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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

Initially, Xavion didn't notice anything amiss and kept asking for details, until Melody snatched the phone away, her tone frantic yet fawning as she inquired about how he was doing over there.


Xavion finally caught on to her obvious attempt to change the subject.


"...Melody, what's really going on with Vivienne?" His voice dropped an octave.


"What do you mean? Nothing's wrong!" Her usually coquettish voice was now laced with panic.


"I'm asking you one more time." Xavion's voice now carried a tinge of anger.


"Haha..." She let out an awkward laugh before speaking at lightning speed: "Xavion, you've been avoiding ddevilrce with Vivienne to save face, right? Well, now that she's dead, we can finally be together without any complications."


These two words exploded like a bomb in Xavion's ears.


Melody continued to ramble on about various things, but he couldn't hear a word.


Chapter 7