Last Life, He Killed Me for Her. This Life, I’ll Sell Him the Ticket Chapter 05
Cold sweat poured down Evan’s face, and he immediately ordered everyone to search for me.Â
“General, I put her in the lockup because she committed theft and showed a serious lack ofÂ
character.”Â
“Everyone assigned here came to serve. Even though she is my wife, I can’t cover for her.”Â
At that, the General’s tightly furrowed brow gradually eased, and the look he gave Evan carried a hint of approval.Â
“If this woman’s character is truly as bad as youÂ
say, then I really will have to…”Â
Before he could finish, Wendy dragged me over.Â
“Evan, she tried to run. I caught her.”Â
I was barely clinging to life, covered in blood.Â
The General’s breath caught, and he immediatelyÂ
looked at Evan.Â
“What is this? Who gave you permission to tortureÂ
her outside proper authority?”Â
Evan’s smug expression instantly turned livid. HeÂ
looked up and glared at Wendy.Â
But Wendy completely missed his signal. Instead,Â
she hooked her arm through his in front ofÂ
everyone.Â
“Evan, you have to punish her properly this time.Â
Not only did she try to run, but she also cursed meÂ
out.”Â
The General had seen enough in his life. HowÂ
could he not understand what was going on?Â
Evan shoved her away.Â
“Get away from me. Shut your mouth.”Â
The General gave a cold smile.Â
“Colonel Lawson, aren’t you going to introduce this.Â
woman?”Â
A flicker of disdain flashed through Wendy’s eyes.Â
“Who are you? How dare you talk to Evan like that?Â
Watch yourself, or he’ll throw you in the lockupÂ
too.”Â
“Well, well. I had no idea Colonel Lawson had thisÂ
much rank to throw around.”Â
The General’s expression changed sharply, and hisÂ
voice rang with authority.Â
Evan panicked. He turned and ordered the MPs toÂ
restrain Wendy and take her away.Â
But the General stopped them.Â
“So this is the Wendy you claimed was wonderfulÂ
in every way?”Â
“Evan, you owe me an explanation for whatÂ
happened today.”Â
Evan hurriedly lowered his head, wiping the coldÂ
sweat from his forehead in a panic.Â
“General, please let me explain. She only acted out because Lana stole her property, and she lost herÂ
head for a moment.”Â
As he rushed to explain, everyone present froze inÂ
shock.Â
The General?Â
I suddenly remembered the way out my motherÂ
had mentioned. I immediately rushed forward andÂ
dropped to my knees before him.Â
“General, please save me. I didn’t steal anything.Â
Wendy stole from me, and Evan covered for her.Â
They’re trying to make sure I die here.”Â
“What?”Â
He hurriedly helped me up.Â
But Evan rushed over.Â
“General, don’t listen to her nonsense. She was the one who behaved disgracefully, so I had to…”Â
“Shut up!”Â
The General looked at the injuries covering myÂ
body, his face full of anger.Â
“You don’t get to speak. Let someone else talk.”Â
At that, Wendy realized she had caused a disaster.Â
She looked at Evan in panic, but he gave her noÂ
response at all.Â
I sat down on a chair and told the GeneralÂ
everything from beginning to end.Â
“Just because I refused to obediently hand over my transfer clearance, he locked me up. He also let Wendy torture me outside proper authority. She‘ humiliated me, beat me, and even tried to… sendÂ
someone in to sexually assault me.”Â
“If I hadn’t fought with everything I had andÂ
escaped, you probably wouldn’t be seeing me rightÂ
now.”Â
The moment I said that, Evan was the first to rushÂ
toward me.Â
“When did I ever have anyone beat you or sexually assault you? Stop making vicious accusations.”Â
I shoved him away hard and looked at the MPÂ
beside us.Â
“You know exactly what you did. If you don’t believe me, ask him.”Â
The MP’s lips trembled. In the end, he lowered his head and silently admitted it.Â
The General was so furious that his hands shook.Â
Finally, he laughed from pure rage.Â
Evan finally understood what had happened. He kicked Wendy hard in the chest.Â
