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Chapter 1

I rushed to the hospital and found my in-laws and their family lying in bed, barely hanging on to life.The doctor told me to pay the fees, but I only had 200 dollars left on my phone. I had no choice but to call my husband, Daniel Ferguson.The phone barely rang before Daniel hung up.I refused to give up and called him again, but he hung up right away. Then, he blocked me.The doctor stood next to me, clearly awkward. I pretended not to notice and asked, "Can I borrow your phone?"He nodded and handed it to me. I quickly tried calling Daniel again.As soon as he picked up, I hurriedly said, "Daniel, your whole family got stung by wasps. It's really serious! Transfer the money for the surgery to me now!"I thought he would ask how much, but after two seconds of silence, he cursed at me, "Linda, if you want money, you don't have to curse my family!"I was stunned, then quickly explained, "I'm not lying. They really were stung and are now in the ICU. We have to raise money immed

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Chapter 2

When I was looking at the bodies already covered with white sheets, a wave of emotions surged through me.Their closest family treated their lives like a joke, sending them off without giving them any chance to survive.I saw a wrist sticking out from under one of the sheets, with festering blisters that made me shudder.Why would such dangerous wasps be found in a tourist area?I realized this wasn't a simple accident. Someone must have done it on purpose.I called the police and asked them to investigate.After I went to the police station and gave my statement, they quickly found out that a man had bought and released those wasps.The officers handed me a photo and asked if I recognized him.I knew right away it was Eric Peterson, Chloe Peterson's younger brother.Why did I remember him so clearly?A year ago, Eric tried to take indecent photos of me, but I caught him.When I reported it to the police, Daniel found out. Rather than taking my side, he threatened me with di

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Chapter 3

I asked someone to transport the urns back home. Even stacked up, they didn't even reach my shoulders.As soon as I opened the door, a force knocked me down. I fell into the urns, and they all hit the ground. Ashes spilled everywhere, and it was impossible to tell whose was whose.I looked at the one who had pushed me.Daniel stood over me, as if towering above gave him a sense of superiority.Pointing at me, he raged, "You have the nerve to come back? If I hadn't shown them our marriage license, I'd be sitting in a cell right now! You really are a wicked woman!"I stayed silent, struggling to pick up the spilled ashes and put them back in the urns.Daniel got even angrier because I wouldn't respond.He went inside, then came back and threw some documents and a pen onto the floor."I meant what I said on the phone. Since you don't treat me like your husband, we'll just get divorced. We're filing tomorrow. Here's the divorce agreement. Considering your whole family is gone, I'll

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Chapter 4

My father threw a punch at Daniel."The one who died was your father, not me! You worthless jerk! Why didn't you just go meet your maker sooner instead of ruining everyone else's life? You got your whole family killed, and you still have the nerve to walk around here cursing other people's parents!"Daniel looked as if he had taken a devastating blow. He fell to the ground without putting up any fight.My father kicked and punched him repeatedly. Daniel just lay there, silently accepting it.From not too far away, I could barely hear Daniel muttering in disbelief. "Dead... My whole family is dead?"When I saw Daniel start bleeding, I quickly told my father to stop. If this went on, my father might get sued by Daniel."You still don't believe it? Look at me. I'm standing here alive and well. The ones who got stung by those wasps and died were your family!"Daniel stared at me in a daze. I spoke coldly. "Daniel, I've told you so many times. The people who died were your family, no

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Chapter 5

Daniel slowly opened his eyes, and the first person he saw was me.Even then, he didn't think he was in the wrong."Linda, what did you do? Weren't the ones who died your family? Why do the death certificates say it was mine?"He still looked confused, so I picked up his phone and tried calling his mother.She loved her son more than anything. Under normal circumstances, she would have picked up right away.Daniel watched what I was doing as if he also had some hope she would answer. But no one picked up, even after a long wait.I called his father too, but still no answer. Then, I called his brother, his sister-in-law, his sister, and his niece. No one picked up.Daniel stared at the list of missed calls in silence.One or two people not answering might have been a coincidence, but for everyone to be unreachable was a strong sign that something terrible had happened."Your family passed away yesterday. I didn't have time to cancel their phone accounts before you asked for a d

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Chapter 6

Chloe slammed the door shut. Daniel pounded on it, yelling, "Chloe, open up! I bought this place for you! Open the door!"He made such a ruckus that a neighbor started shouting at him to quiet down, and he finally stopped. He turned to me in despair."Linda, do you still have my family's ashes? Can I have them back?"At that moment, he looked decades older, but it didn't stir even a shred of pity in me."No," I answered plainly.Daniel hadn't expected me to refuse and asked why.I said indifferently, "I tried giving them to you yesterday, and you wouldn't take them. Six boxes of ashes weigh dozens of pounds. I had to call multiple drivers before one agreed to help me transport them. Don't you think I deserve some compensation?"Daniel instantly dropped his pitiful act and became the man I knew so well."Linda, do you have no shame? They were your in-laws at one point! I used to be your husband! Didn't I transfer six hundred grand to you already? Isn't that enough?"Hearing tha

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Chapter 7

The next day, I cheerfully turned on my phone. I was planning to look at some houses, but one message caught my eye.The title read, "Founder of Draxon Group Holds Funeral at Company Headquarters."Draxon Group was the company Daniel had started.I clicked on it out of curiosity.The discussion thread already had thousands of replies.Locals in our city were sharing it everywhere."I remember that guy! He got punched by his father-in-law at the courthouse and asked why the father-in-law wasn't dead. Turns out it was his own father who died.""I was there too. His wife threw a bunch of death certificates at him before he believed it. Six in total. Must have been his entire family."...I thought back to the scene then. There really were a lot of bystanders, and some of them had recorded video.Scrolling on, I noticed someone on the inside was livestreaming.I clicked in. The first thing I saw was Daniel on his knees, bowing to the memorial photos.He raised his head and stoo

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Chapter 8

I rented a place, hoping to enjoy a few days of peace, but someone kept ruining that.A woman outside was pounding on my door, screaming in a raspy voice."Linda, open up! Were you the one who gave Daniel the idea? Did you tell him to come ask me for money? Open up!"Even though my neighbors tried to stop her, it did no good.I sighed at how similar she and Daniel were, though Chloe was even more shameless.Without warning, I opened the door, and she nearly fell inside.Chloe stumbled a bit and got even angrier."Linda, you wretched woman! Daniel lurks outside my house all day. Even if I call the cops, he keeps coming back. If I hadn't heard him say 'Linda was right,' I wouldn't have thought it was you who told him to ask me for money!"I didn't bother reacting. I just rolled my eyes at her."Chloe, you're the one who got Daniel's entire family killed. You should be glad you're not paying with your life."She wasn't mad at all. Instead, she sneered. "They asked for it. Daniel

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Chapter 9

I went to the prison to visit Chloe. She had lost a lot of weight.We spoke through the glass, and I congratulated her.She couldn't lash out at me from inside, so she just ground her teeth and said, "Linda, you better be dead by the time I get out, or you won't live to see another day."Her threats had no effect on me. I just reminded her, "Prison isn't a walk in the park. You should worry about making it out alive. By the way, I heard your backer got arrested too. Did you know?"All the fight left her eyes, replaced by fear.I could tell she wasn't going to have an easy time of it.I hung up the phone and left, ending our conversation.The next time I saw Daniel was when our three-month cooling-off period ended.The court called us in to finalize the divorce.Daniel looked slightly better than before, but I didn't say a word to him. I just asked the staff to finalize everything as quickly as possible.He looked at me with regret in his eyes, but once the divorce certificate

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