Chapter 5 Grandina Hayes pointeil at Mom , screaming in despair . " Because of you ! Victoria ! Because of your selfishness ! Because of your stupidity ! Your son is dead . " Mom trembled as she picked up that thin piece of paper , staring at it like she wanted to burn a hole through it . Belle was obviously terrified by the suddenly tense atmosphere , She quietly backed away , trying to make herself invisible . Dad's eyes were ice cold : " Victoria , let's get divorced . " Mom's head snapped up . " I won't agree to it ! I won't agree to a divorce ! " " Kai's gone , it's all my fault , but I really didn't know it was that serious . I thought Nina was lying again ! " Mom clutched the death certificate , sobbing hysterically , begging desperately . " Ryan , forgive me this once , just this once , okay ? " " I promise I'll never do this again ! " " Forgive ? Victoria , how the hell am I supposed to forgive you ?! " Dad's voice suddenly rose , filled with long - suppressed anger and disappointment . " For some outsider who isn't even blood related , you didn't give a damn about your own son's life ! " " Tell me , what the hell did Kai mean to you ?! " " Was his life just some kind of joke to you ?! " Thinking back to all these years , how he himself had started favoring Belle because Victoria kept praising how pitiful and understanding she was . Looking back now , it was absolutely ridiculous ! In this moment , Dad finally woke up completely . Mom's obsession and stupidity had crossed his bottom line . I stood behind Dad , silently watching this whole circus . Mom's bloodshot eyes stared at me with deadly intensity . " Nina , this is all your fault ! All of it ! " " Why didn't you explain it properly ! Why ! " " If it wasn't for you , Kai would never have died ! " I looked at her coldly , feeling no ripple of emotion inside . In my previous life , I'd heard these words countless times already . Grandma Hayes roared angrily , cutting off Mom's screaming , " Victoria , how long are you gonna keep this up ?! We were all begging you that day , but you refused to come back ! " " I did nothing wrong ! Nothing ! " All Down ! Mom shook her head frantically , hair disheveled , looking like a ghost as the lunged forward trying to strangle me , " It's all you ! If it wasn't for you , you damn brat ! " Dad shoved her away and roared : " Victoria ! You already killed one of my children , you want to kill another one too ?! " His eyes were bloodshot , temples throbbing , clearly on the edge of a breakdown himself . Mom stumbled from Dad's push and fell to the floor , crying even harder . " She's the real culprit , Ryan ! She's been jealous of Belle since she was little , always going against Belle ! " " It's her ! She's the one who killed Kai ! It's her ! " 1 watched my crazed mother , who wanted nothing more than to tear me apart , feeling a sour ache in my chest . Even though I'd always known that the most important person in her heart would never be me . But facing such intense murderous hatred from her again , I still couldn't control the heartache . Dad took a deep breath . He pointed at Belle and said : " You think I don't know why you're so crazy about this girl ? It's just because she's your first love's kid ! " " Victoria , oh Victoria , you've been hiding this from me real good ! " These words hit like a thunderbolt , instantly striking everyone present . Belle's face turned deathly pale . She instinctively looked at Mom , her eyes full of helplessness and panic . Mom's crying stopped abruptly . " No , Ryan , let me explain . It's not what you think . It's because Belle's parents … " Her eyes were frantic , lips trembling as she tried to lie her way out . Dad let out a cold laugh , pulled a photo from his pocket and threw it hard at Mom's face . In the photo , a young Mom and Belle's father were embracing tightly , their faces glowing with happiness . Mom was struck like lightning , her whole body freezing . This photo - she had hidden it so carefully in the most secret place . How could it have been found ?! I sneered inwardly . Of course , I was the one who anonymously sent it to Dad . Along with the love letters she and Belle's father had secretly written to each other in the past - I'd found them all . In my previous life , I'd known long ago that Mom never got over her first love even after marriage , and often took me along when I was little to secretly meet him . She thought I was too young to remember , but I remembered everything . Grandma Cole looked at the date on the photo , shaking with rage , her cane pounding the floor . " Well , well , a daughter - in - law like you - our family really can't afford to keep ! " " No wonder you're so good to that damn girl ! Maybe Belle is your bastard child ! " " Mom ! 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