Chapter 118
Without thinking of his own injuries, Aaron immediately rushed to the base of the pillar.
The moment our daughter saw her father, she burst into tears. Her body weakened and her grip loosened, then she fell straight to the ground.
Aaron caught her safely in his arms.
Both of them clung to each other. They were crying uncontrollably. They were so overwhelmed by fear and relief.
On the drive back, our daughter told us how Cassandra had sent her a letter at the school gates.”
It was filled with the same story that she was still being mistreated and just wanted to see our daughter one last time.”
Since she was feeling sorry for her, our daughter agreed. However, the moment she drank the water Cassandra gave her, everything went black. When she woke up, she was already trapped in that abandoned factory.
Cassandra had never intended to let them live. Her plan was to let the wild dogs tear them and destroy all traces of their bodies. She never dreamt that the two of them would be able to cut the rope loose.
I held our daughter tightly in my arms as I tried to comfort her.
Aaron drove straight to the police station.
With all four of us as witnesses, along with the statements from the two children, the evidence against Cassandra was overwhelming. She had no choice but to confess.
The police took her for a medical examination and just as we suspected, her legs were perfectly fine. She was never disabled.}
When the test results were published online, it opened a Pandora’s box from her past.
Her parents‘ deaths weren’t an accident at all. Rather, they were killed by her.
She hated how poor her family was. She knew that the city orphanages often received donations from the wealthy, but it only took in orphans with no surviving parents.
So, in order to gain that “freedom,” her parents had to die.
The brutal truth shocked everyone.
The lies she spread about abuse were also clarified by the police.
The revelations caused a storm online.
Jail time was inevitable.
After we signed the necessary paperwork and walked out of the police station, our daughter clung tightly to my arm.
“Mom,” she whispered, “thank you for coming to find me.”
“I know everything you’ve done was all for my good. I’ll never be disobedient again. I won’t trust strangers so easily anymore….“}]
I hugged her gently as relief filled my heart.
“Kindness is never wrong,” I told her softly. “However, no matter what, you must always learn to love yourself first before you love others.“> (The End)