My Husband Broke My 3 Ribs For Slapping His Mistress-I Told My Father, Leave No Survivors In Thatt – Part 3

The gentle, kind mother who had taught me to paint, who sang me to sleep, had met such a brutal end. “Dad,” I said, turning back, my voice strangely calm. “They have to pay the price in blood, not just Barrett. The entire Hayes and Vance families. I want inheritance of blood.” A look of dark satisfaction crossed my father’s eyes.

“Do you have a plan?” Oh yes, I said. Garrett Hayes’s 60th birthday party is next week and I’m going to give him a present he will never ever forget. Garrett Hayes’s 60th birthday party was the pinnacle of denial. Despite the public scandal, the stock crash, and the unfortunate incident with Taran, Garrett was determined to project an image of power and stability.

The mansion was lavishly decorated, a string quartet playing. I arrived with Barrett. He was a broken man. His father had forced him to come to put on a united front. He was pale, shaking, and wouldn’t look me in the eye. He was just a puppet, and I was done with him. My sights were set on the puppet master. I wore a black dress, simple, elegant, furial.

At my throat was a simple pearl necklace. my mother’s. My dear, you came. Garrett boomed, greeting me with a broad smile. His eyes lingered for a moment on the pearls, and his face subtly tensed. I wouldn’t miss it, father, I said with a sweet smile. I’m so glad you remember them.” Garrett forced a composed expression and led us to the head table.

The party reached its peak and the MC announced the toasts. Garrett took the stage, boasting about his legacy, never once mentioning the scandals. And finally, he said, raising his glass, “I want to thank my wonderful daughter-in-law, Mallerie, for her grace and understanding. Family is everything.” As applause broke out, I gracefully stood up and walked toward the stage.

Under the table, Barrett desperately tugged at my dress, but I easily sidestepped him. You’re too kind, father, I said, taking the microphone. As the daughter-in-law of this family, I’ve also prepared a special birthday present for you. I gave Wesley, who was standing by the tech booth, a nod. The large screen in the ballroom descended.

Garrett’s face tightened, a sense of foroding in his eyes. First, I said, let’s take a look at the actual blueprints for the East River project. I pressed the remote. The real plans showing cheap non-code materials and fake safety reports flashed on the screen. Several city officials in the crowd pald. “Mr.

Hayes, what is the meaning of this?” shouted the director of city planning. “It’s a misunderstanding.” Garrett rushed the stage. But I quickly moved to the next slide. Next, we have the transaction history of Mr. Garrett Hayes’s Swiss bank account. For the past three years, you’ve transferred over $100,000 a month to Miss Taran Vance.

The ballroom fell dead silent. Taran, who was sitting in a dark corner, let out a small scream. And finally, my voice suddenly turned sharp. Miss Teran Vance’s pregnancy diagnosis. If you calculate the date of conception, my husband Barrett was on a business trip in Asia. That’s a lie. Barrett shot up from his seat.

“I also have the DNA test results right here,” I said calmly, displaying the final slide. “The lab report was clear.” “Paternity confirmed.” “Father, Garrett Hayes.” “Darling,” I said, turning to my husband. “The results say the child, the one Taran just lost, it wasn’t your brother. It was your child.” The ballroom exploded. Barrett looked at the screen, at his father, and back at the screen.

He let out a primal roar like an animal, and lunged, not at me, but at his father. He tackled Garrett, sending them both crashing into the birthday cake. “You, you, you slept with her,” he screamed, punching his father in the face. The situation devolved into complete chaos. Board members were leaving.

Bankers were tearing up loan agreements. Reporters were snapping photos furiously. I descended from the stage, walking calmly through the sea of shocked stairs. Behind me, I could hear Barrett’s roars and Garrett’s sobs. It was a beautiful, beautiful sound. CTA. My friends, as you can imagine at that moment, standing there watching that entire rotten family implode, it was a long way from the cold, dark basement.

