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Cole gripped the steering wheel, his hands trembling.
“When I was preparing to get married and wanted to come clean to my parents, I visited her home. Her parents were actors she hired,” he said.
“Last time I went alone, I heard from her neig..bor that she used to be a mistress to a rich man. The original wife found out and came to her house. Her parents were beaten to death protecting her.
“The original wife later got divorced and is still in jail.
“Reva took the compensation money and left her hometown. That’s how she ended up here.”
I didn’t know what to say. We both fell silent.
It turned out, people saw the world based on their own. experiences.
That was why Reva had so much malice towards me that day.
Every move she made was deadly.
That was how the original wife had treated her.
On the way home, we stopped at a red light. Cole stepped on the brake and suddenly noticed something was off.
His expression darkened.
He kept pressing the brake.
But the car didn’t slow down at all.
We were about to run the red light. I glanced over and saw him sweating profusely.
Cole pulled out his phone from his pocket and tossed it onto my lap.
“Call the police.” he urged. “Someone tampered with our brakes.”
I quickly grabbed the phone and dialed the emergency number.
I gave them our license plate number and location.
The police swiftly provided a solution, so Cole immediately turned the car towards the suburbs.
Fortunately, the gas tank wasn’t full.
We drove around the suburban roads for a full 30 kilometers before the car finally stopped.
Cole’s suit was soaked with sweat.
Even so, he turned to comfort me.
I was still shaken, unable to believe that in just one month, I had brushed shoulders with death three times.
A police car that had been following us pulled up. Several officers got out and took us back to the station.
After a brief questioning, they quickly checked the surveillance footage of the court’s parking lot.
They identified the suspect and made an arrest.
The whole process took only two hours.
When the suspect saw us at the station, his face was filled with
anger.
“How dare you call the police? You deserve to die. You’re lucky this time, but you won’t escape next time,” he said.
Cole lost his temper and was about to rush at him, but I held him back.
The police quickly took the suspect away.
This incident made Cole feel an urgent sense of crisis.
He couldn’t wait to get home and posted an account of what
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happened online right from the police car.
The news spread like wildfire and was soon trending.
Cole followed up with a post in the comments section, revealing Reva’s full name and photo.
He explained all the details of Reva’s deceptive marriage.
The post went viral, with hundreds of thousands of views in just an hour.
Public opinion completely shifted.
We went from being universally despised to being seen as victims.
Cole had initially wanted to give Reva some dignity, but he couldn’t tolerate the negative impact she had brought, especially since it threatened his family.
This time, he couldn’t hold back anymore.
After we got home, he locked himself in his room.
His parents were so worried they couldn’t sleep all night.
The next day, he seemed fine, just with very red and swollen
eyes.
His parents finally relaxed when they saw he was okay.
After returning, I kept an eye on the online discussions.
Cole’s post, meant to clear our name, had unexpectedly brought out a group of victims.