“Who told you to act on your own?”Â
But by then, everyone else had already been called,Â
over.Â
They stood in place, looking at me with pity, yetÂ
not one of them dared to speak.Â
In the end, Dawn stepped forward.Â
“General, if we tell the truth today, can you protectÂ
us?”Â
The General clenched his fists. The situation wasÂ
far worse than he had imagined.Â
“I give you my word. As long as you tell the truth, IÂ
will not let anything happen to you.”Â
“Good.”Â
Dawn lifted her head and stared hard at Evan, herÂ
eyes full of mockery.Â
“Colonel Lawson used the excuse of caring for aÂ
fallen soldier’s widow to take Wendy’s side inÂ
everything and give every benefit to her.”Â
“Every task Wendy was supposed to do wasÂ
dumped onto Lana, while every bit of credit LanaÂ
earned through sheer effort was handed toÂ
Wendy.”Â
“Even Wendy’s transfer clearance this time wasÂ
stolen from Lana.”Â
“And of course, we saw Wendy steal that braceletÂ
from Lana with our own eyes.”Â
The MP captain was shocked. Back then, theÂ
missing bracelet had caused a huge commotion,Â
but Wendy had insisted she had not stolen it.Â
Later, Wendy had strutted around wearing the bracelet, and Evan had personally claimed that heÂ
had given it to her.Â
Afraid of being dragged into the mess, the MPÂ
captain hurriedly questioned them.Â
“Why didn’t you say anything at the time?”Â
After saying that, Dawn gave a bitter smile.Â
“Did we dare?”Â
“Whenever our families sent us clothes, food, or aÂ
little spending money, if Wendy wanted it, itÂ
became hers.”Â
“If we refused, the best–case punishment wasÂ
being thrown into the lockup by Colonel Lawson.Â
The worst case was being beaten, sent to one ofÂ
the harshest disciplinary farm camps, and neverÂ
getting a chance to turn our lives around again.”Â
“We had no choice. We could only hand over ourÂ
pay every month just to have a few peaceful days.”Â
The General punched Evan hard, making him spitÂ
out a mouthful of blood.Â
“So this is how you carry out your duties, Evan.Â
Impressive. Truly impressive.”Â
Evan clutched his chest, but he still tried to argue.Â
“I only gave Wendy extra care because she wasÂ
Luke Bennett’s wife and a fallen soldier’s widow.Â
Please don’t listen to their lies.”Â
But the moment he finished speaking, one personÂ
after another stepped forward in front of theÂ
General.Â
“I’ll testify. It’s all true.”Â
Dozens of people shouted the same sentenceÂ
with the determination of people ready to riskÂ
everything.Â
The General’s eyes slowly reddened.Â
He looked at Evan with deep disappointment.Â
“A fallen soldier’s widow receives stipends and support from higher command. Since when was it your place to steal from others to take care ofÂ
her?”Â
“And besides, she and Luke were never legallyÂ
married. What kind of fallen soldier’s widow doesÂ
that make her?”Â
Evan still wanted to say something, but theÂ
General had already lost every last shred of faithÂ
in him.Â
“Do you really think I didn’t know why Luke madeÂ
up his mind to head out to the Southwest backÂ
then?”Â
“It wasn’t only because he wanted to serve hisÂ
country. It was also because he found out hisÂ
fiancée was fooling around with a married man.”Â
“When I asked him about it, he refused to say aÂ
word. Only today did I learn that the two rottenÂ
bastards who deserved every bit of hell coming toÂ
them were the two of you.”Â
Wendy had been about to defend herself, butÂ
when she heard that, she collapsed heavily to theÂ
ground.Â
Evan’s face also went pale, and he sank down inÂ
defeat.Â
A flicker of despair crossed his eyes.Â
Before Wendy was supposed to marry Luke, sheÂ
had come to Evan and asked whether he still lovedÂ
her.Â
At the time, his head had gone blank with desire,Â
and he had not pulled away from Wendy’s kiss.Â
But he had never expected Luke to find out aboutÂ
everything.Â
He suddenly turned back to look at me.Â
“Let me explain…”

