Chapter 140 Sadie's POV That night , I sat in the study, my face illuminated by the glow of my computer screen . Lines of code raced across the display like a storm . } In no time , I had traced the IP addresses of the online trolls . " One by one , their real locations popped up , along with the devices they used and every single social account linked to them , [ Sadie is a prostitute . Her son died of shame . ] } [ Women like her deserve to rot in hell . ] " [ Serves her right to get gang - raped ! ] } I kept my hands steady as I verified their background data and cross - referenced it with every financial connection they had to Melanie . Once I had confirmed the full list , I typed out the final line of code . And just like that , a virus I called Judgment was planted into each of their devices . But this wasn't your typical virus . It wouldn't destroy their computers , and it wouldn't steal their private data . " No. It just had one very specific function . It would dig up every cruel , vulgar , and degrading thing they'd ever posted and send it directly to everyone they knew , their parents , their friends , their coworkers , and their bosses , and even distant acquaintances they'd barely messaged . If they were in the contact list , they'd have it . " And Judgment was indelible . Even if they replaced every device , wiped every account , and changed every contact , as soon as they reconnected to the internet , the virus would return like a ghost that never leaves . Only when it was done did I lean back in my chair and finally exhale . But this was just the opening act . Now that the puppets had paid , it was time to burn the puppet masters . After a brief rest , my fingers flew across the keys again . This time , breaking into Melanie's medical files and her complete personal history . " Soon , I found out that her daughter , Jewel , didn't have genetic heart problems . It was because Melanie had abused drugs heavily and repeatedly throughout her pregnancy , and that damage stunted the fetus's development and nearly destroyed the baby's heart . " As for her divorce story , she often said it was because her ex - husband cheated on her , while the truth was the opposite . " She was the one who committed that with multiple men . Her ex - husband also caught her multiple times . And for the 18th time she was caught , she was with four or five different men at once , of all skin tones in a hotel room . After that , her ex - husband finally decided to divorce her . Typical of a drug addict , morals went out the window . And her so - called " motherly love " was just a farce . " She didn't keep Jewel with her out of affection . She kept her as leverage to bleed more child support from her ex - husband and to manipulate Denton's sympathy . " She even said , more than once , that Mick's heart could save her daughter . That was why my poor Mick had his heart cut out of his little chest . But Mick's heart wasn't even a match for Jewel . How twisted is that ?! Denton , the man who once held my hand and promised me forever , destroyed our seven - year relationship because of a few poisonous words from Melanie . He let her humiliate me , torture me . He even ripped our son's heart out to save hers , without even checking for compatibility . And then , he turned the whole thing into a public spectacle , calling it justice and distribution . He said I betrayed him . But the real traitors were he and Melanie . I stared at the compiled evidence on my screen , and for the first time in a long time , I smiled . " Melanie . Denton , I whispered . " Your nightmare has only just begun . "