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During the acrobatic performance, I watched helplessly as my sedated child was swapped with a dummy.
On the animal training stage, he was eaten bit by bit by the tigers.
I begged everyone desperately to save my son, banging my head on the ground, but was only treated as a madwoman and thrown out.
Later, Xavion rushed me to the hospital with a severe head injury.
After three months in a coma, the moment I woke up, I struggled to tell Xavion about our son's killers. Instead, I overheard his conversation with his secretary outside the room.
"Boss, are you sure this is the right thing to do? Tommy is your own flesh and blood after all. Your wife will be devastated if she learns the truth."
"Melody became depressed trying to save me. You saw how she threatened suicide with a knife that day. As long as she can be happy every day, I'd do anything - let alone sacrifice one child."
Two streams of tears fell from my eyes as I stood by the wall, unable to control my trembling.
Our picture-perfect family was all a lie. The son I cherished more than my own life was just a disposable stress relief tool in Xavion's eyes.

The Circus Tragedy, a Son Devoured By Tigers

In the next moment, a sharp pain radiated from my head as an expensive vase shattered against my forehead. My body involuntarily toppled to the side. Xavion, who had returned unnoticed, embraced the teary-eyed Melody with concern, exclaiming, "Vivienne, what's gotten into you all of a sudden!?"


"I've gone mad? Xavion, how dare you speak to me like that! Don't you have any clue how our son died?" My scalp felt sticky, and I knew it must be blood. But no pain mattered to me now. I just kept howling at the two of them like a vengeful spirit.


"What nonsense are you spouting? Didn't I tell you that our child's death was an accident? Do you think I, as a father, wanted our son to die?"


He spoke with such conviction that I, already knowing the truth, couldn't help but laugh bitterly.


Chapter 5