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My husband took our daughter shopping, and in the blink of an eye, she vanished.
The next day, the kidnappers sent us one of her fingers, demanding $10 million for her release.
I desperately begged them not to harm her further. When I turned to my husband for the money, he hung his head low:
"All our funds are tied up in a new venture. We don't have that kind of cash to give them."
Our friends all expressed their inability to help, and without receiving the ransom, the kidnappers callously followed through on their threat.
When I saw my daughter's severed head, I was overcome with despair and fainted.
When I regained consciousness, I found myself in the hospital. As I opened my eyes, I overheard my husband on the balcony, talking on the phone.
"I told you to harvest the organs, why did you make such a spectacle of it?"
"I don't want to hear your excuses. Send her heart over immediately. If anything goes wrong with Mira's kid again, you'll have me to answer to!"
I lay frozen in bed, feeling a chill run through my entire body.
My daughter... he was behind her death?

Husband Killed Our Daughter for His First Love

He remembered when he was just starting his business, how Julie resolutely supported him with all the inheritance her parents had left her.


He also recalled countless nights when she and their daughter waited for him to come home from work.


Thinking of this, he suddenly slapped himself hard across the face.


He was truly worthless! Nothing but an animal! The happiness he once had was right in front of him! And he didn't even know to cherish it!


How could he not love her?! He had just been deceiving himself all these years!


In his panic, he suddenly thought of another place to go. He immediately stumbled to his feet and drove to his destination.


Tessa was only five years old, now smiling at him from the black and white photo on the tombstone.


There was still no trace of Julie here.


"Lorne! What the hell are you doing?! You can't just abandon me and Dane like this!"


Mira came running breathlessly from behind, trying to get Lorne to come back with her.


Chapter 9