When Love Breaks by Jack

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.”

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

“Yes.”

disappointment palpable as he spoke through clenched teeth, “But my son was so bewitched, even with

Timothy hurled his teacup across

get made me realize just

get too worked up, Gary quickly patted

Teresa into the family. But there

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wealth had nothing to do with

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

Premeditated murder.

enough to put Teresa away

chill listening to all

had never imagined the depth of animosity and

Bryant remembered was merely a façade put up

“Does Bryant know about

bear

seemed to hold back, offering only

to it

too felt a pang of pity

he was so grateful

And what about Margaret?