After mom

4

I struggled, “Where are you taking me? Let me go! Jacob Thompson, you psycho!”

Jacob looked at me with eyes like ice picks, “Since you won’t admit it unless you see the coffin, I’ll take you to see the evidence. Then let’s see If you can still act so righteous!”

Evidence? What evidence? My mom and I hadn’t done anything wrong, yet they kept throwing dirt on us.

Soon, they brought me to a burial mound.

Jacob looked at me coldly, “Now that we’re here, are you still not going to confess?”

What was I supposed to confess? That was my mom’s grave!

Surely Jacob hadn’t just realized my mom was dead and was angry I hadn’t told him, dragging me to my mom’s grave to confront me?

How absurd!

At this moment, Emma, her face pale, spoke up, “Jacob, what is this?”

Jacob looked at her, his expression complex and pained, as if he couldn’t bear to say it, “Buddy is buried here.”

I immediately retorted, “Bullshit! This is my mom’s grave!”

The local custom was to wait three years after a person’s death before erecting a tombstone, so my mom’s new grave was just a mound of

earth.

Jacob sneered, “You’re still lying! Someone saw you sneaking here alone at night. You and your mom must have killed Buddy and buried him here secretly, afraid of being found out.”

That was because my mom was buried here. I couldn’t sleep at night thinking of her, so I came to see her and talk to her.

But Jacob didn’t believe my explanation at all. He was convinced I was lying.

“Since you won’t admit it, we’ll dig it up and see. Then you’ll have nothing to say!”

With that, he signaled the bodyguards to start digging.

My mind exploded. I rushed over like a madwoman to protect the grave, “Get away! Don’t touch my mom’s grave! I’m begging you, don’t touch her…”

But Jacob pulled me away forcefully, “Now you’re scared? Too late.”

“Jacob Thompson, you’re a beast!”

I pushed him hard and ran forward, but he grabbed my hair and yanked me back, causing me to fall.

My head hit the ground hard, leaving me dizzy and with ringing ears. Everything around me seemed to go silent. I could only see the soil on my mom’s grave getting less and less.

I crawled forward desperately, my fingers leaving bloody trails on the ground.

Emma questioned me through tears, “Abby, why are you so cruel? Why did you kill Buddy? He was just an innocent animal. What did he do wrong? He was a living being!”

“If you can’t stand me, take it out on me! Why hurt innocent Buddy?”

“Buddy, I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. I should be the one dead. You died in my place. It’s because I’m in the way. I was wrong, I was really wrong…”

What did my mom do wrong?! She’s dead and can’t even rest in peace, and now they want to dig up her grave!

At this moment, I was so full of resentment that I wanted to turn into a vengeful ghost and kill them all!

I mustered all my strength and slapped her across the face, “You should die. You all should die!”

“Enough, Abigail! You and your mom are clearly in the wrong, yet you refuse to admit it and blame others! I used to think you were sensible and obedient, but it seems it was all an act!”

“Someone like you doesn’t deserve to be my wife or Lucas’s mother! Your mom is shameless in her old age and doesn’t deserve to be Lucas’s grandmother!”

Just as he finished speaking, his phone suddenly rang.

1 PM

It was an unknown number. His mother’s voice came from the other end, “Jacob, where have you been with Lucas these past few days?!”

‘Mom, I’m busy. Don’t worry about it.”

‘How can I not worry? You’ve blocked all our calls and we can’t reach you. Do you know that Abigail’s mom died from an asthma attack the her day?”