Wanda stared at the number with bloodshot eyes.
"Revenge..." she thought. "Avery is here to take revenge!"
She wanted to call out for her bodyguard, but then she remembered that she only got her bodyguard to accompany her to crowded events.
She knew that she had to hang up, but her fingers moved towards the 'answer' button. Once she pressed on it, it was too late for her to hang up because she heard Jack's voice.
"Laura, today's the best day in our lives, and also the fifth anniversary since we fell in love. I am so happy! Do you feel the same?" Jack's voice pierced through her ears, and Wanda stared at the screen dazedly.
"Jack, I feel the same." Laura's voice was overjoyed. "This is the first five years of our life together. We will have plenty more from now on."
"Thank you, Laura! Thank you for staying by my side through thick and thin! You have always been there to comfort me and take care of me at my lowest. Without you, I wouldn't be the man that I am now. I swear in front of all our friends and families that I, Jack Tate, will never fail you! If I break my vow, may the gods punish me!"
This was the wedding vow Laura and Jack made before everyone they knew.
It was an ironic moment as Jack had cheated on Laura with Wanda shortly after the wedding. Their daughter had only been slightly younger than Avery.
Perhaps Jack died when he had barely lived half his life as punishment from the gods.
Listening to the audio, Wanda found memories of the past flashing before her eyes.
She recalled how she had seduced Jack and had gotten pregnant before marrying him; how she had forced Jack to divorce Laura and marry her instead. She had used her unborn child to coerce him into marrying her. She then remembered how she had chased Laura out of her house and how she had treated Avery poorly throughout the years...
"Today is the death anniversary for Laura... and the death anniversary... of you too... Wanda Tate." A robotic voice echoed from the phone, startling Wanda into a panicked state.
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