“The child belongs to me. I am her only mother. No matter what, I will never sign this agreement!”

Once she finished speaking, Eliana got up and forced them out.

Her strong response made Bryson’s face turn cold immediately.

He swung his arm, sending Eliana to the ground. Her arm was torn open with a wound over ten centimeters long, blood flowing out nonstop.

A slight ache passed through Bryson’s eyes, but he still said in a firm tone. “I came here today to tell you, not to discuss anything.”

“If you refuse to sign, you won’t be able to carry out today’s funeral.”

Right after he spoke, the bodyguards at the door entered and started breaking things in sight.

They were about to ruin the younger brother’s memorial tablet.

Eliana felt both pain and anger, her eyes turning red. “Enough, I sign! I sign!”

The one who passed was respected; this was her younger brother’s final quiet. She had to protect it.

It was only an agreement. After a week, she would bring her daughter and go far away.

This agreement was only a useless piece of paper.

Eliana picked up the agreement, her hand shaking without control as she wrote her name.

Seeing Eliana like this, Bryson felt a strange pain in his heart.

He bent down, softly trying to comfort her.

“Eliana, don’t worry. I will buy the best grave place in the capital for your younger brother, just take it as compensation for your brother-in-law.”

Eliana’s tears fell into the cracks on the ground, her lower lip, and she bit, and even started to bleed.

The person had already passed; what was the point of doing this?

Give a hit and then give something after?

She did not want it.

She lifted her eyes and looked at the man, clearly the same one from her memory who once placed her first in everything.

But Eliana understood that there was no future for them anymore.

Bryson reached what he wanted, then left together with Althea.

And Eliana stayed beside her younger brother through the night.

When the night grew deep and quiet, the phone beside her kept ringing. It was messages sent again and again by Althea to upset her.

There were images of Bryson spending a lot of money on her during the auction.

There were also pictures of them finishing a box of condoms in one night.

And photos of both of them without clothes, in many positions.

In the past, Eliana always thought Bryson was distant; only now she realized that the reason he was like that was because of her.

At the start, Eliana still felt pain, but later she turned completely numb.

In any case, she no longer cared; Bryson could do anything he wanted.

But she saved screenshots of everything; all of it would serve as evidence in court later to leave Bryson with nothing.

Eliana stayed up through the night, and the next morning she received a call from her supervisor to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

She was a forensic doctor, and whenever there were suspicious deaths, she needed to go inspect the body.

This time was the same, but different from before; the body was an infant, around four years old, judging by the condition.

At the start, Eliana could still calmly handle the remains, restore the appearance, and analyze the cause of death.

Only after spotting the lucky charm on the baby’s neck did Eliana freeze in place.

Four years earlier, before Hera was born, she had also bought the same lucky charm.

Afterward, Bryson claimed it had gone missing in the hospital and was never recovered.

But now, that same lucky charm appeared before her, hanging on a child’s body.

Eliana’s arm went stiff, and a chill ran through her whole body.

A terrifying thought quickly filled her mind.

Was this dead child actually hers?

If this lifeless baby was her own, then what about Hera?

Soon, Eliana rejected this unreasonable idea.

It was probably only a similar style.

The morgue was obviously enclosed, yet a gust of wind appeared from nowhere, lifting the bell beneath the lucky charm and exposing the engraved words on it. [HS]

Eliana felt a chill run through her whole body.

[HS] had engraved it herself before; even the placement matched, there was no such coincidence.

Eliana took the infant’s DNA and compared it with her own.

Two hours later, the test results were released.

The child lying in the morgue was her own.

Then what was going on with Hera?

Eliana’s mind felt like it was bursting, the pain cutting to the bone.

Eliana took the lucky charm and rushed back to the Snyder family.

She wanted to know the truth!

Just as she reached the door, before she could push it open, she heard her four-year-old daughter, Hera, call out. “Mom!”

But this “mom” was not meant for her; it was for Althea.

Althea smiled and gently teased the child. “Baby, didn’t Mom tell you? You can only call me that in private. You can’t say it like this in the Snyder family. If someone hears, there will be trouble.”