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Your support is an incredible encouragement. Please just comment with the number one so I can see you. And now you need to hear what happened next because it wasn’t over. Not by a long shot. As I walked out of that ballroom, the sounds of chaos fading behind me, Rocco was at my side in an instant. The car is ready, Miss Mallalerie. Good, I said, my voice even.

I want to go to the hospital. I want to see something for myself. I wanted to see Garrett Hayes wheeled into the emergency room. We were halfway there, driving through the dark, quiet streets when Rocco suddenly tensed. We’re being followed, he said, his eyes on the rear view mirror. I looked back. A black unmarked SUV, its headlights off, was closing in fast. Is it Barrett? I asked.

“No,” Rocco said, his knuckles white on the wheel. “He’s still at the party, crying over the cake. This is someone else.” The SUV pulled up alongside us, and then it swerved, slamming into our car. I was thrown forward, my seat belt locking painfully. The impact, even in our armored car, sent a jolt of pain through my healed ribs, a phantom echo of Barrett’s kick.

Get down,” Rocco yelled. He wrenched the wheel, but the SUV hit us again, trying to push us off the road and into the guardrail. In that instant, two motorcycles roared onto the scene, seemingly from nowhere. Their riders, dressed in black, fired at the SUV’s tires. The SUV lost control, flipped several times, and crashed into a concrete divider, exploding in a fireball.

They’re from the dawn,” Rocco said, his breathing not even heavy. He smoothly corrected the car and continued driving as if nothing had happened. “Are you all right, miss?” I touched the growing lump on my forehead where I’d hit the window. I gave a cold smile. “Barrett must be truly desperate.” “Or Terran, or maybe Leland.

” “It doesn’t matter,” Rocco said. “They’re amateurs. And they’re finished. Back at the safe house, a discrete penthouse my father kept in Tbeca. I called him. Dad, they sent people after me. I know. His voice was grim. I handled it. It’s time to end this. Mallerie Leland Vance. He’s the one who gave the order. He’s desperate.

His company is collapsing after your presentation. It’s not enough, I said, walking to the window. I need to see them all pay. My father agreed. It was time. The next night, a silver van pulled up outside the cheap motel where Taran was hiding. My men, Rocco’s men, were professional. They took her and they took Barrett, who is now a person of interest in his own father’s assault case.

They were brought to an abandoned warehouse at the docks. I was already there sitting in the shadows, a single spotlight on two empty chairs. “What is this?” Barrett shrieked when they pulled the hood off his head. “Who are you?” “Shut up,” Rocco said. They threw Taran into the other chair. “She was a wreck.

” Her face was bruised, her hair matted. Barrett, I said, stepping into the light. His eyes widened in terror. Mallerie, thank God. You have to help me. These these people kidnapped me. They work for me, you idiot. I said, this is all your fault. Teran screamed at me. You You ruined everything. That baby was my golden ticket.

A golden ticket, I said. Is that what you call your father-in-law’s child? Your brother-in-law? Barrett whimpered. Mallerie, please. I was wrong. I was so so wrong. It was all Terran. She planned it. She She pushed me to do it. She’s the evil one. and my father. It was my father. He He’s the one who got her pregnant. I’m a victim, too.

A victim? I said, walking circles around him. A victim who broke his wife’s ribs. A victim who embezzled $3 million. A victim who hired a man to run his wife off the road tonight. No, that that wasn’t me. That was Leland Vance, Teran’s father. He He said it would solve all our problems. I tried to stop him. He sobbed, tears and snot running down his face.

Please, Mallerie, you have to believe me. She’s worthless. Take her. Just let me go. I’ll give you anything. I’ll sign the divorce papers, the custody, anything. Taran just stared at him, her face a mask of pure hatred. You, you spineless bastard. Thank you, Barrett, I said. That’s all I needed to hear. I clicked a small recorder in my hand. Rocco.

