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And he didn’t believe, for a second, that they could live under the same roof for years and know nothing.
On the screen, the Luke family bodyguards’ punches landed harder and faster. As their precious sons. screamed in agony, Dave and the others completely broke.
The two women burst into messy sobs, their faces soaked in tears and snot.
“I’ll talk! I’ll tell you everything! Just stop hitting him….”
“Mr. James, I’ll give you all the proof-please don’t kill my boy!”
“I’m not killing them,” James said flatly. “But if you keep lying, keep protecting whoever ordered you-I promise, by this time next year, you’ll be lighting incense at their graves.”
James wasn’t a murderer. But scaring the hell out of them? That, he didn’t mind at all.
As expected, his words landed like thunder.
The traffickers turned ghostly pale and immediately dropped to their knees, kowtowing to him.
“We confess! We’ll confess to everything!”
“We’ll tell you where the other women and kids are, too!”
“Mr. James, just… please… spare our sons!”
James gave a silent nod.
Even if the kids weren’t the masterminds, covering up for their parents’ crimes was still illegal. He wouldn’t kill Dave’s son or nephew-but prison was definitely in their future.
Of course, there was no need to share that with the traffickers.
As James nodded, Dave and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
But Mathilda and Randy were visibly shaken.
No one wanted to go to prison.
Randy couldn’t stand the idea of being separated from his beloved mistress.
And Mathilda-Mathilda was terrified Dave would name Randy, and Randy would drag her down with him.
After all, she’d used Randy to do in many sady, unspeakable things. He had too much on her.
Before she could even think of a solution, Dave suddenly spoke his voice filled with urgency.
“It was Randy?”
“He gave me one million in cash to target Lily. Said we’d get three million more afterward!”
“Here-this is the video I recorded!”
Hands trembling, Dave unlocked his phone and pulled up a clip.
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On screen, Randy wore a black mask. But anyone who knew him could recognize him in an instant.
His voice was sharp, cold, oozing cruelty-it sent chills down every spine in the room.
“Miss hates Lily. Here’s a million up front. After it’s done, I’ll send another three million. If you get caught, I’ll make sure your kids get the rest. Find the nastiest, most brutal buyer you can. Make Lily suffer. Make Miss happy.”
Dave’s voice sounded obsequious. “Understood.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Randy. I’ll handle it perfectly. I’ve got two loyal buyers-last girl they bought, they tortured her to death. I’ll sell Lily to them. Guarantee Miss Mathilda will be satisfied!”
The video ended.
Dave looked up, trembling. “Mr. James, will this do?”
James nodded faintly. Ashton immediately backed the video up.
Randy’s last shred of hope crumbled.
He hadn’t expected Dave to record their meeting, let alone expose him like this. His head dropped, utterly defeated, like a rooster that had just lost a fight.
Mathilda felt her vision spin.
She hadn’t expected that idiot Randy to not only get caught on video-but to say her name out loud,
Now her brothers would definitely misunderstand!
Worse, Randy might panic and drag her down even deeper, just to save himself.
She didn’t know what to do. How could she make Taylor believe her? How could she explain it to James?
Lily had already stolen her life once. Mathilda had clawed her way back into the Ginger family. She couldn’t-wouldn’t-let Lily take everything away again.
Her body trembled violently.
She hadn’t even figured out her next move when-smack.
Pain exploded across her cheek.
She thought it was Lily again-thought that bitch had taken another cheap shot-but when she looked up….
It wasn’t Lily
It was her oldest brother, Bodger.
For a moment, time stopped.
Mathilda’s breath caught in her throat. The pain in her face couldn’t even compare to the pain in her heart.
She just stared at him, dazed, unable to process what had just happened.
Even as her cheek burned red-hot, she couldn’t believe it-her brother, who had always treasured her like a precious gem, had slapped her.
For the first time in her life… he had raised a hand against her.
Bodger had once promised he’d always protect Mathilda, make up for the years she’d lost, never let her suffer again. But today, he’d slapped her-for Lily.
Even Bodger himself was stunned by what he’d done.
He hadn’t meant to raise his hand against the little sister he felt so guilty toward. But even now, even in his shock, he felt no regret.
The video was proof enough. It had been Randy who gave the order.
And Bodger knew better than anyone just how loyal Randy was to Mathilda. There was no way she wasn’t involved.
“Mathilda,” he said, voice tight and trembling, “you told us you saw Lily as your real sister. You swore you would never hurt her. So why… why would you have those monsters sell her into the mountains?”
“I didn’t…”
The sharp accusation snapped Mathilda out of her daze.
Tears streamed down her cheeks. Her voice, raw and broken, barely came out.
She stared at Bodger like her heart had shattered. “You hit me…”
“That slap really hurt…”
She turned, seeking sympathy-turned to Taylor, to Mergan, the brothers who had always cherished her.
Surely they’d defend her now, stop Bodger, scold him for going too far.
But they didn’t.
She found no pity in their eyes-only seething disappointment.
Instead, their voices struck like whips.
“Why did you lie, Mathilda?”
“Why did you do this to Lily?”
“How did you become so cruel?”
“I…”
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