I held back my anger and called her, wanting my daughter to see her one last time. “Jack, are you sick? Ethan is ill and needs me. If you’re going to be like this, we should just divorce.” As she wished, after the divorce, she regretted it and knelt before me begging for forgiveness… “Daddy, save me, save Emily, I’m scared…” I was speeding down the road, my mind filled with Emily’s desperate voice. Today was her fifth birthday. My wife Sarah had taken our daughter to a summer resort to play. I was originally supposed to go too, but was discouraged by Sarah’s coldness. “Jack, I want to spend Emily’s birthday alone with her. If you go, I won’t go.” Sarah, who had previously been cold towards Emily, making such a request angered me. But Emily’s hopeful eyes made me nod in agreement. Now, hearing the fear in her trembling voice, I regretted it. “Daddy, Mom left with Ethan and Uncle Mark. I don’t know what to do alone…” “Emily, be good. Daddy’s here. Run towards the place with the police badge, the uncles there will take care of you.” Hearing that Sarah had left Emily alone, my heart filled with bitterness. Although anxious, I could only comfort her on the phone. Just then, heart-wrenching cries mixed with the roars of wild beasts came through. I suddenly remembered there were black bears kept at the resort. I tried to keep my voice steady as I called Emily’s name on the phone, while reassuring myself everything was fine. When I arrived at the resort, I saw a crowd gathered in a circle. “This poor little girl, how could she have gone to the bear enclosure alone? This is too cruel…” One sentence made my suspended heart plummet to rock bottom. I collapsed on the ground, weakly raising my hand to cover my chest. I struggled to crawl forward, seeing the phone watch on her small hand, and completely broke down. Using all my strength to stand up. I saw the girl’s white tulle dress had turned blood red. It was the one I had put on her myself this morning. Before leaving, she had hugged my neck and said in her sweet voice: “Daddy, tonight Emily will blow out the candles with you. You have to give Emily a teddy bear, okay?” After saying this, Emily stole a kiss on my cheek. Seeing her mischievous look, the frustration in my heart disappeared. But now she was lying on the ground like a lifeless doll. A piece of flesh had been torn from her face, with only a bit of skin still connecting it. Her limbs were twisted, and much of her hair was gone. Even the delicate skin on her body had been clawed open by sharp talons. This horrific sight made it hard for me to breathe, and my body began to sway. I took out my phone to call 911, but couldn’t aim at the screen for a long time. The feeling of helplessness made me break down. I knelt on the ground begging the onlookers. “Please help me call 911, save my daughter…” Hearing the ambulance was on its way, my panic subsided a bit. I turned to pick her up, but the bite marks on her body left me at a loss where to touch. I could only carefully kneel beside her, softly calling her name in a choked voice. “Dad… hurts… I… Mom…” Emily’s painful mumbling with closed eyes was her response to me. Thank goodness, she was still conscious. I understood her broken words – she wanted her mom. Seeing my daughter so fragile and miserable, hatred grew in my heart. But not wanting to disappoint her, as she was being sent into the emergency room, I called Sarah.
“Sarah, come to the city hospital.” I said, tightly gripping my hands to hold back the anger in my heart. Sarah was choked by my cold voice, then exploded in anger. “Jack, are you sick? Not having a good meeting, but monitoring me instead?” She’s at the hospital too? “Downstairs in the emergency room. Emily is seriously injured and wants to see you.” “Heh, Jack, you really are sick. You’d make up any lie to keep me from accompanying Ethan. He has no mother and is autistic. Now that he’s sick, if I don’t stay with him, he’ll be scared. Can’t you be more generous?” Sarah’s continued outburst made me look towards the emergency room, feeling sad for my Emily. Ever since Mark brought Ethan back to the country three years ago, my daughter had lost her mother’s love. And our marriage had reached a freezing point. To prevent Emily from growing up in a single-parent family, I endured the frustration in my heart and played the role of a good husband. Even so, I still couldn’t win back Sarah’s heart. Sarah was originally my secretary. After repeated collaborations, I developed different feelings for her. After I confessed to her, she looked surprised. I thought she would refuse me, but unexpectedly she walked straight to my side and nestled into my arms. “I like you too.” After getting together, she didn’t want to hear the company employees gossiping, so she quit her job to stay at home. At first, we lived very happily and comfortably, and soon had Emily. I thought I was the happiest man in the world. Successful career, beautiful wife, adorable daughter – a perfect life. But all this disappeared the moment Mark returned to the country. Only