Chapter 3

What!

"Stay home and wait!"

As soon as I said that, my parents mumbled acknowledgment and hung up.

I immediately requested time off, grabbed my luggage, and drove home.

Suddenly I remembered something—the hundred thousand Leo's parents mentioned for a relative's wedding.

I quickly asked my mom how much Leo's side was contributing to the banquet.

My mom said a hundred thousand. I suddenly laughed.

So even Leo's wedding money was supposed to come from me.

And he'd tricked Ina into having one child with another on the way.

Absolute scum.

By the time I reached the hospital, it was noon. My parents had come with homemade food.

I rounded a corner and just stared at them with wide eyes.

"Betty!" My mom rushed over and hugged me.

My mom had always been passive when I was little. If my dad wasn't home, I had to manage the whole household.

Now my dad was also looking down, knowing he'd spoiled Ina when she was young.

That's why she thought everyone in the world was good, and ended up being scammed so badly.

My dad couldn't say a word now, just looked at me and muttered quietly.

"Betty, Ina was deceived too. Don't scold her when you go in."

I snorted coldly.

They'd said the same thing since childhood—can't criticize mistakes, can't say anything, raising her like a little princess.

Every time Ina acted cute, both of them would cave.

I sighed helplessly. "You didn't raise me this way when I was young."

When I was young, my dad's stick never stopped appearing on my body.

Later, he compensated Ina with all the affection he owed me.

Instead, it made me feel he favored her. We grew apart and now we're the most familiar strangers.

They didn't dare say anything else.

When I pushed open the hospital room door, I saw Ina lying in bed crying alone.

I basically raised Ina. When we were young and our parents worked, I was the one watching her.

Seeing her cry like this now made my heart ache too.

I walked over and looked at her belly. "Get an abortion!"

"This is my child. An abortion... wouldn't that be bad?"

"I said get an abortion, so get an abortion. You already had one child, and he still won't marry you. Now he's disappeared. Do you really think he loves you?"

Ina lowered her head without speaking.

After nearly several minutes of silence, she finally said something.

"But I wronged him."

I turned to look at her. "How did you wrong him! Tell me!"

Ina choked out, "I killed his ex-girlfriend!"

The moment those words came out, my head started throbbing violently.

Ex-girlfriend? Killed his ex-girlfriend?

Then what was I—a ghost?

Leo's family had scammed our entire family. What a disaster.

Just as I was about to speak, Ina grabbed my hand, as if mustering great courage.

"I hit and killed his ex-girlfriend with my car. I should have gone to jail, but he let me go!"

"He loved his ex-girlfriend so much. They were about to get engaged, and she was pregnant with his child. Don't you think I'm evil? So I..."

Every word she spoke made my head hurt more, but Ina thought I was agreeing with her.

Crying, she hugged me.

"So I had no choice. I couldn't go to jail!"

I grabbed her chin and made her look at me.

Ina started rummaging through her bag for something.

Before I could ask, she pulled out a photo.

The face was blurred, but I could still tell—this was me!

But Ina cried and said, "I even ruined the only photo of his ex-girlfriend. I'm just..."

"I'm his ex-girlfriend!"