Chapter 4After He Poisoned My Baby, I Unleashed Hell
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Michael stepped forward and pulled me into an embrace. He patted my back gently, his voice a soft murmur against my hair.
“Clara, we’re still young. We lost our daughter, but we can have another.”
He held me tighter. “But my brother and his family… they’re my blood. Ethan is my nephew. You can’t seriously expect me to call the cops on my own brother’s son, can you? You want me to be the man who sent his own nephew to jail? The entire family would crucify me.”
He sighed, a sound of deep, manufactured sorrow. “I know you’re in pain. I’m her father. Don’t you think I’m in pain, too? But what’s done is done. We have to face it, and we have to handle it… the right way.”
He pulled back to look me in the eye. “The police will come to take your statement later. You just tell them that our daughter accidentally ingested the pesticide. Then this whole thing will be over.”
His voice dropped to a conspiratorial whisper. “You need to be smart about this, Clara. Be reasonable. Peace in the family is what matters most.”