When Daniel was a child, his family was destitute. His mother, unable to endure the hardship, abandoned him in his cradle and ran off with another man.
It was his father-in-law who raised him alone.
To protect him from any harm, he never remarried.
“Why? Do you think it’s too little?”
I opened my mouth, my voice trembling as I explained, “This isn’t about the money, Daniel.”
“The man in the accident, he… he… was our father!”
I was afraid he wouldn’t accept it, so I spoke cautiously.
But he glanced at his watch and frowned impatiently.
“I know. You don’t need to keep repeating it.”
“Since you don’t think it’s too little, then just sign it. Don’t waste my time—I have things to do.”
I flipped open the agreement in front of me, unsure where to begin, until a line of words pierced my eyes, making my pupils contract sharply.
It actually described my father-in-law bending over to tie his shoelaces as an intentional scam.
Because he was supposedly scamming Natalie, he happened to be unwell and failed to notice her condition.
This was a complete reversal of right and wrong.
I clutched the thin sheet of paper and asked Daniel, “Did you go to the police station and watch the surveillance video?”