Chapter 26

The online court of public opinion, which had previously been one-sidedly cursing Trisha, flipped overnight. The evidence released by Heather exploded like a bomb, shattering the victim image Anna had so carefully crafted. Chat logs, surveillance footage, even hospital diagnostic reports—every piece of evidence showed Anna's so-called "suicides" were nothing but meticulously staged melodramas. The most damning piece of evidence was a recording, made the day before Trisha and Cyril's wedding, where Anna smugly boasted to her friend. "Cyril is such a fool. All I have to do is pretend to jump off a building, and he'll do whatever I say. He even skipped his own wedding with Trisha because of me. So what if she's the real girlfriend? She still lost out to me." The tide of cursing quickly turned, all of it now directed at Anna. When Cyril received the news, he was just stepping out of the airport. His assistant's call interrupted him as he was retrieving his luggage. "Mr. Decker, it's