My eyelids twitched uncontrollably and a sudden, bad premonition rose in my heart.

Frank anxiously asked her, “Celine, what’s wrong? Just tell me whatever it is. Don’t hold back for anyone!”

A flash of triumph flickered in Celine’s eyes before she feigned weakness and collapsed into his arms. “The doctor said I was born with anemia and after becoming pregnant, my malnutrition has worsened severely. I need artificial blood transfusions to keep going. I remember Jane has the same blood type as me, so maybe…”

Before she could finish, Frank decisively interrupted.

“Then let her give you the transfusion! No! Besides her, I’ll also bring those six little brats over to give you blood! As long as you need it, it doesn’t matter if we drain all their blood!”

I stared in shock, feeling utterly absurd and humiliated.

So from the very beginning, the seven lives of me and my children were worth less than a single Celine.

I burst into manic laughter, throwing my head back and shouting to the sky, “Kids, can you see this? The father you once respected is nothing but a heartless beast! If your souls are watching from above, you must see through this monster’s face clearly! Don’t ever meet him again in your next life!”

The sky suddenly darkened, jagged lightning tore through the air with savage fury.

Celine cowered into Frank’s arms, but spat venomous curses at me.

Frank’s gaze hardened coldly as he looked at me, filled with pain and hatred. He ordered his bodyguards to seize me and tightly bind me to the hospital operating table.

A cold, thick needle pierced my vein and a sharp pain stabbed through my chest like a knife.

I could clearly feel the blood in my body slowly draining away. The suffocating pressure was so intense that it felt like it would break my spine.

But this pain, no matter how unbearable, could never compare even to a thousandth of what my children endured.

Soon, I completely lost consciousness.

When I woke up, Kamari was by my bedside.

She scolded Frank while tearfully calling for the doctor to check on me, as if all the blood I had lost had flowed back into my body.

“That wretched bastard! How dare he treat you like this? It’s utterly disgraceful!”

Tears welled up in Kamari’s eyes as she handed me a diary and a plane ticket. The diary was filled with the love my six children had for me.

"Mom, you are the best mom in the whole world. Even without Dad, we still love you!"

"We hope Mom won't cry secretly anymore. You should always be happy and always love us!"

"If one day Mom and Dad get divorced, we promise to stay with Mom!"

As if fulfilling a promise to me, all six children had signed their names at the end.

After being numb for so long, I finally broke down in tears, clutching the diary tightly to my chest.

It felt as though the children were still with me, throwing themselves into my arms like they used to, full of affection.

“It’s Mommy’s fault… Mommy didn’t protect you. Honey, Mommy will take you away now.”

I bowed deeply to Kamari, grateful for the care she had given me all these eight years.

That very night, I canceled all my identity documents, leaving behind only a divorce agreement. Then, I boarded a plane to return home.

The next day, instead of the apology from me and the children that Frank was expecting, he received a panicked report from his assistant.

Frank scolded the assistant angrily, “I told you to find the children’s whereabouts! Why are you so flustered?”

The assistant quickly lowered his head and nervously reported, “Mr. Watson, the children are gone.”

Frank visibly stiffened, grabbing the assistant by the collar: “What do you mean the children are gone? You can’t even find a few kids? Did I hire you just to waste money?”

The assistant's face was filled with fear, unable to meet his eyes. “Mr. Watson, all of them… have already died.”

Frank froze abruptly, then his face twisted with rage as he kicked the assistant into the corner. “How much did Jane pay you? Even you’re helping her put on a show to deceive me?”

The assistant trembled in fear, immediately dropping to his knees to explain. “Mr. Watson, I really am not lying! They really have all died! If you don’t believe me, go ask the police. They have records of it!”

Frank still thought the assistant was lying, his chest heaving violently with anger. “Fine! That despicable woman not only bought you off, but now she even wants to team up with the police to forge evidence! How dare you betray me? I think you don’t want to keep your life!”

In a fit of rage, he grabbed a golf club and struck the assistant hard on the head.

The sharp crack of breaking bones was horrifying, but Frank, caught up in his fury, showed no sign of stopping.

It wasn’t until Kamari came rushing over, leaning on her cane and firmly stood in front of him that Frank reluctantly stopped the brutal attack.

Seeing the floor covered in blood and the assistant fainted from the blow, Kamari’s blood pressure soared with anger.

She instructed the accompanying doctor to quickly treat the assistant’s wounds, then called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital.

Turning around, she saw Frank shielding Celine behind him.

Furious beyond words, Kamari struck Frank’s back hard with her cane, her face full of bitter disappointment.

“Beast! Beast! How could I have given birth to such a cursed child like you! First, you killed six children, then you drove their mother away and now you’re even pushing innocent people to the brink of death! My son, do you even know what you’re doing right now?”

Frank grew even angrier, his eyes filled with disbelief as he stared at his mother. “Mom! How can you also side with that woman and deceive me? How much did Jane pay you to make you all stand so firmly on her side without hesitation? I shouldn’t have softened when they drew blood back then! A woman who tells so many lies should have died on the operating table!”

