For five years, I’d been trapped in lies, giving everything like a fool.
"Slander?"
I slowly lifted my phone and pressed play. "Then listen. Isn’t this also slander?"
The recording immediately played the conversation between Anna and Laura in the elevator.
"Sister, if it weren’t for…"
The moment they heard it, their faces drained of color.
"Th-this isn’t real! You faked it! You’re framing my sister!"
"Faked?"
I raised an eyebrow and angled the screen toward her.
"Do you want me to show you the hospital corridor’s surveillance footage? It’s from 3 PM today. The elevator camera clearly recorded you two and your conversation."
"Should I call hospital security now?"
George’s body trembled, his furious curses stopping abruptly.
He collapsed back on the bed, struggling to breathe.
Laura instinctively stepped back, her eyes darting everywhere but me.
"No, no need."
"Why not?"
I stood up. "Didn’t you say I was slandering you? Didn’t you insist I was talking nonsense?"
"Now that the evidence is right here, what else do you have to say?"
George’s hands shook, panic flickering in his eyes.
"Charles, let me explain."
"Explain?"