Sunset of Broken Bonds

"If you hadn't tried so hard to separate my mom and dad back then, Mom wouldn't have died. And I could've grown up with my parents.

"Not only are we not asking you to pay for your sins, but we're even giving you a fortune so you can live comfortably for the rest of your life. So why are you still not satisfied?"

I slapped her hand away before the alcohol-soaked cotton ball could touch my face.

"Julie, you're so stupid. You proudly accepted a monster as your father and still think you've won."

Julie froze. Then she frowned.

"What do you mean?"

I replied coldly, "Back then, Timothy did want to take your mother away. But after your grandparents offered him a huge amount of money, he agreed to leave her. He promised to make her give up on him and disappear forever.

"So on the way to the airport, Timothy suddenly broke up with her. Your mother was furious. They started fighting. And that's why the car crashed."

Julie stared at me for a long time.

Then she suddenly laughed.

"Liam, if Dad hadn't already told me the whole truth, I might've actually believed your lies."

After saying that, she took out her phone and played an audio recording.

The next second, my voice came from the speaker.

"Sophie, that bitch, actually dared to betray me! She humiliated me! So she wants to run away with another man? Fine! I'll make sure they never come back!

"I'm going to tell Sophie's parents first and see how they handle it. And if they can't handle it... I'll do it myself."

My eyes widened in shock.

"That's impossible! The recording is fake!"

I instinctively denied it.

Julie's expression instantly turned cold.

"Liam, I didn't want to believe it either. I couldn't believe that the man who had been my father for more than twenty years was the one who destroyed my family. So the moment I got this recording, I took it to a professional lab for authentication. And they confirmed it was real.

"I didn't call the police. I even offered you money for retirement. That's my way of repaying you for raising me."

She pulled a document from her bag and threw it onto the table.

"Now sign the stock transfer agreement. Take the money and leave. From this moment on, we owe each other nothing. And I never want to see you again."

I glanced at the agreement. Then I tore it into pieces without hesitation.

"Julie, give up.

"If you're so sure this recording is real, then call the police.

"It's true that 15 years have passed. But a lot of evidence from back then still exists. With today's technology, if the case is investigated again, maybe they'll uncover some new clues."

As soon as I finished speaking, I took out my phone and dialed 911.

But before I could press the call button, Timothy suddenly rushed over. He snatched the phone from my hand and smashed it onto the floor.

His eyes were bloodshot as he pointed at me and shouted. "Liam! Sophie's been dead for 15 years! And you still won't let her rest in peace? You're heartless! No wonder she never loved you!

"A man like you doesn't deserve love. That's why neither Sophie nor Julie ever chose you. You're destined to be alone forever."

Timothy's words stabbed straight into the deepest wound in my heart.

Sophie and Julie.

They were the two women I loved most in this world besides my parents.

Yet both of them had betrayed me for a scumbag like Timothy.