Bryson, however, casually replied, “What’s there to worry about? The child is already grown, and you’re her guardian now. If they find out Hera is our child, then we’ll just make it clear.”

It was clearly midsummer, yet Eliana Hamilton felt nothing but cold, even down to her bones.

So Hera truly was not her daughter.

Then the one in the morgue…

Pain and anger flooded her, and she could no longer hold back. She kicked the door open and walked in.

The door banged loudly, and everyone’s eyes moved toward her.

Eliana’s face was cold like ice. “Say it, how do you want to deal with me?”

Althea stared at Eliana with no shame after being found out, and seemed ready to challenge her.

The shame on Bryson’s face appeared for a moment and vanished, then turned into pride.

“Since you already heard it, I will not hide it from you.”

“The baby you gave birth to back then died after only a few hours. I was afraid you could not take it, so I gave you the baby Althea had just given birth to.”

“Eliana, speaking of it, you should be thankful to Althea. If not for her kindness, you would not have such a sweet daughter.”

Eliana laughed in pain.

The one who betrayed her was him; the one who switched her child was also him.

She had been fooled like a fool for four full years, and now he still said she should thank them?

Thank them for letting her raise the mistress’s child for four years?

Seeing Eliana almost break down, Bryson walked over, planning to hold her, but she pushed him away without mercy.

“Don’t touch me!”

“I ask you, where is our child? Where is her body?”

Bryson frowned and answered, “The child was buried at that time.”

Lies!

After her child passed, not only was there no grave, but she was left in water for four full years.

If she had not seen that lucky charm today, she would likely stay unaware her whole life.

Her child not only died, but she was also tricked into raising the mistress’s child for four full years.

Eliana looked at the man with only hate left in her eyes.

“Bryson, you are heartless!”

Before Bryson could reply, Althea stepped forward to act kindly.

“Eliana, don’t blame Bryson. This idea was mine back then. If you want to blame someone, blame me.”

“And Hera is not only my child, but she is also your child, don’t worry. I will not fight with you.”

Clearly, they were the ones who had done all the wrong things.

Now they showed this fake look.

“Althea, you are the mistress; what right do you have to fight with me?”

“As long as I do not divorce Bryson for one day, you will always be that third party who breaks other people’s families!”

At the same time her words ended, Hera suddenly ran out and strongly grabbed her thigh.

“Bad woman! Not allowed to scold my mom!”

The child’s strength was not great, but it still brought deep pain into her heart.

She had always treated Hera as her own child, but did not expect to raise an ungrateful child.

Before, she always planned to take her away, but now it was not needed.

Bryson, she pushed him aside.

The daughter did not want any more.

Althea stepped forward again, pretending to be kind, pulling the child to say sorry to Eliana.

“Eliana, children speak without thinking. Don’t keep it in mind.”

“As long as you truly take good care of Hera, the child will surely accept you.”

Bryson pulled the mother and child and said, “Forget it. No need to explain so much, you did nothing wrong.”

“Since she cannot understand, let her stay home alone and calm down.”

Bryson took them and left, and also told the helpers in the house to leave.

Before leaving, he also switched off the electricity in the house.

Eliana knew Bryson used this to show her who had control in this house.

In the past, Eliana told Bryson she feared the dark the most.

Now, Bryson used her deepest weakness to hurt her.

It turned out that everything, once honestly shown, could really become knives that hurt her.

Before, she did not understand, but this time the pain was enough.

She had learned her lesson.

Since she felt pain, Bryson and the others should not expect things to stay easy.

Eliana sent a message to Jared.

[I will give you another big surprise, Hera is not my real child. Bryson not only cheated during the marriage, but he also had another marriage.]

Very quickly, the man replied at once.

[Alright, I will help you bring Bryson down completely.]

Since she suffered ten parts, Bryson and the others must also take eight parts!

Eliana was locked up for a full day and night.

She did not wait for Bryson; instead, Althea came to the door.

