“I may have wanted Julia dead, but I never had the chance to actually do it, right?”
Antonio held Julia’s lifeless body, tears falling from his eyes.
He stared at me with a complicated look for a long time, but in the end, he called the police himself.
The police set up a special investigation team. Although they found the scalpel in my sleeve, it had no blood on it.
And Julia’s autopsy confirmed that the heart rupture wasn’t caused by the scalpel.
In the end, I was released without charge.
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In the end, I was released without charge.
The moment I left the police station, I went straight to the crematorium.
Evelyn was sitting alone on a stone bench. Her delicate makeup couldn’t hide the sorrow on her face.
I slowly walked over to her and smiled.
“Do you know that when Amy died, the anesthesia had just worn off? She even frowned before her heart ruptured. Tell me, how much pain do you think she was in?”
“Is it really you?”
Evelyn snapped back to reality, her eyes filled with rage and hatred as if they could pierce me.
At the same time, Antonio rushed over in a panic.
“Something’s wrong. Julia’s body is missing.”
When he saw me, he froze for a moment.
Then, he grabbed my throat, squeezing tightly.
“Miria, it was you, wasn’t it?”
“No, it wasn’t me.”
I struggled to break free from his grip.
Taking deep breaths, I smiled provocatively.
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“It wasn’t me, but if you don’t look for her, you won’t be able to keep her body anymore.”
“What?”
At my words, their faces went pale, their eyes widening in fear.
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I didn’t say anything else but only smiled.
Watching them panic and rush away, I stopped smiling and furrowed my brow slightly.
As much as I hated Julia, I wasn’t sick enough to take my anger out on her corpse.
As my thoughts cleared, I suddenly realized what had happened.
I quickly avoided the crematorium’s security cameras and silently made my way to the back door’s storage room.
I pushed the door open, and I found Julia’s body there.
She was tied up and hanging from the ceiling.
A man was pouring gasoline over her.
“Stop!”
I shouted as I rushed forward to stop him from continuing to pour the gasoline.
The man’s name was James Bailey, a surprise ally I had met in the psychiatric hospital.
He was Evelyn’s husband. After he discovered her illicit relationship with Antonio, they had teamed up and forcibly sent him to the mental
institution.
Like me, he pretended to comply in the hospital, biding his time until he could get out and take revenge.
While Antonio was helping me get a new identity, I secretly arranged one for James as well.
With a bit of money and connections, I got him out of the hospital to assist me in getting my revenge.
“I only asked you to take the gemstone bracelet from her, not to destroy the body!”
I tried to snatch the gasoline from his hand, but he expressionlessly pushed me aside.
He viciously poured all the gasoline onto Amy’s body, his face twisting into a creepy grin.
In the dimly lit storage room, it looked even more chilling.
“Madman! No matter what, she’s still your daughter!”
Even my hair stood on end.
When I was operating on Julia, I really did intend to kill her.
I wanted to stab the scalpel into her heart.
But at the critical moment, James, disguised as my assistant, raised his hand and blocked me.
While Antonio and the experts were focused on me, no one noticed James squeeze Julia’s heart.
He left a scratch on her heart, which was the real cause of Julia’s heart rupture and death.
I thought James was heartless that he would go so far as to disregard his own daughter’s life to get back at Evelyn.
I didn’t expect him to even go so far as to desecrate Julia’s body.
Unexpectedly, James stopped his actions, letting out a cold laugh.
“My daughter?
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“She’s not my daughter; she’s my shame. She’s Evelyn and Antonio’s daughter. I helped raise that bastard’s child for 10 years.”
“What?”
I was shocked.
For a moment, I was completely stunned.
No wonder Antonio favored Julia so much. It turned out he had a daughter with Evelyn.
That was why he wasn’t heartbroken when Amy died because he still had a daughter.
I stood there numbly, no longer stopping him from starting the ignition.
But suddenly, there were hurried footsteps outside the door.
Antonio saw James on the monitor and, along with some men, kicked open the utility room door.
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In an instant, Evelyn’s piercing scream rang out.
She rushed in immediately, clutching Julia’s disfigured body.
Desperate, she cried uncontrollably, nearly collapsing.
“Julia! Who did this?”
Julia’s body was not only drenched in gasoline but her skin had been slashed by James, some wounds so deep the bone was visible.
Her limbs were twisted at odd angles.
The sight left everyone in the room pale and horrified, too scared to move closer.
By the time they entered, I had already helped James escape through another route, one without cameras.
Once I learned Julia was Antonio’s daughter, I couldn’t let him get caught.
I had a new plan for revenge.
After sending James off, I went back the same way.
They were still gathered in the utility room.
Evelyn carefully cleaned the stains from Julia’s body. When her gaze fell on Julia’s wrist, she suddenly screamed
“Antonio, Julia’s gemstone bracelet is gone! It must’ve been Miria! She killed our daughter!”
Evelyn nearly fainted in his arms, gritting her teeth, her eyes filled with a hatred so fierce it felt like fire.
Antonio’s face darkened, and a coldness filled his eyes.
He immediately started reviewing all the security footage, zooming in on James‘ face.
Evelyn stared at the screen, unblinking.
Suddenly, she screamed and staggered back, her face filled with terror.
“Ah, Antonio, it’s him! He’s come for revenge!
“Hurry, call the police and arrest him!”
Hearing her want to call the police on James made me feel uneasy. I rushed in and snatched Antonio’s phone away.
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“Antonio, when Amy died, why didn’t you call the police? Now that Julia’s body is found, do you want to report it? Who are you trying to arrest?
“You’ve been so concerned about Evelyn and Julia, sticking to them all the time. Who are you to them? Could Julia be your daughter?”
I cornered him, my emotions running high.
Antonio was caught off guard by my sudden questioning, his composure faltering.
Fuming with anger, he pushed me aside but refused to meet my eyes.
“You’re talking nonsense, you crazy woman!”
My interruption made him abandon the idea of calling the police. Instead, he focused on handling Julia’s affairs.
Evelyn was seething with rage but dared not confront me.
She didn’t dare do anything, but her hateful glances were constantly directed at me as if plotting something.
After dealing with the immediate matters, Antonio didn’t rush to comfort Evelyn. Instead, he took me back to his home.
He packed up everything belonging to Julia and placed it in boxes.
“Miria, I’ve thought it over. I should’ve paid more attention to you, but I neglected you. Don’t worry, I’ll spend more time with you from now on.”
Antonio seemed like a completely different person.
He brought all his work home, never leaving my side as if watching me closely.
But I knew this wasn’t out of remorse. He had some hidden agenda, keeping me under surveillance.
Because the way he looked at me had lost its usual tenderness.
With him constantly around, I had no chance to contact James and move forward with my next plan.
Finally, I found an opportunity while Antonio was in his study, holding a remote meeting. I slipped out onto the balcony and called James.
But the phone rang several times, and he didn’t answer.