A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Tina's conviction got quashed very quickly after the courts declared that she was not guilty by reason of insanity. Therefore, she was only liable for civil compensation and not criminal liability. The judges sent her to a famed mental institution in Jingshi City.

The prosecution charged Mark as an 'accessory after the fact' for covering up and dumping the bodies for Tina. However, after Mark's shrewd attorney managed to disprove the prosecution's half-hearted evidence, Mark was acquitted of all charges.

This wouldn't be the first time in legal history that something like this had happened. A few years ago, the same attorney represented a murderer in court and managed to turn the conviction and restore his client's reputation. Compared to that, since the evidence against Mark wasn't competent enough, this case was going to be a walk in park for him.

Since most of the clients this attorney represented were morally questionable, his actions had been the subject to some controversy and criticism from fellow attorneys. While this earned him a bad reputation amongst his peers, it also gained him notoriety in the press.

With his help, Mark Tao was acquitted of all charges. However, by then it was already too late for the Tao family, as they had lost public trust within the people of the city and their stock values suffered the steepest fall in their company's illustrious history. Mark's arrest damaged the Tao company's reputation so severely that it would difficult for them to recover in such a short amount time.

Emily was furious when she heard the news. 'What?! No criminal liability because of the mental illness?!

Then who is going to take the responsibility for my parents' death?! Is that it? Who wants Tina's compensation?

I am never going to get my parents back!'

Honestly, Emily could have killed Tina for a thousand times. Emily wanted to know if Tina had a heart. 'Is she even human? If she really is human, then how could she be so cruel?' she wondered.

The news of the Tao's trial did not satisfy Jacob either. Discontented, he said, "Trying to escape judgment by hiding in a mental institution? Wretched woman! Tina, I will make you regret living in this world"

The worst kind of punishment was the kind which made the victims beg for death.

After Mr. and Mrs. Bai's funeral was over...

Jacob arranged for the nicest caskets and the best funeral service in all of Jingshi City. He spared no expense to provide Emily's parents with a proper and respectable burial, as they were buried next to each other upon Emily's request.

cheeks. She knelt down and laid a white

looked at the picture on the tablet tenderly. They looked so peaceful, and she

against Emily's parents for not treating her well, so he decided not

for the dead and Emily, just this once, he tried to show his respect for the couple who had raised Emily to be

was right next to Emily at her saddest moment, and

sky of white velvet, soft and

away body heat faster than it was replaced. Her

and glistening, the wet ground was cold under foot. Jacob took off his coat and placed it over Emily's head, before picking her up from the ground. "Time to go,

the picture on the tablet and whispered, "Mom, Dad, I have to go

pray that you never come across Tina... Nor

her down in the passenger's seat. Softly splashing water droplets hit the car windows as they drove onwards. She gazed out the rain blurred window to see the dark sky and the street lights reflecting in every

silence,

raised his eye-brow as he glanced at the side of Emily's face and said, "They will eventually pay for what

an expressionless face, she said, "Drive me

drove to her apartment without asking why. When she got off the car, Jacob couldn't

Emily asked.

home... Unfortunately,

bitter, she gave Jacob a half-hearted smile and turned her back to him. "Just come upstairs. We need to talk,"

and did not say anything else.

the moment they walked in, Emily couldn't stop herself from thinking about her

was an unwanted picture that was deeply engraved into her mind, and perhaps she would have to live with

smell of blood and disinfectant was still lingering in the air. "You know you can choose to live in a better place,"

wanted to talk to him in private. After taking a deep breath, she turned around and said, "I have been thinking a