Filed to story: Eight Uncles Beloved Treasure
Lilly was the first to notice something was wrong with Bettany. She held her arms and asked, “Grandma, how are you?”
Bettany wiped her tears and hugged Lilly. She lamented Lilly’s unfortunate situation.
Lilly comforted her, saying, “Grandma, don’t be scared. I am here. I’ll be by your side.”
Gilbert went to get some medicine for Bettany. The party was once again in chaos.
Everyone looked at the members of the Crawford family and the two individuals who begged and cried.
“Are they here to cause a scene? They had to come here on the child’s birthday…”
“That might not be the case. They look pitiful. I’m sure they had no choice but to do this.”
One of them said, “Stephen isn’t really a good person…” The Hatcher family’s case was still under investigation, so not many people knew about it.
Another person said, “You can’t blame him. His unborn child was dead. It’s understandable if he couldn’t control his temper and hit someone…”
Edward was impatient. He asked, “Anthony, why haven’t we thrown them out yet?”
Anthony calmly replied, “We won’t let them go so easily.” He wanted to deal with these two individuals after Lilly’s birthday. However, they came to him instead.
Under Anthony’s orders, Jack had already gone to retrieve the evidence.
When Anthony found Lilly, she insisted she did not push anyone. As Lilly’s uncle,
Anthony would seek justice for her.
Stephen knelt and cried for a long time. Soon, he realized everyone was ignoring him. The members of the Crawford family stared at him coldly, while the other guests waited to see what would happen.
He could only look at Lilly and say, “Lilly, forgive Daddy… I acted on impulse because you caused your brother’s death. You know I wouldn’t do that usually…”
Stephen thought Lilly would stay quiet out of fear. However, Lilly calmly said, “Daddy, you are lying.”
“Daddy isn’t lying. I’m not…”
Lilly interrupted, “Daddy used to beat Lilly. Daddy always beat Lilly.”
Stephen was rendered speechless. He was annoyed because Lilly wasn’t cooperating with him.
“I am your father, Lilly!”
Anthony received a document from Jack and chuckled, “I’m not sure if you are really Lilly’s father or not.”
A parrot was standing on Jack’s shoulder. The crowd scared it, so it jumped onto Lilly’s shoulder.
Everyone was curious about what Anthony would do next.
While holding the document, Anthony asked, “Debbie, did you say it was Lilly who pushed you and caused your miscarriage?”
Debbie suddenly felt anxious. She said while choking, “It wasn’t Lilly’s fault. She was an insecure child after all…”
Anthony chuckled, “Did you think you could do anything you wanted because there wasn’t a security camera at the Hatcher residence on the day of the incident?”
Debbie was clueless, “Mr. Crawford, what are you talking about? I don’t understand…”
Anthony looked at the parrot and said, “Lilly, bring Polly here.”
Lilly brought Polly over and comforted it, saying, “Polly, it’s all right. Uncle Anthony doesn’t eat birds.”
Debbie looked at the parrot. It suddenly flapped its wings and said, “Don’t come close! Beware of the dog!”
Debbie forced a smile and said, “What is this…”
To Debbie’s surprise, the parrot then spoke in her voice and tone.
“I’m very pitiful… When your uncles ask you, just tell them you are the one who pushed me. Understand?”
“You are such a bad girl. I will beat you up!”
Debbie froze up. That darn bird repeated everything she said to Lilly that day.
Everyone else was stunned. They wondered if the truth was different from what they knew.
With people doubting her, Debbie looked at Stephen and said, “Are you suspecting me of accusing Lilly? That was my child! Why would I harm myself and my own child to accuse her? What would I gain from doing that… You can’t suspect me because of a bird! I’m already very sad because I lost my child…”
Then, Debbie started crying.
Anthony adjusted his tie and said, “What a great performance.”
Once again, Jack projected the video from the USB drive on the screen.
In the video, there was the pregnant Debbie and Lilly, who were holding a rabbit. They were half a meter apart. Suddenly, Debbie leaned backwards and fell down the stairs. It was clear that Lilly did not touch Debbie!
Debbie was dumbfounded. The video shouldn’t have existed since there was no security camera in the first place.
Stephen was more shocked than Debbie. He turned around and slapped Debbie.
“What’s going on? Huh?”
Debbie covered her face. She had no explanation for that.
“I… I don’t know…” Debbie started crying, “I was confused. I don’t remember anything…”
“You don’t remember? Let me help you jog your memory!” said Anthony.
He took out a paper from the document and threw it on Debbie’s face.
“Your miscarriage was pre-planned. It was also fake that you bled twice during the surgery.”
The paper was a notice claiming the doctor was punished for accepting Debbie’s bribe to forge her medical report.
With all the evidence present, Debbie was no longer innocent.
Stephen was furious because he had just realized that Debbie had been using him all along.
Angrily, he confronted Debbie, “Debbie, you wanted to leave me from the beginning, didn’t you? You used Lilly to fake your miscarriage so that you could leave me, right? Am I right?”
Debbie still refused to admit it. She shook her head and continued crying.
Stephen was annoyed, but he saw this as a great opportunity.
“You are so evil! I misunderstood Lilly because you have been lying to me… Lilly! It was all Daddy’s fault! The person I trusted the most deceived me!”
Anthony snapped his fingers, and Jack displayed a few documents on the screen.
The first document was Jean’s death certificate and Stephen’s marriage certificate.
Jean died in March, and Stephen married Debbie at the end of that month.
The second document was Lilly’s medical record when she was beaten up. The report stated the following: “Respiratory arrest, Shock, Fractures in the third, fourth, sixth, and seventh ribs, Fractured humerus, Fractured right arm, Irreversible frostbite on the outer bend of the left leg tissue…”
This was followed by a picture taken by a neighbor of the Hatcher family. It showed Lilly, wearing her pajamas, buried in the snow…
Everyone was shocked.
The medical report revealed the extent of the injuries Lilly suffered at the hands of Stephen.
Everyone stared at Stephen angrily. How could he claim that he acted impulsively and hurt her because he was angry? Lilly had to be rescued in the emergency room.
Bettany almost fainted when she saw the report.
“He was trying to kill her!”