endless arguments remained. “I’m not coming home tonight, I need to stay at the hospital to take care of Ethan…” “Enough! Today is Emily’s birthday. You only have eyes for Ethan. What about my Emily?” Hearing her words of concern for Ethan, my rationality completely disappeared. She worried Ethan would be scared, but didn’t think about how terrified Emily would be after being abandoned. But Sarah’s next words further confirmed my intention to divorce. “Doesn’t Emily have you? She’s just a little girl, how delicate can she be?” Hearing the call disconnect, I raised my phone high in anger: “Fuck!” Just as I was about to throw it down, the emergency room door opened. The doctor appeared before me looking exhausted, wearing a blood-stained surgical gown. His heavy expression made my heart tremble. With a choked voice, I begged. “Doctor, no matter how expensive the medicine is, I can afford it. Please don’t give up!” “The child has multiple organ failure. Besides the external injuries, the internal ones are worse. Only one rib is still connected, and she had brain swelling when brought in…” “I’m sorry, my condolences.” The doctor patted my shoulder in comfort, letting me go see Emily one last time. I don’t know how I walked to Emily’s side. The wounds on her face had been sutured by the doctor, but she was so swollen I couldn’t recognize the little girl from this morning. “Emily, are you mad at Daddy for being late, so you’re pretending to sleep? Wake up quickly, or I’ll tickle you…” “Emily, my baby, please wake up. Daddy is begging you. It’s Daddy’s fault for handing you over to her.” “Does it hurt a lot? Daddy will blow on it. Wake up and blow out the candles…” “Emily, my Emily…” Sorrowful cries echoed through the room. The nurse stood to the side wiping tears, not disturbing me. I sat like this holding Emily’s dislocated hand until evening. Only when the doctor forcibly sent Emily to the morgue were we separated.
I stood in the hallway watching Emily slowly disappear from my sight. My heart felt like a piece of flesh had been carved out, making it hard to breathe. Thinking of how Emily had looked forward to blowing out birthday candles with me, I prepared to go home and get the cake to accompany Emily. Unexpectedly, just as I reached the lobby, I saw Sarah struggling to carry Ethan, following behind Mark. Even so, her face still wore an expression of deep maternal love. Watching them walk further away, I quickly followed. I had originally thought to let Sarah go see Emily first, so Emily wouldn’t have any regrets. But just as I reached outside the hospital room, I heard the conversation inside. “Do you think Emily’s injuries are serious? If not serious, will Jack still not divorce?” Sarah chuckled lightly, leaning against Mark in her red dress, tapping his nose with her finger. “Look at how cowardly you are. As long as there’s a threat to Emily, he’ll definitely propose divorce himself. Then we can split half his assets. If once isn’t enough, we’ll do it twice. As for Emily, she’s just one of my children. As long as it’s not life-threatening, I can accept her getting a bit hurt.” Only then did I realize they had deliberately abandoned Emily. Six months after Mark returned, Sarah had proposed divorce to me. At the time, I made her back off by offering to leave with nothing. She promised not to mention divorce again before Emily turned 18. Her only request was to let Mark work at my company, and as a vice president position. These past two years, whenever she came home, I turned a blind eye. But why suddenly make things difficult for Emily now? The next second, Sarah’s hand caressed her belly, and Mark proudly placed his hand there too. “Auntie, when can we leave the hospital? I feel suffocated here.” “Be patient a little longer, sweetie. Once Auntie has resolved everything, our family of four will leave.” Sarah’s voice was full of tenderness, stunning me. Shameless, and unworthy of being a mother. Killing my daughter for her own selfish interests, unforgivable. I kicked the door open forcefully. The loud noise made the three people in the room stand up. Seeing me walk in, panic appeared on Sarah’s face. Mark hid behind her, not daring to come out. “You… why did you come here instead of taking care of Emily? Are you even a man?” Sarah stuttered, shouting out of guilt. I didn’t give them a pleasant expression either, coldly raising my palm. Feeling the pain in my hand and Sarah’s flushed cheek, I felt it wasn’t enough. I wanted to kill them, to make them pay for my child’s death. But that wasn’t enough. I wanted to torture them, to make them lose everything. Sarah looked at me in disbelief, her eyes full of hatred. “Jack, are you sick? How dare you hit me.” “Why? Because you’re a heartless mother who abandoned my daughter at the resort to have a child with another man, causing her tragic death. Even if you all died, it wouldn’t be enough to quell the hatred in my heart.” Sarah’s face turned pale. She took a step back looking at my flushed face.
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