Chapter 5

"It's not possible, this can't be Emily. She just had a fever, why is she dead? Why!"

I watched her expressionlessly, watched her cry until she could barely breathe.

What was she crying for? Did she regret it?

Probably not.

These few tears were just crocodile tears, thinking they could fool me.

"Rachel, are you satisfied now? Emily really is dead. No one tricked you. She really died!"

I let out an angry roar, startling Rachel's body into a shudder.

Derek immediately went over to put his arm around her shoulders: "Jack, Rachel is heartbroken too. Don't talk to her like that. She is Emily's mother after all."

I slowly stood up, my tone as cold as ice.

"If she were a real mother, she wouldn't have abandoned her own daughter for an outsider."

"What right do you have to say these things to me? Who started all this?"

With each word I spoke, my heart ached. I held back my tears and also held back from killing him.

"This is Emily's viewing. Please leave. You're not welcome here."

I stared at Emily's sleeping face, my voice somewhat distant.

"You two dogs get out of here. Don't taint my daughter's journey to the afterlife."

Rachel's body suddenly jolted. She looked up at me pitifully.

"I'm sorry Jack, I didn't know, I really didn't know..."

I sighed. "Whether you knew or not doesn't matter anymore. Now I just want a divorce."

I mentioned divorce again. This time Rachel didn't have her previous arrogance. She lowered her head, her body curling inward.

"Believe me, I really didn't mean for this to happen. Emily was my daughter too, how could I hurt her?"

"This was an accident that none of us expected. But you can't divorce me because of this. Don't I deserve a chance to make amends?"

She clung tightly to my arm, pressing close to me. "Emily is gone, but we're still young. We can have more children."

"We've had a good relationship all these years. This time was my careless mistake. I won't do it again, really, I'll definitely change!"

A few tears fell on my arm as she spoke. Rachel looked very pitiful.

This was her most skillful move.

Every time she cried pitifully like this, I would comfort her no matter what, willing to give her even my life.

But now this trick didn't work anymore.

"Rachel, I loved you, but that's not an excuse for you to trample on me again and again."

"I could tolerate you not loving me, but I can't tolerate you not loving Emily."

"Seeing you reminds me of Emily, and I can't help but hate you!"

"Jack, do we really have to divorce? Is this such a big deal? Just because Emily is gone, does our family have to fall apart?"

I angrily slapped her across the face: "Yes! It's because Emily died!"

"You think her death doesn't matter? Then why don't you die? Go die!"

The viewing room was empty except for the echo of my voice.

How could she not care at all? Her own daughter died, and she wanted to just brush it off.

Rachel was startled by me. The pained expression disappeared from her face, replaced by a sour and vicious look.

"I see you've wanted to divorce me for a long time, haven't you? You're just using our daughter as an excuse! Did you cheat on me? Did you betray me?"

For a cheater to brazenly accuse me of infidelity, I had to admire her nerve.

"Rachel, you really have no shame. Which one of us cheated?"

There was a flash of guilt in her eyes, but then she jutted out her chin and said: "Anyway, I won't agree to a divorce."

I nodded: "Alright, you won't divorce? Then don't blame me for not saving face for you."

Under everyone's gaze, I opened my phone and played the video I had recorded earlier outside the door.

There was an uproar among the onlookers.

"Oh my god, that's in the funeral home!"

"Jesus Christ, she's so shameless, doing that with a man behind her daughter's viewing room... I can't even say it out loud!"

Their scandal was finally exposed. Rachel stood frozen like she'd been struck by lightning.

Derek came forward and grabbed my collar, his face menacing.

"Jack! You despicable bastard, secretly recording us. You're disgusting!"

I laughed at him.

"I'm disgusting? Derek, look closely. The woman you're screwing is my lawful wife. You're destroying my marriage. Which one of us is really disgusting?"

I deliberately used crude language.

Because in my eyes, this pair were no longer human.

They were animals, beasts that could go into heat anytime, anywhere.

Looking back at Rachel, she was completely dumbfounded.

With her scandal exposed, she had lost all face.

"Rachel, don't blame me. You two really went too far. What do you have to say for yourself now?"

Everyone was whispering, some even taking out their phones as if wanting to shove them in Derek's face to take photos.

At this moment, Rachel's parents who had rushed over after hearing the news burst in.

Having lost their granddaughter, they were only briefly surprised and saddened before reverting to their usual haughty demeanor.

"Jack, you want to divorce our Rachel?"

I nodded and told them all the shameful things Rachel had done.

Unexpectedly, her parents spoke righteously.

"The child is gone, so we have to look to the future. Life must go on. Ten years of marriage..."

"Stop!"

I interrupted her mother's long speech: "She's been cheating with Derek for a long time. This directly led to Emily's death."

"How do you expect me to move on? Forgive Rachel's infidelity? Or not care about my daughter's life and death?"

"I can move on too, but definitely not with Rachel. We're done. If she doesn't agree, I'll file for divorce in court directly."

"What?"

Rachel's parents got so agitated they nearly jumped up, pointing at my nose and cursing loudly.

"Jack, our Rachel married you at such a young age, gave you a child, took care of you. We treated you like our own son!"

"Now you say you want a divorce just like that? Is this how a person behaves?"

"All these years, your job only earned a pittance each month. If it weren't for our Rachel, your family of three would have starved long ago!"

"Our daughter is the one who suffered. She hasn't even complained, what right do you have to ask for a divorce?"

"I see this is all your scheme! Emily was probably killed by you, but you're blaming it on Rachel. You just want to divorce her, don't you?"

Rachel immediately chimed in, as if finally having someone to back her up.

"That's right, Jack. This is all your scheme. Emily just had a fever, why would she die? You're despicable!"

Looking at Rachel and her parents' ugly faces, I really felt I had been completely wrong.