Lawyer Husband's Forced Tragedy for His Childhood Sweetheart

The flight was delayed again and again due to the heavy rain.

I changed my phone number and finally got to reach Jeff.

"Jeff, Spike is my younger brother."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, and then he said, his voice indifferent, "Ella, think before you lie."

"I'm not lying." I tried to steady my breath. "A week ago, I made a reservation at a restaurant just to tell you that I had found my brother. I wanna talk to you about holding a..."

"You really have to go all out just to deal with Kay?" he interrupted me coldly. "Ella, be kind, OK? You're a mom, too, and you have a daughter. Don't you know how unfortunate it is for a girl to experience such a thing?

"The abuser should be punished by law, no matter how old he is, how good he is in school, and how bright the future is, still, it cannot hide the fact of his crime."

I listened to his increasingly angry tone, pinching my palm.

"What right do you have to convict him? What evidence do you have to prove it? Are you going to reverse right and wrong based on a few words from Kay and Ava?"

"No girl will falsely accuse someone at the cost of her reputation, let alone Ava.

"The law will do her right.

"Whether he's your brother or not, it doesn't change anything. Stop wasting your time."

His cold voice made me instantly speechless. I couldn't utter a word at all.

I looked at the scars on my palm that hadn't completely healed yet.

I actually forgot the pain before the scars healed.

Why am I still thinking about going to Jeff?

Because he's my husband?

Because we've been together for so many years and are family?

No. None of these are important.

What's important is his client is Kay, the one he loved when he was young.

I know what he did for her back then.

I can't believe I still have hope. I think that given we've been married for years, at least he will be fair and impartial.

I'm so delusional.

Of course, he's gonna seek justice for his Kay. Of course, he believes in Ava, her daughter. Of course, he will do everything for them.

He has promised Kay.

Spike Wade, my brother, will rot in jail.

He's a top lawyer who has never failed, and I'm sure he can do it.

But Spike doesn't deserve it.

He is such an outstanding young man.

He works so hard, and he is so excellent, sensible, and kind.

Why should he be sacrificed just so Kay can be with Jeff?

Kay wants Jeff, doesn't she?

Fine. She can have him!