Two Brides, One Tragic Twist novel Chapter 6

Harvey had obviously never seen me angry before, and it left him stunned for a long while.

In his eyes, I had always been the docile sister-in-law of the family, and I behaved even more meekly in Jack's presence.

He had never known the real me.

The way I behaved before had just been an act I put on in order to please Jack.

Now that I thought about it, Jack had probably long seen me as Hannah's substitute while I remained oblivious to it.

It wasn't until I had wasted years of my most precious youth and lost my child that I finally came to my senses.

Perhaps in their eyes, our relationship over the past four years had been wonderful and not worth having a falling-out over.

That was only because they always reaped the benefits without making any concessions.

After I finished yelling at Harvey, Iris poked her head out of her bedroom and gave me a thumbs up.

My anger vanished instantly. Fearing that Harvey would notice, I quickly hung up the call.

Unfortunately, I did not sleep well at all that night.

I finally drifted into a deep sleep at sunrise, only to be woken by a call from Harvey.

I answered the call irritably to hear him say that the police had already found the truck driver who hit me that day.

My drowsiness disappeared the instant I heard that, and I sat upright in my bed in excitement.

I scrambled to get Iris. We quickly washed up, then hurried to the police station.

The truck driver confessed on the spot that someone had paid him a large sum of money to do it.

The only condition that person had given him was to drive past the hospital entrance on time on the day of the incident. He claimed that he was unaware of anything else.

The route he took past the hospital had been predetermined by the company he worked for. So, he had not even needed to go out of his way to do anything. He had only hesitated for two seconds before agreeing.

He claimed that he had been driving properly that day and had no idea why the taxi ahead of him would suddenly make a sharp turn.

His truck had collided directly with the back of the vehicle, and the trunk of the taxi had been completely crushed.