Miranda wasted no time in sharing the details of the case with herpanions, unraveling the story with precision and rity.


    It was an old case, dating back five or six years.


    The story involved two people, Nathaniel''s sister, Sophia Pembroke, and her husband, Theodore Chase. They met during their university days and fell deeply in love.


    Their backgrounds, however, couldn''t have been more different.


    Sophia hailed from an illustrious family, while Theodore Chase came from more humble beginnings. Initially, the Pembroke family disapproved of their rtionship. Yet, the couple''s genuine affection overcame all obstacles, and they eventually married.


    After the wedding, Sophia took on a high-ranking position within the family business. Theodore, a naturally gifted doctor, rapidly climbed the professionaldder in a prestigious city hospital, thanks in part to the Pembroke family''s influence. Within a few years, he became the head of surgery at Metropolitan Hospital, earning a reputation as an aplished young professional.


    Shortly after their marriage, they had a son. With sessful careers and a happy family, they were the envy of many.


    But their happiness was short-lived.


    On June 1st, the year their son turned three, Sophia nned to celebrate


    Children''s Day with her husband and child. Both had been consumed by work and saw this as an opportunity to spend quality time as a family.


    However, Theodore had a surgery scheduled and would bete.


    Sophia finished her work early and decided to surprise him at the hospital. But when she arrived, she found him not in surgery, but rather in a heated affair with a woman dressed as a nurse, right there in his office.


    Her heart shattered.


    That night, when Theodore returned home, the couple erupted into a fierce argument.


    Devastated, Sophia decided to file for divorce, threatening to strip Theodore of all the Pembroke family''s support and expose his infidelity to ruin his reputation.


    Enraged by the exposure of his transgressions and the potential copse of his career, Theodoreshed out physically at Sophia.


    In the midst of the struggle, overwhelmed by despair and betrayal, Sophia, in self- defense, grabbed a kitchen knife and fatally struck Theodore.


    ...


    "This case is riddled with mysteries," Miranda remarked. "Nobody really knows what happened that night. The details are solely based on Sophia''s ount, and the case itself was wrapped up rather haphazardly."


    "The proceedings from the incident to the sentencing were nothing short of bizarre."


    ...


    Following the incident that night, the Pembroke family pulled numerous strings to ssify the case as an act of manughter due to domestic violence, hoping for a lenient sentence.


    Strangely enough, even the parents of the deceased, Theodore''s own parents, submitted a letter of forgiveness to reduce Sophia''s sentence.


    Under these circumstances, Sophia was expected to serve just a year or two.


    But on the day of the trial, something unexpected happened. Sophia, against all predictions, stood in court and insisted that she intentionally killed Theodore, showing no remorse whatsoever.


    The courtroom was in an uproar.


    The Pembrokes, unable to ept this, sought psychiatric evaluations to dere Sophia mentally unstable, aiming to avoid severe punishment.


    Yet Sophia maintained herposure, asserting that she was fully aware of her actions and repeatedly insisted that Theodore deserved to die. She dered that given another chance, she would do it all over again without regret.


    The psychiatric evaluations returned normal, and herck of remorse in court led the judge to issue a firm sentence with no room for negotiation.


    Nheless, considering the genuine evidence of domestic violence, she was sentenced to six years.


    ...


    As Miranda concluded the tale, her listeners were left in a daze.


    Miranda vented her anger, "No matter how you look at it, Theodore Chase got what he deserved. He was a ssic opportunist, taking all the benefits he could and still being unfaithful and abusive! He deserved what he got."


    M, still processing, nodded in agreement. Theodore Chase truly was despicable.


    Her thoughts turned to the child, feeling a pang of sympathy. She gently stroked the peacefully sleeping child in her arms, thinking how unfortunate it was for him to endure such an event on Children''s Day,pletely oblivious to the chaos surrounding him.