Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The entire hall went silent , then erupted into chaos . Reporters gasped , cameras flashed wildly , and the livestream chat exploded . Holy shit ! The woman who died was his own mother ?! ] And he was just calling the victim's family scum ! He's been cursing himself this whole time ! ] Unbelievable ! He defended his mother's killer and helped destroy her name ?! ] What kind of monster does that ?! ] This is karma . Every ounce of evil he spread came crawling back for him . ] But that poor woman - killed , shamed , her body sold off - she never even got a proper burial . ] is the comments scrolled by and the crowd whispered in horror , Declan's wails echoed through the hall . nd for the first time , the man once celebrated as a " Gold Medal Lawyer " was stripped bare , not by others , but by he truth he'd spent everything trying to bury . he respect people had once shown Declan evaporated in an instant . Now their fury was just as fierce . When Sloane realized the woman she'd hit was Declan's mother , her expression oddly brightened . She scrambled ver and put on a sweet , pleading smile for him . Declan , " she cooed , " didn't you say you'd protect me ? Since I accidentally hit your mother, can you just sign a letter fforgiveness for me ? She's already gone . Don't let a dead person wreck the rest of my life . " he waited , expecting him to comfort her the way he always had - gentle words , a soothing touch . ut this time his face was rigid and cold . His voice was low and menacing . You wretch , " he said , " you killed my mother , and you expect forgiveness ? Sloane , I want you to pay for what you lid ! " Then he pulled a knife from his pocket and drove it into her chest . The motion was sudden and brutal . Sloane didn't have time to react . She clutched at her wound and collapsed in igony . When the blade wasn't aimed at him , Declan had sounded detached and even patient about the whole affair . But now , faced with the truth , he snapped . In a single , terrible instant , he killed the woman who had killed his mother , and Sloane died . Chapter 12 Soon , Declan was arrested , jailed , and sentenced to death . But before his execution , he transferred all his assets , through his lawyers , into my name . Using the money , I spent a fortune to recover what remained of my mother - in - law's body from the black market . When I managed to retrieve some fragments , I arranged a proper gravesite and paid for a headstone , doing everything I could to give her a decent burial . After all , she had been kind her whole life , and she deserved none of the shame she was heaped with . she had done nothing wrong . Standing at her grave , I traced the letters of her name one last time . f I could go back , I'd make the same choice - to fight for her , even when the whole world called me crazy . Because some things are worth fighting for , no matter the cost . Truth doesn't care how long it takes to surface . Justice loesn't care how many people stand in its way . n the end , they always win . Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!