The warehouse doors slid open and the flashing blue and red lights of police cars flooded the room. Two detectives walked in. Barrett Hayes once said, “You’re under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder, embezzlement, and multiple counts of fraud.” Teran Vance, “You’re under arrest for conspiracy and fraud.

” Barrett looked at me, his face a mask of disbelief. “You, you, this was all a setup. Enjoy your 20 to life, darling,” I said. “I’ll be sure to send you a Christmas card.” For days later, a seismic shock hit the New York financial world. The Romano Group officially announced its acquisition of Hayes Construction. As the heir to the group, I held a press conference.

I wore a Chanel suit and my mother’s pearls. I announced a complete overhaul of the company, a new commitment to safety and ethics, and the establishment of a victim’s fund for the families affected by the East River project and by the crimes of Garrett Hayes and Leland Vance 25 years ago. A reporter asked, “Miss Romano, as the new CEO, what are your thoughts on your husband who is being investigated for murder for hire? I looked directly into the camera.

I trust the law will deliver a just verdict. Personally, I feel a deep sense of regret over Mr. Hayes’s actions. My only focus now is on healing and on making this company one my mother would have been proud of.” After the press conference, Wesley was waiting for me in the new boardroom. The final acquisition papers, Miss Romano. All they need is your signature.

I glanced through them, then looked up, “Wesley, why did you help me? Was it just because of my father?” He adjusted his glasses. At first, yes. I owed the dawn my life. But now he stepped closer. I’ve come to admire the woman you’ve become, Mallerie. I let out a small laugh and sign the papers.

Hayes construction is in your hands now. I trust you’ll turn it into a truly responsible company. Where are you going? He asked. To see an old friend, I said. The visitation room at the detention center was cold and sterile. Barrett was in an orange jumpsuit, his face unshaven. The moment he saw me, he lunged at the glass. “You devil,” he screamed.

I calmly picked up the receiver. “Barrett, your charges are embezzlement, fraud, and murder for hire. You’re looking at 20 years minimum.” Oh, and by the way, Taran turned states witness. She submitted evidence proving you conspired with her father to murder those protesters and me. And your father, Garrett? He had a heart attack in his cell. He’s not expected to make it.

Barrett collapsed into his chair, his soul leaving his body. And one last thing, I said, “He’s construction is mine now. All the shares in your name and your father’s inheritance have been liquidated to cover the funds you embezzled and pay damages to the victims. You are officially a broke designer. The sun was blindingly bright when I left the detention center.

In just 6 months, I had gone from a victim locked in a basement to the heir of a multi-billion dollar organization. Are you watching, Mom? The people who hurt you, they’ve all paid the price. Three months after Barrett was sentenced, the company was renamed Romano International. I stood in the top floor office, a glass of whiskey in my hand, looking out over New York City.

Wesley walked in, not in a suit, but in a casual sweater. You’ve been staring out that window for an hour, he said gently. The board is gone. You can relax. I turned to him. It’s quiet. It’s over, Mallerie. You won. I know. He walked over, standing beside me. Your father told me something. He said, “20 years ago, my mother saved your father’s life in a fire at a chemical plant.

A fire set by Leland Vance. This brooch.” He took a small box from his pocket. Inside was an exquisite pearl brooch, a matching piece to my mother’s necklace. She left this behind. I took it, my eyes filling with tears. Sophia, he said, using my old nickname. I know this is sudden, but I want to be with you formally. He knelt.

A year later, my father, his health surprisingly improved, walked me down the aisle. At the end of it, Wesley was waiting. I had tied my mother’s brooch to my bouquet. On our honeymoon, I whispered to him, “I think I’m pregnant. If it’s a girl, I want to name her Lily after my mother.” He held me tight. “Thank you, Mallerie, for breaking this endless cycle.

” In the distance, the dawn of a new day was breaking. My mother’s pearls shone under the starlight like a final period at the end of a long sentence and the beginning of a new one.