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.”

clenched teeth, “But my son was so bewitched, even with the evidence right before his eyes,

Timothy hurled his

get made me realize just how furious

too worked up, Gary quickly patted

finally agreed to let Teresa into the family. But there were conditions. One, a prenuptial agreement stating that

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to

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

Premeditated murder.

would be enough to put Teresa

listening to

of animosity and rejection Timothy had for Teresa and her daughter, Margaret.

a façade put up

asked, “Does Bryant know about

Ferguson couldn’t bear

to hold back,

to it but didn’t press further.

felt a

he was so grateful to might have never truly cared for

about Margaret?

know all