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It was the evening rush. Madison leaned against the car window and closed her eyes to rest. The cab was playing the local news on the radio. A headline about someone jumping off the roof of a psychiatric hospital caught her attention.
Madison opened her eyes and asked the driver to turn up the volume. It was the psychiatric hospital she went to earlier.
She did a quick search on her phone and saw that the deceased patient was Belle, whom she just visited. She killed herself. She was wearing a hospital gown in the picture. Her face had a strange smile.
Madison immediately felt a chill run up her back when she saw the picture. Her hair stood on end.
The driver hurriedly asked, “Miss, what’s wrong? You look like you saw a ghost.”
“N–Nothing. It’s a shame what happened to that girl.”
“She’s sick in the head. Happens all the time. My cousin’s kid has depression and tried killing himself a few times. Leaving this earth seems like the only way they’ll be free.”
Madison was reluctant to agree with him. The woman who was tied to her bed and tranquilized plagued her mind. She was so young.
She felt depressed the entire way home. Hunter was not back yet. She slumped on the sofa letting the physical and mental exhaustion wash over her.
The image of Belle jumping was all she could think about. Madison thought about how similar her ending would be after she died. She had no family. Would Hunter be devastated? Or would he finally be free of her?
Madison turned her phone on and planned her trip to Mohe Town. She needed to cherish every day she had from now on.
Hunter came home very late that night. When she saw him, she quickly went to him with her notebook. She had spent the whole night organizing the information. “When are you free to go to Mohe? I’ve looked through hotels and plane tickets. We can go…”
The notebook in her hands was struck to the ground fiercely before she could finish. She finally noticed the anger on Hunter’s face. His eyes were dead cold.
The smile on Madison’s face froze. She cautiously asked, “What’s the matter?”
Hunter’s tall figure stormily inched closer. He was more demon than man. Madison was terrified by his glare.
“Were you at Leia’s grave?”
Madison nodded. “Yes. I went to visit Leia’s grave when I visited Grandma a while back. I know you hate my father, but I think I have the right to visit her at the very least.”
“Visit?” Hunter snorted coldly, then he threw a bunch of photos at Madison. The grave under the plum tree had been shattered into pieces. The whole place was a mess.
Madison was stunned. “What happened?”
Hunter received her shocked eyes with a cold glare. “Don’t pretend, Madison! you always wanted things to go your way, but you were kind. I’ve been gracious to you many times, but I never expected you to be cruel! Leia never enjoyed a day of her life on Earth, and this is how she is being treated after her death.”
Madison only came to her senses after a while. Her face was filled with disbelief. “You think I did that?”
Hunter was silent. He looked so unhappy that Madison could feel thorns growing around her heart.
Hunter said, “I hope it has nothing to do with you. You were there for three hours. Tell me, what were you doing there?”
Madison thought it was ridiculous that she even had to explain. “I told you I went to visit Grandma. Is it my fault that I have no one to talk to so I spend all my time talking to my dead grandmother? Besides, it’s a gravestone, not a croissant. It would break my arm to do all that. Even if you’re trying to frame me for it, at least bring some evidence.”
“Look at this then. What is all this?”
Hunter revealed another stack of pictures with Madison holding a hammer. Even Madison was stunned.
“An old man in charge of grave maintenance dropped his tools. He looked so pitiful, so I helped him pick his tools up.”
Madison didn’t know how someone could take photos like this. She anxiously explained, “I only said a few words in front of Leia’s grave. The gravestone was fine when I left. Hunter, trust me. Why would I do that? What would I have to gain from this?”
Hunter looked at the way she anxiously justified herself and found it ridiculous. He lifted her chin with his slender fingers and pressed the tip of his finger on her lip. “Such a beautiful mouth, but so full of lies. Brent admitted that he told you where Leia’s grave was, and that you went looking for a private eye.”
She knew Hunter would see through her lies, so she immediately admitted, “Yes. I did have a private eye on the case, but all I wanted was to understand why you’re the way you are now. Even when I found out that Jodie and Leia were the same person, I only left flowers on her grave. I went to
Grandma’s grave after that. Plus, I–I–I’m sick. I don’t have the strength to climb the stairs in this house, let alone shatter a grave!”
“Do you think I believe you? Leia had to be Jodie even until the day she died. She had no enemies other than your family. Please tell me. Who else would want to destroy her grave when she’s been dead for two years?”
“If no one else would, why do you think I would?”
“Of course you would. You’re unhappy that I’ve been cold to you for the past two years. You blame me for not saving our baby and forcing the Evanss to declare bankruptcy. You hate me to my guts, and you hate me even more for Leia. You learned who she was, and you lashed out at her grave.”
Madison kept shaking her head. “It wasn’t me…”
Hunter inched his way closer as he continued, “You were resolute about getting a divorce. However, you went back on your word and asked for one more month. What is your strategy here? You’re avenging Jeff, aren’t you?”
Madison’s anxious tears slid down her face. She realized she was never going to get out of this. She kept shaking her head. “No. I would never think of doing that!”
Hunter ignored her desperate attempts to explain. He tightened the grip between his fingers and grabbed Madison’s chin. His eyes were filled with disappointment.
“Madison, you must know that I prayed that none of this had anything to do with you. I asked someone to find evidence to prove that, but all I got were these. You went to the psychiatric hospital today, and Belle died after that. What did you say to her? Do you believe if you get your revenge, Jeff will regain consciousness?”
He blamed everything on Madison. Madison had no way to explain herself.
Leia was Hunter’s kryptonite. Destroying the gravestone and digging the grave up was a massive disrespect to the dead. Someone was dragging the Williams name through the mud.
Who could stand for this?
Hunter’s fingers slid down and closed firmly around her neck. His grip tightened slowly.
“Madison, do you know how miserable Leia was while you were living your princess life? I personally went to the village where she used to live. It was a poor and desolate hellhole. Many of them hadn’t had a full meal for three whole days. I heard she had been sold off and locked in a woodshed like a dog. She’s the daughter of the Williams family, she should’ve been treated like a princess, but she was treated like dirt! She suffered for so many years, and when she finally made her way to Aldenvine… could have found her if she held on for a little longer.”
Madison couldn’t speak. She could hardly breathe with Hunter’s hands around her neck. Tears couldn’t stop flowing from her eyes as pushed Hunter back, trying to stir him from his rage.
Hunter was lost in his grief. “She was tainted by that bastard, your father. She was choked to death and stuffed in a box. She must have felt so hopeless. You look like you’ve lost all hope now too. Can you feel even a little bit of what she felt?”
“Let … go!” Madison struggled, but it was useless.
Hunter’s eyes were red like a rabid animal.
Madison struggled to breathe. She knew that she was going to be choked to death if this continued. She had to keep fighting.
“Madison, I was going to let you go, but you came barging in.”