My Best Friend Had a Baby to Inherit Riches, I Exposed Her Chapter 10
Garrett’s bristles flew up the moment the wordsÂ
left her mouth.Â
He looked ready to personally throw her out theÂ
window.Â
I reached out, catching his wrist, and took a deepÂ
breath before looking at Abby.Â
“Garrett and I will cover all of the child’s medicalÂ
expenses moving forward. An innocent lifeÂ
shouldn’t pay for your sins.”Â
Garrett’s eyes widened, clearly blindsided by myÂ
choice.Â
But a child was just a child. Abby was the monsterÂ
here.Â
Besides, given the extreme holistic bio–hacking regime Abby had subjected her body to during pregnancy, the infant’s internal organs were likely already fundamentally compromised.Â
Abby gnashed her teeth, spitting venom.Â
“I don’t need your fake charity…”Â
I smiled coldly, interrupting her. I wasn’t a saint, and I never let a debt go unpaid.Â
“As for you,” I said, tapping my phone screen. “TheÂ
police are already downstairs.”Â
“The charges against you are enough to lock you away for decades.”Â
“I hope you use that time in a federal cell to reflectÂ
on your actions, instead of masking your maliceÂ
behind twisted morality.”Â
The words had barely left my lips when two stateÂ
troopers walked in, cuffing her instantly.Â
Abby shook her head frantically, screaming inÂ
denial as she was dragged down the corridor.Â
I turned to the nurse who was applying gauze toÂ
her bleeding neck.Â
“What’s your name?” I asked with a warm smile.Â
The nurse blinked, caught off guard, beforeÂ
answering softly.Â
“Sadie.”Â
I nodded approvingly. “A beautiful name.”Â
Then, with casual indifference, I added, “Thanks toÂ
your bravery, my children are safe.”Â
“How does half a million dollars a year sound toÂ
become the private estate manager for my son and daughter?”Â
Sadie’s face completely lit up, her voice thick withÂ
shock.Â
“Are you serious?”Â
“Dead serious,” I replied, smiling. “You can officially start once I’m discharged. For now, just focus onÂ
recovering here with me.”Â
A few days later, Garrett carefully escorted meÂ
through the gates of the Sterling Estate.Â
This was a massive, historic manor spanningÂ
generations, inherited alongside theÂ
multi–trillion–dollar fortune.Â
The grand iron gates were breathtaking, instantlyÂ
washing away the residual stress of the past fewÂ
months.Â
The moment we neared the main entrance,Â
Garrett’s parents rushed forward with sycophanticÂ
smiles.Â
One reached to support my arm, while the otherÂ
scrambled to take our bags.Â
His sister stood a short distance away, her faceÂ
dark and resentful.Â
“Our daughter–in–law is the absolute savior of thisÂ
family! Come on, sit down and don’t tire yourselfÂ
out.”Â
Garrett immediately pulled me into his side,Â
blocking them with a cold expression.Â
“I’ve already hired a professional staff. YourÂ
services aren’t required.”Â
Garrett’s mother offered a strained, desperateÂ
smile.Â
“We’re blood, honey. Families don’t hold grudgesÂ
forever.”Â
She reached out, trying to clasp my hand to showÂ
intimacy.Â
“As long as Audrey forgives us, I swear I’ll doÂ
whatever you want from now on.”Â
Garrett let out a harsh, mocking laugh.Â
“Fine. You want back into this house?” He pointedÂ
directly at his sister.Â
“Make her get on her knees and grovel forÂ
forgiveness until Audrey is satisfied.”Â
The sister exploded instantly.Â
“Me? Grovel to her? No way in hell!”Â
Garrett’s mother, seeing a sliver of hope, grabbedÂ
her daughter, violently forcing her downward.Â
Garrett’s sister looked at her mother in absoluteÂ
shock, unable to believe she was being sold out.Â
“Mom! I’m your own daughter!”Â
Seeing her daughter resist, Garrett’s mother’s faceÂ
twisted into a vicious snarl.Â
She pinched the girl’s arm with agonizing force.Â
“Do it! Grovel right now! My entire future dependsÂ
on you!”Â
She began hitting and slapping her daughter.Â
When the girl still refused to budge, the motherÂ
sank her teeth deep into her own daughter’s arm.Â
Garrett’s father, losing his temper, delivered aÂ
brutal kick that knocked the sister flat onto theÂ
concrete.Â
Just for a shot at wealth, the three of them hadÂ
completely turned on each other, tearing theirÂ
family dynamic to shreds.Â
I had seen enough of this farce. Grabbing Garrett’sÂ
arm, I started to pull him away from the scene.Â
Seeing us walk away, Garrett’s mother lunged forward, desperately clawing at his jacket sleeve.Â
“Son! Please forgive me! I was just blinded byÂ
greed for a second!”Â
“I swear I will change!”Â
Garrett violently wrenched his sleeve from her grip,Â
his voice ringing with absolute finality.Â
“We are done. Don’t let me ever see your faces again.”Â
“Security, remove these trespassers from the property.”Â
Ten years flashed by in the blink of an eye, and the twins were already preparing for middle school.Â
Over the decade, Garrett’s parents had tried to pop up occasionally to cause a scene.Â
But Garrett handled them ruthlessly every singleÂ
time, never letting a single piece of stress reach my plate.Â
Abby was still serving her lengthy sentence in prison.Â
A year into her sentence, she was clinically diagnosed with schizophrenia.Â
She spent her days consumed by paranoid delusions that everyone was out to destroy her, eventually turning violent and assaulting multipleÂ
inmates in her cellblock.Â
Her son, Toby, had passed away two years into his life.Â
The poor child had been forced into the world solely to satisfy a woman’s greed, leaving before he could experience a single ounce of real beauty.Â
I sat by the edge of the estate’s infinity pool, soaking in the warm afternoon sun.Â
The air was filled with the beautiful, noisy chatter of my kids playing nearby.Â
Garrett leaned down, pressing a tender kiss right between my brows.Â
I smiled, wrapped in the profound warmth of a life that finally felt complete.

