Aurora wept bitterly, her voice choked with sobs. "Theo, I'm sorry. I didn't know Angie could be so vicious. I thought she just had a foul mouth-I never imagined her to be this wicked!"

Theodore's trembling hand picked up his phone and played the recording again and again, listening to the conversation between Angie and Aurora. Aurora quietly observed Theodore's expression.

In the recording, she had edited out the later parts, leaving only her dialogue with Angie. As a result, it sounded as if Angie had acted entirely on her own, with no involvement from Aurora.

Aurora understood that revealing this matter would eventually lead to suspicions falling on her. However, if she didn't use Angie as a scapegoat, they would both be exposed sooner or later. Acting preemptively, she decided to sacrifice Angie.

Theodore turned to look at Aurora. After a long pause, he asked in a low voice, "When did you find out?"

Aurora wiped the tears from her face.

"A while ago, when Angie was arrested by the police. I went to the station to bail her out. She was arrested for attending a debauched party. You can verify this-it's all on record.

that it wasn't as if she'd been caught for murder. Hearing that, I began to suspect she might have killed someone. But she wouldn't admit it easily. Over the following days, I kept trying to draw it out of her. It wasn't until tonight that she finally let it

recording on the phone clearly contained

clenched the phone tightly, then slammed his fist hard against

her. If I had known what

up!" Theodore

was the one responsible, Aurora was her cousin. If Angie hadn't come here, none of

the recording from Aurora's phone to his own, then threw her phone back at

Gripping her phone tightly, she stepped out of the car

yanked away.

Angie screamed in terror.

"Ahh!"

clamped over her mouth, then a black hood was pulled over her head. A sharp pain struck the back of her head,

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