Kamari trembled with fury and heartbreak, almost as if in shock and raised her hand to slap him twice.

She never expected that the son she once proudly boasted about would become such a villain who treated human life like worthless grass.

The two merciless slaps finally snapped Frank back to reality and his raging anger began to subside.

But he didn’t change his mind and said puzzledly, “Mom, what kind of spell did Jane put on you to fool you so completely? You must never believe her words! The people I sent to pick up the kids already told me that they’re all perfectly fine! They didn’t die at all! I know you feel sorry for the grandchildren, but this whole matter is their own fault! If they hadn’t disrupted my plan to accompany Celine to the prenatal checkup, insisting on throwing a birthday party, I wouldn’t have sent them to that deserted island!”

Celine also put on a hypocritical tone and said, “Mrs. Watson, Frank is right! If these kids aren’t disciplined from a young age, sooner or later they’ll go bad! You can’t be too lenient with them!”

She even pretended to wipe away tears, acting all solemn as she gently touched her belly. “Besides, if those six little brats want their father to be with them on their birthday, doesn’t my child deserve the same?”

Kamari’s body stiffened, looking at Celine’s belly in disbelief. “You… you’re pregnant?”

Confident that her child would secure her status, Celine’s lips curled into a smug smile. “Yes, you’ll soon have a new grandson!”

A flash of anger rose in Kamari’s eyes and she coldly slapped her. “You shameless, wicked woman!”

Still not satisfied, Kamari swung her hand again, this time slapping Frank’s face.

“And you, you scoundrel! For such a shameless mistress, you’d actually be cruel enough to kill your own children! What kind of place is that deserted island? For hundreds of miles around, there’s nothing but wild beasts and venomous snakes! Even the most skilled person who goes there would only end up dead and their body left to rot in the wilderness! And Jane! She’s been married into our family for eight years, enduring eight years of hardship! Yet she never caused trouble and took care of everything in and out of the house flawlessly for you! But how did you treat her? You cheated on her behind her back for eight years and now you won’t even spare her children! Destroying the mourning hall and burning the ashes are things a human being never does. Jane leaving you was the best decision she ever made in her life!”

Kamari’s voice was hoarse yet firm, every word coming straight from her heart.

All these years, she had witnessed everything I did for the Watson Family and kept it in her heart. Because of this, she was tormented by guilt and regret, suffering so deeply that she was determined to seek justice for me no matter what.

Her powerful words left Frank stiff all over. He even began to doubt whether I had been lying at all.

Could those six children really be dead?

If all of this was true, what was he supposed to do?

Seeing Kamari with a face full of rage, Celine felt wronged but still stubbornly tried to defend herself.

Kamari gave her a venomous glare and sneered coldly, “You have no right to speak here!”

Her heart was filled with desolation. When she looked back at Frank, tears streamed down her face, as if she had aged decades overnight.

“Forget it! You simply don’t deserve Jane! Frank, from today onwards, I officially sever all mother-son ties with you! I, Kamari Watson, don’t have a son like you!”

Exhaustion seeped from Kamari’s words as she turned and prepared to leave.

Frank suddenly trembled and spoke, “Mom, is all what you just said true?”

He knew his mother’s temper very well. For her to be so furious, it probably wasn’t a lie.

Kamari didn’t look back at him, her voice hoarse and harsh. “I wish all of this were false.”

After Kamari left, the rescue team and police entered the office with evidence.

Frank stared helplessly as the police took out six death certificates. Each certificate bore the names of the children he once hated the most.

But why did his heart ache so terribly?

Perhaps seeing his body trembling uncontrollably, or maybe because of the two streams of tears falling from his eyes, the police’s voice also carried a trace of sorrow. “Mr. Watson, your six children have been confirmed dead. Please accept our condolences.”

Celine was completely unable to hide her joy. She was so happy that she even opened a bottle of wine to celebrate. “Frank, now no one can stop us from being together!”

But Frank, who had always doted on her, ignored her this time. His fingertips holding the death certificates turned white from gripping them tightly.

Just recently, he had seen those six children alive. They stood straight and tall in front of him, nervous yet excited, smiling brightly as they called him "Dad."

But those pure, innocent faces had now become the black-and-white portraits on the death certificates.

"How... how is this possible? How could they have died? I only meant to teach them a lesson and someone regularly went to bring them water and food. They’ve also been trained in survival skills since childhood. How could they possibly die?"

Desperate and frantic, he grabbed the police officer's collar, his eyes bloodshot with intensity. "Have you done DNA tests? This has to be fake, right? How could my children die so easily?"

But the police officer just shook his head sadly, repeating again and again, "Please accept our condolences."

The rescue workers handed Frank a stack of photos.

"Mr. Watson, maybe you should take a look at these."

"These photos were taken half a month ago. By then, the kids had already died..."