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"No matter what I said, he refused to believe me. He chose to perform a simple meningitis operation on his mistress's daughter instead of saving our own child."
Upon hearing this, Lydia slapped Aiden. "You monster, you killed your daughter. Poor Kathy, her promising life cut short..."
"I didn't believe Clare. I thought she was lying," Aiden admitted.
"It's not that you didn't consider it, you didn't care at all," I exploded.
"No matter how much I begged, even fainting from crying, you ignored me.
You believed Maria's lies meant to drive us apart"
"For two decades, I've devoted everything to our family, oversaw our daughter's education, tolerated your affair with Maria, all to maintain peace for our daughter's sake. But you never appreciated my efforts, and now she's dead because of you."
I wept, my heart shattering.
"Clare, I'm so sorry."
"Sorry? Can your apology bring my daughter back to life?" I questioned.