Unlike Eliana’s weak state, Althea looked bright and smug as she said, “You saw it, in this kind of choice between two. Bryson will always trust me.”

“Today, you dissected your own child’s body. How did it feel? Does your heart ache to the point of breaking?”

Eliana’s face turned pale, she suddenly grabbed her wrist and asked coldly, “How did you know? Was all of this done by you? Wasn’t it!”

The fake expression on Althea’s face disappeared completely; only endless cruelty stayed.

She spoke lightly, “Yes, I did it.”

“Back then, Bryson gave me the child’s funeral matter. I felt sorry for you having no daughter, so I sank the child’s body into the pond behind the villa, letting your child stay by your side for four years.”

“This time as well, I had people bring the body out, and I personally sent it to you. Speaking of it, you should thank me. Otherwise, you would stay unaware for your whole life.”

“Eliana, I have treated you kindly.”

Every word Althea said felt like a knife stabbing Eliana’s heart.

Her real daughter, after passing, did not even have a grave, yet she foolishly raised the mistress’s child for four years.

If her daughter’s spirit was still around, seeing her own mother treat others so well, yet ignore her, how painful would it be?

And the one who caused all of this was Althea!

In an instant, only strong killing intent stayed in Eliana’s eyes. She took the fruit knife from the bedside table and moved to attack her.

“Althea, you made my daughter die in pain, then you also cannot live!”

Before the knife went into Althea’s body, she shouted loudly first. “Bryson, Eliana wants to kill me, save me!”

The next moment, Bryson showed up behind her, while shielding Althea, with the other hand pushing Eliana down to the floor.

“Have you lost your mind?! Trying to kill someone at home, Eliana, do you want to become a killer and go to prison!”

Eliana was hit until her ears rang, buzzing.

Before, the wives in that group saw that she had no family support, so they picked on her everywhere.

There was even a time she got slapped.

After Bryson found out, he went to the other person’s house that same night, cut off the other person’s hand, and forced the other person’s company to go bankrupt.

So it was not because of love, it was only because the one who bullied her was not Althea.

Eliana raised her gaze and looked straight at him, asking, “Bryson, Althea is not as easy and gentle as you think. Just now, she told me herself. Our child was thrown into the water in the backyard for four years. If you don’t believe, you can look at the surveillance in the room!"

Althea’s heart grew tight; she did not expect there was a camera set up in the bedroom.

Bryson frowned, just about to talk, when he saw Hera standing by the door.

Bryson called her over.

“Hera, were you outside the whole time? You tell Dad what just happened in the room? Who is lying?”

Hera raised her eyes to the three adults ahead of her, then pointed at Eliana and said, “Dad, it was Mommy Eliana who is lying.”

Eliana’s heart dropped hard.

This was the child she had taken care of for four years, truly heartless.

“Hera, mom always reminded you, a person should be truthful, you were not. One day, you will answer for what you did.”

Bryson felt displeased with Eliana’s present state and said coldly, “Stop, even a child you want to frighten, you still won’t accept your bad intent?”

“What you said is true. A person should be truthful; you were not, so you must also take the punishment.”

Eliana had not even responded when the maids had already rushed forward and pushed her down to kneel on the floor.

“If you lie, you should be punished with slaps, which also shows a good example to the child.”

“99 slaps, not a single one can be skipped.”

Without allowing Eliana to say anything, the maids hit her hard, and she only felt her face burning with pain.

By the 33rd slap, blood had come from the corner of Eliana’s mouth.

At the 66th slap, her face had puffed up like a pig’s head, and she could no longer speak properly.

By the last, 99th slap, Eliana had already been left with only half her strength, falling to the ground in deep sadness.

She watched the man’s back as it slowly moved farther away.

The promises he once gave were also close to disappearing.

“Eliana, marry me. I will not let you suffer any pain.”

“Eliana, your younger brother is my younger brother too. I will care for him for life.”

“Eliana, let’s have a child. I will love her like a little princess.”

Bryson, ah, Bryson, not one of those promises from before had you fulfilled.

If she had one more chance, she would rather die together with her younger brother than marry him.