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    “Then tell me—what did I say that wasn’t true?” Linda looked just as shocked. “Look at you. What kind of tone is that?”


    She shook her head. Her voice cracked with disappointment. “So because your feelings for her have changed, you’ve forgotten everything else? She wronged me first.”


    “Regarding that incident…” Eric tilted his chin slightly. “You have every right to hate Hadley! But that money—it belongs to the Flynn family. It’s not yours. No matter how much you hate her, you had no right to cut off the funds Grandma left her. That money was hers.”


    His voice grew colder as he continued, “I’m her husband. I’m Joy’s father. And I let them suffer in the—alone, without a cent—for four years. That’s not something I can just erase.”


    Linda said nothing. Her face darkened with every word.


    She arched a brow. “Well, I already did it. So what now? You going to call the police on me?”


    She let out a dryugh. “Need me to remind you? This is a family matter—it’s not a crime. And besides…”


    Her back straightened. Her hands clenched the arms of the wheelchair.


    “Don’t forget why you’re still alive.”


    Her lips trembled. Her voice broke with anger. “Eric, let me spell it out. If it weren’t for me, you’d still be in that hellhole. Dead. I was the one who carried you out. I nearly died saving you.” Her eyes burned red. She wasn’t done.


    She mmed her fists against her legs, again and again. Her voice trembled, barely holding itself together. “You know why I’m stuck in this chair? Because of you! And now you’re turning your back on me—for her? Where’s your conscience?”


    “Enough!” Eric’s voice cut through the air like a de. His brows pulled tight. His eyes turned cold.


    “I haven’t forgotten,” he muttered, low and bitter. “I remember every bit of it.”


    Then his voice rose—steady, unwavering.


    “For years, I lived for you. Took care of everything. Worried about your happiness. Your future. I tried everything I could to make things easy for you. And this… this is who you became?” He looked at her, eyes hardening.


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    “The girl who once pulled me out of that nightmare… where did she go?” Eric shook his head slowly, as if the truth refused to settle in. “You’ve be a stranger to me. I don’t even recognize you anymore.”<fncd28> This content belongs to Find_Novel(.</fncd28>


    Linda froze. A chill spread through her limbs. “You… you actually called me a stranger?”


    “Have I not repaid you?” Eric didn’t respond to her question. The words that had weighed on him for years finally poured out. “For over ten years, I’ve treated you and Ernest the same. I lived for the both of you. And that’s no exaggeration. I know I owe you my life.”


    He tilted his head slightly and took a slow breath.


    His gaze held a deep ache—disappointment etched in every line of his face. “What else do you want from me? Haven’t I done enough? I gave you everything I could. I considered you in every decision.”


    He let out a dryugh. “You already have what most people can only dream of—status, wealth,fort.”


    Linda fired back. “Do you think money alone is enough? I’m a person. Money doesn’t make me happy. I need care. I need love.”


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