the ribs, what else have you been hiding from me?”
Bianca frantically shook her head. “N-No! There’s nothing else-!”
But Brandon could see right through her. She was lying.
He shoved her aside and yanked Caleb up by the collar, eyes bloodshot with fury.
“If you won’t tell me, then everything you did to Bella-I’ll make your son go through the same. I’m giving you three
seconds.”
Bianca’s eyes widened in disbelief. She dropped to her knees, sobbing.
“Brandon, no-Caleb is your son! How could you…!”
“I told you-I don’t like to repeat myself. One. Two-”
In that moment, Brandon looked like a demon out of hell. Caleb cried hysterically, terrified.
Just as Brandon pulled open Caleb’s shirt and reached for a fruit knife on the table, Bianca broke down completely.
“I’ll tell you!”
“That day, I told you Bella died because I accidentally dropped Caleb’s toy car while wiping it… but I lied.”
“I knew exactly when Ava took Bella downstairs to play. I memorized the time… and the exact spot Bella liked to sit. I practiced-over and over again-just so I could hit her perfectly. Then I pretended it was an accident…”
Brandon stood there, stunned.
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“Why?! I already promised Caleb would be my sole heir. What more did you want? Bella was just a little girl-how could you be so cruel? I even defended you because I thought it was an accident! Do you have any idea how many times Ava fainted from crying that day?!”
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“So what?!” Bianca snapped, no longer pretending. “You think I haven’t cried just as much as she has all these years?”
“Your mother promised me-she said as long as I gave you a son, you’d divorce Ava and marry me. But in the end? I was
still the dirty mistress, and Caleb was still a bastard. What good was all that money?!”
“Ava only gave birth to a girl. Useless! So why did she get to stay Mrs. Whitmore while I stayed in the shadows? That title
was supposed to be my reward-your mother promised me! If she dared take it from me, I’d destroy her!”
Brandon took a step back, his face full of revulsion.
“You’re insane… You’re such a vicious woman. You’re not even a shadow of the woman Ava is.”
Bianca let out a bitter laugh.
“Vicious? Don’t forget-it was you who bribed the property managers to destroy the security footage. You arranged for
someone to beat Ava so badly she lost her womb. And now you want to act like the loving husband? Think Ava will forgive you when she finds out?”
“You think you can win her back like before? Dream on.”
The moment the words left her mouth, Bianca regretted them.
Because Brandon leaned in slowly, gripping her chin, his smile dark and terrifying.
“You’re right. That’s exactly why I’ll never let Ava find out.”
“And you… you’ll be the perfect tool to win her back.”
I didn’t expect Brandon to be the one to bring Bianca to justice before I even had the chance.
Even more shocking, Bianca confessed everything-murder, desecration of Bella’s body-without hesitation.
On her first day in prison, she bit off her own tongue and bled to death.
Caleb was sent away. But it seemed the trauma had been too much-he fell ill, lost his voice from a high fever, and never
spoke again.
All of it Brandon’s doing.
When I finally picked up his call, his voice brimmed with excitement.
“Ava, I knew you’d call me after seeing the news.”
“I know I wronged you before, but I’ve avenged Bella. Will you meet me? Just once?”
I replied coolly, “Sure. As a reward, I’ll send you a gift before we meet.”
Brandon agreed joyfully.
After I hung up, the man beside me scoffed.
“Unbelievable. That bastard got ahead of us. Thinks he can exonerate someone just because he says so, force
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confessions at will, and then has the nerve to claim credits? All that no evidence left behind crap… No wonder you called
me back.”
I sneered.
“He’s always been a hypocrite, hasn’t he? But now that Bianca’s out of the picture, we’ve saved ourselves a bit of work.”
“Bianca deserved what she got-but Brandon? He doesn’t get to walk away clean. It’s time we settled the score.”
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