My mother-in-law was hospitalized with cancer and my husband, Nolan Alexander, held a wedding-themed party at home without telling me.

Meanwhile, our one-year-old daughter was at home and was abandoned.

My husband did not answer my phone call and sent away the doctor I called.

Unfortunately, as soon as I got home, my daughter had died.

I had a big fight with Nolan and then he left with his female friend.

Until after his daughter was cremated, he regretted it.

***

"Marry him! Marry him!"

Maria Scheunemann, my husband's female friend, was wearing my wedding dress and high heels, then she was even exchanging rings with him.

Meanwhile, my one-year-old daughter had already lost her breath and her face had turned blue and purple.

I collapsed on the ground, too sad to even cry.

"Give me a kiss! Give me a kiss!" Maria said in a flirtatious tone.

Seeing that, my body reacted much faster than my brain, I rushed over with a glare in my eyes and pushed her to the ground.

"What are you doing?" Nolan pulled me away with an angry look on his face and asked, "Juliette, aren't you in the hospital taking care of my mom? You're back to slacking off again? Don't forget that my mom is in the hospital because of you."

My face flushed and I could hardly breathe.

My mother-in-law was in the late stage of cancer.

However, Nolan stubbornly believed that it was caused by me letting my mother-in-law take care of the child.

I looked at him with sadness and anger, then said, "If I didn't come back, how would I know that you were holding a wedding party at home? Nolan, did you know that you're married?"

"Also, is this how you take care of Alice? Did you know that Alice died?"

His daughter was crying so loudly and struggling so violently, but he did not notice it at all.

He did not answer my phone call and sent away the doctor I called.

Maria stood in front of Nolan, her eyes full of provocation towards me. "Juliette, this is a theme party. You, a housewife, won't understand it," she said.

She turned around and adjusted Nolan's tie, her voice somewhat aggrieved.

"Besides, if you're jealous, there's no need to threaten Nolan with your daughter, right? If you don't like me, I can leave."

Nolan immediately pulled the girl behind him and looked at me with a frown and displeasure.

"Ignore her. She's been acting crazy lately."

My heart felt like it had been stabbed in an instant.

The first thing my husband did was not to check on our child, but to say that I was crazy.

"Aren't you tired of being suspicious all the time?" he spoke impatiently.

I chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Tired?

He asked, wasn't I tired?

Of course, I was very tired.

He and I had quarreled countless times because of Maria and every time he said they were only friends.

To this day, he had abandoned his child and even played the role of someone else's groom.

"Juliette, are you spying on me again? Can you please stop being unreasonable? You really don't know that you're really suffocating me."

He looked at me with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

How would I know that my daughter's life was hanging by a thread if I did not watch the surveillance video?

What was even crueler, her own father drove away her hope of survival.

Wasn't it him who was even more suffocating me?

My husband spent every day fooling around with his female friend and now he did not care about our daughter's life or death at all.

If he took a step forward, he could see his daughter's blue and purple face.

But he did not, he just said I was being unreasonable.

I felt so disheartened.

"Let's get a divorce."

"Stop messing around, I'm really tired of you doing this."

His expression was somewhat restrained.

"I'm not messing around, Nolan." My voice is a bit cold.

"Maria and I are just good friends. This time, we're just fulfilling her dream of wearing a wedding dress. You are always generous. It's just a wedding dress, isn't it? My daughter is very well-behaved and has not made any noise or trouble today. So, don't make trouble for no reason."

Nolan's voice softened, as if he had compromised.

“Aren't you too much for such a small thing? If you like it, I'll just buy it for you again.”

His tone was both helpless and helpless. This wedding dress was bought with money he and I saved up when we were short of money. Now Maria not only wore it, but also tore off a large part of my wedding dress.

Of course, Alice would not make any noise, she died after all.

As soon as he took a step forward, he could see that his daughter in the crib died. How ridiculous he talked to me that it was just a small matter!

"Hiss… Nolan, my feet hurt so much."

Maria suddenly fell into Nolan's arms as if she could not stand steadily.

Nolan picked her up with a worried expression and left without looking back.

"Just stay home and reflect on yourself."

"If you leave, don't ever come back." I shouted at his back.

Hearing that, he stopped in his steps for a moment, but did not look back.

I sat on the floor somewhat frustrated.

***

A few years ago ....

Nolan saved me by chance when I was being harassed. I fell in love with him at first sight and immediately started pursuing him madly.

After we got to know each other, we decided to get married.

