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."

mix of emotions as I held the prescription and looked

still care about

sighed and said, "No matter how much of a scoundrel he is, he's still my

was still my father. The blood relationship between us

relative is

replied seriously, "Drugs are something you should never touch. Once you're addicted, it's very hard to quit. It requires a very

myself, 'Does 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 willpower, then I'll have to use

a joint autumn outing, including a hiking activity. I looked around the Sunshine Elementary School group but didn't see Emily.

and the complex terrain, the teachers couldn't keep an eye on everyone. So, the teachers had us

my direction, a few boys led Richard into a cave. The cave was on a cliff, tough to climb up and

guise of an adventure, we all went into the cave. Once Richard was

scare him. I felt a bit bad at that moment, but there was also

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

the same school as Benjamin, and over the past couple of years, I had formed a certain impression of him. He was considered a good teacher. Seeing his anxious expression made me uneasy, but I still didn't step forward to reveal the

Richard's mom, Linda, who came

she seemed to recognize me. Her suspicious look suggested she already knew I

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

this, and no one pursued the matter further after he was found. But I already regretted doing such a

was innocent. I shouldn't take my

there. In recent years, Victor didn't come home

I approached, he slapped me hard. I figured he must

she had gone grocery shopping. So there was no one to intervene when Victor decided to discipline me. But even if Cindy were home,

my forehead and asked if I was responsible for what

own son for the sake of Linda's child. My

calmly said, "Don't think that no one knows about the things you've done. If you don't want people to find out, don't do them. If you don't quit using drugs, I guarantee that things like today will keep

and started looking for something,

me