Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 240 The Secret

The box had an old cassette tape inside. Nobody knew it held a massive secret.

I had accidentally recorded something on it two years ago. Back then, rumors about Victor and Linda were flying around. Cindy had finally had enough and confronted Victor for the first time, leading to their first big fight over it. That day, I was chilling in my room, and even through the door, I could hear them going at it. I didn't step in; I just heard Victor storm out, slamming the door, and Cindy crying for what felt like forever.

Victor denied everything when Cindy called him out. To help Cindy get some proof, I decided to do something sneaky. It was a Saturday. I sneaked into the stone factory and, while Victor was out, I hid a tape recorder under his bed. As I was slipping out, I saw Victor coming back with Linda. They both went into his room together.

The next day, I managed to retrieve the tape recorder. The stuff on it wasn't what I was looking for, but it was enough to shock me. I had heard about the accident at the stone factory, but I never thought Victor was involved because he seemed so unfazed. But the truth was brutal.

I always thought Victor was unreliable, but I never imagined he could be so malicious. He destroyed Emily's family, and every time I saw her, I felt a wave of guilt and remorse.

Now, his coldness towards Cindy and me had left me truly disappointed. Standing by the window, staring into the night, I felt completely lost.

The next day was Saturday, and I went to Martin's place to get medicine for Cindy. Martin knew all about Cindy's health and always prescribed her medication. I didn't dare tell him that Cindy had vomited blood the day before; I didn't want to worry him.

Martin, with his glasses on, was seriously writing the prescription. I thought for a moment and said, "Grandpa, I read a story in a book today."

Without looking up, Martin smiled and asked, "What story?"

So, I gave him the gist of it. After finishing the prescription, Martin put down his pen and smiled, saying, "That's a story about sacrificing family for justice."

I knew Martin loved to read, so he definitely knew the story.

I asked, "Grandpa, do people like that really exist in real life?"

Martin kept writing and said, "It's not something an ordinary person can do."

When Martin handed me the prescription, there was an extra one.

He said, "This is for your dad's migraine."

as I held the prescription

you still care about

of a scoundrel he is, he's still

how much of a scoundrel he was, Victor was still my father. The blood

asked, "Grandpa, I have a classmate whose relative is addicted to drugs. How can they

touch. Once you're addicted,

Dad have the willpower to quit using drugs? If he had strong willpower, he wouldn't have betrayed Cindy. If he doesn't have strong

fall, several schools organized a joint autumn outing, including a hiking activity. I looked around the Sunshine Elementary School group

complex terrain,

into a cave. The cave was on a cliff, tough to

all went into the cave. Once Richard was deep

cave would surely scare him.

students, but Richard was still missing. They found Benjamin, who was our middle school teacher,

the past couple of years, I had formed a certain impression of him. He was considered a good teacher. Seeing his anxious expression

Richard's mom, Linda, who came

me among the students, she seemed to recognize me. Her suspicious look suggested she already knew I was behind

search and found Richard in the cave. Richard's eyes were swollen from crying, and even after

the

shouldn't take

I was surprised to find Victor sitting there. In recent years, Victor

my backpack. But he called me over, and when I approached, he slapped me hard. I figured he must have found out about what happened today. Knowing I was in the wrong, I didn't resist and took the

when Victor decided to discipline me. But even

my forehead and asked if I was responsible for what happened

of Linda's child. My heart turned cold as I

you don't want people to find out, don't do them. If you don't quit using drugs,

was furious and started looking for something,

me to