Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 57

“It’s exactly as you see,” he said, his voice tinged with a blend of sorrow and weariness. “We, the Ferguson family, failed Alice. It was my failure to discipline my own son!”

Yeah, Alice was my late mother-in-law. Hearing this, I was plunged into deep shock.

I had always thought she died from complications during childbirth.

But she didn’t. She was pushed down the stairs when she was nine months pregnant.

And the person who did it? It was Teresa, the very woman who had been like a second. mother to Bryant, making herself a martyr to save him, only to end up in a vegetative State

My mind was a mess.

How could she show such kindness to Bryant, yet be the one who killed his birth mother? It defied all human logic…

Before I could sort through my thoughts, Timothy continued, “Can’t figure out why she could be so kind to Bryant, huh?”

“Yes…”

He scoffed, “Nothing but self-interest and calculation.”

“After the death of Bryant’s mother, my bewildered son insisted on marrying Teresa into the family. Teresa had tampered with the surveillance before acting, thinking she had covered her tracks. She played all her cards -crying, making scenes, even threatening to hang herself-pressuring me to give in.”

At this point, it dawned on me. “You managed to restore the surveillance footage?” I asked.

“Yes.”

so bewitched, even with the evidence right before his eyes, he still wanted to marry Teresa!”

Timothy hurled his

made me realize just how

might get too worked up, Gary quickly patted his back and took over

that’s why he finally agreed to let Teresa into the family. But there were conditions. One, a prenuptial agreement

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wealth had nothing to

and wellbeing. Otherwise, all the evidence would be handed over to the police.”

Premeditated murder.

enough to put

felt a chill listening to

and rejection Timothy had for Teresa and her daughter,

“loving mother” Bryant remembered was merely a façade put up after being found out by

“Does Bryant know about any

couldn’t bear to

back, offering only this

felt there was more to it

I too felt a pang of

realize the stepmother he was so grateful to might have never truly cared

what about

know all