CHAPTER 2 — "The Dead Woman’s Revenge"
Ryan Carter returned to shore wearing the face of a grieving husband.
He screamed for cameras.
He cried for police.
He held Emily’s scarf against his chest and whispered,
“My wife… my baby… they’re gone.”
The blonde woman, Vanessa, stood behind him pretending to be a “family friend.”
But inside the police station, Ryan’s tears stopped the second the door closed.
“Accidents happen,” he said coldly.
The detective stared at him.
“And your pregnant wife just fell?”
Ryan nodded.
“She lost her balance.”
But three miles away, inside a private emergency room hidden beneath a billionaire’s estate…
Emily Carter opened her eyes.
Alive.
Weak.
Shaking.
But alive.
A team of doctors surrounded her. Beside the bed stood an old man in a black suit—her father, Thomas Blackwell.
The man Ryan thought was dead.
Emily touched her stomach.
“My baby…”
The doctor smiled.
“Still alive.”
Tears slipped down Emily’s face.
Then her father placed the tiny waterproof recorder in her hand.
“We heard everything.”
Emily’s eyes turned cold.
“Then don’t arrest him yet.”
Thomas frowned.
“Why?”
Emily looked toward the window as lightning flashed over the ocean.
“Because I don’t want Ryan in jail…”
She whispered,
“I want him to marry Vanessa first.”
Two weeks later, Ryan held a fake memorial for Emily.
He wore black.
Vanessa wore diamonds.
Everyone cried.
Except Ryan.
Then the lawyer stepped forward with Emily’s will.
Ryan smiled.
Finally.
The money.
But the lawyer read one sentence that destroyed him:
“If my death is suspicious, every asset remains frozen until a full criminal investigation is complete.”
Ryan’s face went white.
And from the back of the church…
A woman in black slowly stood.
Her face hidden under a veil.
She raised the recorder.
Then Emily’s voice filled the room:
“Dad… release everything if I die.”
Ryan froze.
The woman lifted her veil.
Emily smiled through her tears.
“I’m not dead, Ryan.”
Vanessa screamed.
Ryan stumbled backward.
And Emily touched her pregnant belly.
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“But your freedom is.”
➡️ End of Chapter 2.