We were very poor at that time, so we bought a plain ring and a wedding dress after saving for a long time.

After we got married, he took good care of me and my career was also booming.

With our passionate love, I became pregnant with my daughter. At this moment, Maria appeared, as passionate as I was back then.

After she learned that Nolan was married, she chose to be close to him as a friend.

One day, he started to change ....

Whenever and wherever Maria made a phone call, he would run to her without hesitation.

When I said something to remind or to stop him, he always thought that I was being unreasonable.

From then on, Nolan and I frequently argued because of her.

Until the day our daughter was born, he held her in his arms and sobbed in front of me.

He said that he would be a good father in the future, so that his daughter could grow up safely and he would also take care of her, so that I could feel at ease.

But this vow of his only required Maria to hook his fingers and everything changed.

When Maria caught a cold, he could leave her feverish daughter to deliver medicine to her.

He even said, "Maria has been in poor health since childhood, please be more considerate."

I became depressed afterwards and had to ask my mother-in-law for help.

However, my mother-in-law fainted in the second month after she came to help and was later diagnosed with advanced cancer.

With that, Nolan blamed everything on me.

He said I could not raise our daughter well and now his mother had been diagnosed with cancer.

I lost both of my parents since I was young and since getting married, I had always regarded my mother-in-law as my own mother.

I also did not want to see my mother-in-law suffering from cancer.

After that, Nolan became colder and colder to me.

I love him and I thought that if my tolerance could not make him change his mind, at least my daughter could grow up safely.

But I was wrong.

It only made him become more aggressive.

This day, he actually held a theme party at home and caused our daughter to die from suffocation. He did not care at all.

I was filled with grief, anger and even more despair.

My heart seemed to be broken into pieces for the whole night.

I called the police and forensic examination confirmed that my daughter died of suffocation.

There were a lot of fingerprints on the blanket that suffocated my daughter and it took time to extract them.

There was some problem with the surveillance footage that night, so it was not certain who killed my daughter.

It would also take time for the surveillance footage to be restored.

Before my daughter was cremated, I hesitated for a long time before finally dialing Nolan's phone number.

The music on the other end of the phone was blaring, so I did not have to think to know which bar he was in.

"Nolan, Alice is going to be cremated. Do you want to come and see her for the last time?"

The man did not seem to hear what I said, still partying.

After a long time, he seemed to realize that I was calling him. He got up and went to a place with relatively low music volume.

"Didn't I tell you to reflect on your actions at home? Why did you call me? If you come over now and apologize to Maria, as long as Maria forgives you, this matter will be over."

In the past I would have definitely argued with him, but now I felt nothing but disappointed.

"Alice is going to be cremated, do you want to come and see her for the last time?" My voice was a bit soft and Nolan did not hear it clearly until I repeated it to him again.

"That's enough! Juliette, the child is not your tool. How can you be so vicious as a mother? If I hear you say this again, don't blame me for not remembering our old feelings."

He was very angry.

Since when did he start calling me by my name again after such a long time? It seemed that it was after that cunning girl appeared.

He changed the way he called me from "Baby" back to my name.

On the contrary, he actually called Maria affectionately and even the look in his eyes when he looked at her was so gentle and full of affection.

I called him, just wanted him to come and see Alice for the last time, how could that be considered vicious?

At this time, Maria's coquettish voice came from the phone.

"Nolan, why are you here?"

Then, as if she had discovered something, she snatched the phone from his hand.

"Juliette, today is my birthday. Nolan is mine today and I will return him to you tomorrow. Don't worry, Nolan and I are just friends. Besides, nothing happened when we slept together before, right?"

"Alright, Juliette, don't bother me anymore," he said and then hung up the phone.

My heart sank in an instant.

Had they slept together?

It was just a small birthday and he was not even willing to confirm the truth?

I closed my eyes, my tears had already dried up. Perhaps this marriage had already been ruined and gone rotten a long time ago.

As my daughter was cremated, my love for Nolan also turned to ashes.

I sent the divorce agreement to him and moved out of the place where we had lived together for five years.

I had chosen a cemetery for my late daughter and was about to take her urn there for burial.

As soon as I opened the door, Nolan was standing at my door with a gloomy face. Behind him was Maria, who was dressed colorfully and holding roses.

Nolan hurriedly pushed me and walked past me into the house. He searched everywhere.

After rummaging through boxes and cabinets without finding anything, he returned to my side.

"Where is Alice?"

I looked at the urn wrapped in black cloth in my hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you thinking of looking for your daughter now? It's too late!"