"Liam, I brought Alex. Come quickly and..."

She saw the angry me, and of course I saw that vicious beast.

I lunged at him, landing a kick that nearly knocked him down.

The beast clutched his stomach.

"Uncle, Auntie's gone crazy again! She's trying to hit me!"

Maya rushed to help him, while Liam grabbed me and slapped me hard on both sides of my face.

"Monica, how could you be so cruel? How could you even hit a child?"

I spat in Liam's face.

"A child? Liam, is Nina not a child? Tell me, is she not your child?"

He remained silent and closed his mouth.

But Maya began shouting at me.

"Monica, what gives you the right to hit my son?"

What right? She dared to ask me that?

I shoved the video in Maya's face.

"What right? You tell me, what gives me the right?"

Maya glanced at my phone, then at that beast.

Finally, she flinched, offering a half-hearted apology.

"Alex, apologize to Aunt."

The beast mumbled reluctantly.

"Auntie, I really do like Nina, but I wasn't the one who posted that video."

If I believed him, I'd be worse than trash. No one else was in my daughter's room that day but him.

Only him!

I picked up another chair from the office, but before I could smash it down, Liam snatched it away.

"Enough, Monica! Enough already. Why are you making such a big deal out of something between kids?"

I slapped him across the face.

"Let me ask you, who's really your child? Nina or this beast?"

"I told you to stop saying nonsense! Blowing this up like this—what good will it do for Nina? You're only going to ruin both kids."

"That's right, Monica. They're just kids. They make mistakes sometimes, but they can be forgiven."

"Exactly, don't hold onto this one mistake forever. They're about the same age—why not let them just get married?"

"That won't do. Who knows if she's even good enough for my son?"

What the hell!

Unbelievable! Liam really was trash.

At a time like this, all he could think about was marrying Nina off to that monster.

As if anyone would want to be tied to that criminal.

I grabbed the ashtray and smashed it onto the beast's head.

Blood started pouring down from his forehead.

Maya and Liam quickly grabbed him and rushed him to the hospital.

I looked at these people—they were all insane, all monsters, completely devoid of humanity.

I thought, once I punished that beast, I'd take my daughter far away from all this filth and start fresh.

But when I got home, the house was dark, not a single light on.

It was eerily quiet.

A strong sense of dread gripped me.

I ran into Nina's bedroom and turned on the light. She wasn't there.

The bed was neatly made.

She wasn't in the living room, the study, or my bedroom.

Finally, with trembling hands, I opened the bathroom door.

I lost my mind. In that moment, I truly lost my mind.

My daughter's fragile body lay in the bathtub, a long gash running down her arm, blood still flowing out.

The entire tub was filled with blood.

There she was...

Soaking in the blood.

Pale face, purple lips.

I held her tightly, screaming her name at the top of my lungs.

"Nina! My daughter! Nina!"

But there was no breath left in her.

My daughter died, but my husband asked me to apologize to the murderer.

Her body was cold.

I cried hysterically, trying to warm her body in my arms.

She was my daughter, the daughter I gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy.

The one I cherished and cared for every moment.

My daughter, who was always on my mind.

And now, she lay there in a pool of her own blood.

Next to the bathtub, her phone was still open.

The video that filled me with rage was playing, the screen flooded with hateful comments attacking my daughter.

They were mocking her, taunting her.

Some even envied that beast.

Some people even wanted that scum to introduce my daughter to them.

All kinds of horrible things were said.

My precious child... she must have seen all of this. That was why she couldn't bear it anymore.

I grabbed her phone, fighting back the fury inside me.

I called Liam. After all, he was her father.

"Liam, Nina... she..."

"Don't mention that disgrace to me! She's brought shame to us all, and now she's dragged Alex down with her!"

"If you still have any sense, bring her to Alex's house to apologize. She's the reason he can't even eat right now."

"He's locked himself in his room and hasn't come out for hours. If anything happens to him, you'll be to blame!"

I screamed into the phone, my voice breaking with madness.

"Liam, who is your real child? Who?!"

"I stand for what's right, not for family. Nina seduced Alex, and now he's traumatized. Bring her here to apologize!"

"I'll talk to Maya and Alex about forgiving her."

I clenched the phone so tightly, wishing I could crush Liam through the line.

I said one last thing to him.

"Liam, go to hell. You all should go to hell!"

I reported it to the police, but all they could do was sympathize with me and offer their condolences.

They were powerless to help.

I stood alone, watching Nina's name flash repeatedly on the large screen at the funeral home.

Tears poured uncontrollably behind my sunglasses.

"Nina, you go ahead. Mommy will avenge you."

I would make sure that monster was buried with you.

I sweared!

Liam arrived at the funeral home.

At this moment, he also looked panicked, he wanted to come forward and hug me.

I kicked him away.

"Monica, I didn't know... I never expected... Nina, she..."

"I never thought it would come to this. I always thought it was just a small issue."

"A small issue? Liam, you call this a small issue? If you had even a tiny bit of care for Nina, you wouldn't think this was a small issue."

It had been dozens of hours since Nina's death, and this was the first time he came to see her.

He didn't come because he didn't know; he came because he was busy trying to protect that beast.

Now that the monster was safe, he remembered he had a daughter.

A daughter who was about to be reduced to ashes.

Fine. At least he didn't taint her last memory with his presence.

I kicked him, hit him, fought him with all my might.

But not a single tear fell in front of him. I bit my lips hard and didn't cry out once.

"Get out, Liam. From this moment on, we are enemies, nothing more."

He still tried to hug me, but it was impossible.

I sank my teeth into his neck. If someone hadn't pulled me off, I would have bitten it through.

Touching his bleeding neck, he pleaded with me for the first time.

"Monica, let go of your hatred. Live well."

"Nina is already gone. Stop hating—it does no good for anyone."

Now I was sure of one thing.

He hadn't come to mourn our daughter.

He came to beg me to forgive that beast.

But there was no chance of that!

Never!