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She had lied. Framed Lily. Ordered Randy to sell her to traffickers. Stabbed Sharon and Jenn in the back when they offered kindness. Even after being rescued herself, she had ripped away other girls’ only shelter.
The day she fell down those stairs-was the broken security camera really just a coincidence?
Could anything she said be trusted?
He didn’t want to believe the truth, but reality kept slapping him in the face.
His sister wasn’t innocent.
She was a liar-through and through.
His vision blurred again, and another thought slipped into his mind.
Had Lily really stolen Mathilda’s life…? Or had they stolen hers?
All those years Lily lived with the Ginger family… she had never once tried to fight Mathilda for their love.
She constantly reminded them that Mathilda was still out there-that they needed to keep looking for her.
She never damaged anything in Mathilda’s room on purpose. Never tried to take her clothes, her jewelry, or her toys.
Lily was just Lily. And Mathilda was only Mathilda.
This idea that Lily had “stolen” Mathilda’s parents, her brothers-it was just something they had projected. onto her.
Because ever since Mathilda returned, their hearts had never once leaned toward Lily again.
They only ever protected Mathilda. And every time Mathilda claimed to be hurt by Lily, they led the charge in punishing her-bullying her, humiliating her, hurting her over and over again.
But if all those incidents… had been lies spun by Mathilda-then what did that make everything they did to Lily?
Deep in his gut, Taylor had a terrifying certainty: they had believed the wrong person. They had trusted Mathilda’s lies… and lost Lily because of them.
“Lily…”
Two silent tears slipped down his face.
In that moment, he missed her more than ever.
He wanted to hear her call him “Taylor” one more time.
He wanted to tell her himself… that he had been wrong.
He was so full of regret.
But now, he couldn’t even move. He couldn’t even apologize.
His head grew heavier, vision dimmer. He thought for sure he was going to die.
But nearby, a construction site had just let out. A few migrant workers were heading home when they spotted his car.
“Was that a crash up ahead?”
“There’s someone in the car!”
“Quick! Let’s go pull him out!”
It was a matter of life and death. The workers didn’t hesitate for a second. They rushed forward and quickly lifted Taylor from the car.
Noticing sparks beginning to crackle from the battery, they didn’t stop until they’d carried him a safe distance away. Then they called for an ambulance.
The moment they got him far enough… the car exploded in a fireball.
The searing heat stung Taylor’s eyes-and pierced his heart.
And for the first time in years, the man who rarely cried couldn’t stop the tears from blurring his vision.
What a cruel joke.
Even complete strangers-just migrant workers passing by-had enough heart to risk helping him.
But his beloved little sister couldn’t even make one phone call to save his life.
He closed his eyes, hollow inside.
But still… he was deeply, deeply grateful to be alive.
Because only by living could he uncover the truth-about everything they’d once accused Lily of
Only by living… could he finally tell his foster sister. I’m sorry. I was wrong…
Lily had no idea Taylor had been in a car accident.
And even if she did, she wouldn’t have cared.
The doctor said she could be discharged in three to five days.
But Grace, Nancy, and the other elders insisted she stay longer. They kept her in the hospital for a full week before finally letting James handle the discharge papers.
Even then, the elders insisted James take good care of her.
She knew what they were doing-they wanted her and James to develop feelings for each other.
But she wasn’t a man. No feelings were going to develop.
Still, she couldn’t bear to let Henry worry himself into a heart attack, so in the end, she agreed to temporarily stay at James’s villa.
A lot had happened in the past week.
Randy and the others had all been sentenced.
Randy got fifteen years for human trafficking.
Dave and the four traffickers received the death penalty.
Dave’s son and nephew-brought back to the country by James’s men-were sentenced to three years in prison.
Sharon’s death had been truly horrific.
Jenn, brave as ever, went live and told the world about what had happened to her and Sharon. The internet was in mourning.
And when Charles was found dead-clutching Sharon’s ashes beneath the very phoenix tree where they’d first met-their story shattered hearts across the nation.
Countless people wrote: “So it turns out… dying for love isn’t just something from an old tale.”
The more sympathy the public felt for the doomed couple, the more rage they directed at Ben, Jerry, and the inhuman traffickers.
The calls for the death penalty echoed everywhere.
But thanks to Luke Corp’s top-tier legal team, Ben and Jerry weren’t sentenced to death. Instead, they were given life without parole.
James had said: “Sometimes the worst punishment isn’t death.”
“It’s the agony of living day after day in torment. Of trying to die and being dragged back each time- forced to endure a life worse than death, with elite medical teams keeping you just barely alive.”
“That’s what Ben and Jerry deserve.”
Thanks to the leads provided by Dave and his accomplices, the police were able to rescue many innocent women and children.
But not everyone could be saved.
Too many had already been tortured past the point of endurance, their young lives snuffed out.
A wave of buyers were arrested and punished accordingly.
After Charles’s death, Jenn buried him beside Sharon.
On the day Lily was discharged from the hospital, she bought fresh flowers and visited their grave.
Jenn was there too.
Her home life had always been warm and loving, and with her family’s support, she seemed to be slowly climbing out of that dark hole..
But some pain never fades.
Sharon’s tragic death was something Jenn would never be able to let go of.
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