Semua Bab Lying About My Death: Bab 1 - Bab 10

I didn't press Callum for answers, but my cold demeanor was enough to make him spill whatever he was willing to share."When we enrolled Eloise, we had to fill out a questionnaire. Considering our unique situation, I thought it was better to keep things discreet, so I listed her as coming from a single-parent family."If you want to know about Eloise's progress, let me handle it and contact her homeroom teacher directly. There's no need to involve the principal."Though I still had doubts, I thought his explanation seemed reasonable enough. From the moment Eloise was born, I had meticulously planned her education, from kindergarten to university.I invested a significant amount of money to purchase this international kindergarten, even renaming it Elove Kindergarten. I secured one of its limited spots for her, but because she was still so young, I didn't want her to attract undue attention or be exploited. For that reason, I kept my ownership of the school private.Both Callum and

"As a teacher, you should act like one. Do you think your behavior is professional? I'll be reporting this to the principal to let her decide if your actions are appropriate," I said firmly.Caroline remained unfazed by my words. "Go ahead and report me. Every other child and parent likes me—why is it only you who has a problem with me? Let's see what the principal will actually do to me."With that, she turned and walked into the classroom, taking Eloise with her. Fuming, I got into the car and immediately called the principal.On the other end, Natalia Ferguson sounded somewhat surprised as she answered my call. "Mrs. Verna? What a surprise to hear from you so early. Is everything alright?"I kept my tone calm. "Natalia, when you pitched this kindergarten to me, you went on and on about your strong faculty and innovative philosophy. That's the only reason I agreed to take over and keep you on as the principal."Now, I'm questioning whether my daughter is being brainwashed by one

I snapped. "What nonsense! God! How hard can it be to fire a morally corrupt teacher?"Natalia's tone turned serious. "Mrs. Verna, how could I make up something like this? Less than two months after she started working, she died in a car accident. The school supervisor even visited her family in the countryside to offer condolences."My mind went blank, like a thunderclap had gone off in my head. I was too stunned to speak. There had to be some kind of a mistake. I quickly called Callum to come home and discussed the matter with him.He looked exasperated. "Honey, I swear, I kept my boundaries with Ms. Carol. There's no need for this wild speculation. She's a living person—how could she possibly be dead?"And besides, she's been really good to Eloise. Isn't it inappropriate to curse her like this? Honestly, if it's such a problem, why not transfer our daughter to a different school? It'll save you from overthinking all the time and keep me from getting distracted from real work."

Natalia claimed Caroline was dead, but Caroline had been picking up and dropping off my daughter—how could she possibly be dead? She had to be lying.As for Natalia's husband insisting she had passed away, I still had my doubts. The plane crash left almost no survivors, but if she could answer my call, how could she be dead?I decided to go to Natalia's house, but when I got there, her husband refused to see me.During that time, my lawyer informed me that all the assets previously under my and Callum's names had been transferred to someone named Dallas Preston. The world seemed to spin for a moment.Dallas Preston? Wasn't that Natalia's husband? What on earth was Callum doing?Was he so infatuated with Natalia that he transferred all our assets to her husband? Not even leaving a share for his own daughter? This wretched man had completely lost his mind.Furious, I returned home, determined not to tolerate this any longer. I planned to confront Callum the moment he came back. But

Terrified that his crimes against Eloise would be exposed, Dallas hid her body by sealing it into the wall of Caroline's home. He planned to wait until it was discovered and pin the blame on Caroline. After all, dead people couldn't talk, and there would be no way to trace it back to him.However, when he found out the building was slated for demolition, he dug up her body and moved it. He hid her remains beneath the floorboards of my villa while I was hospitalized. Then, when Martha returned, he buried her alongside my daughter.…As for my assets, Dallas exploited my unstable mental state. He bribed caretakers at the psychiatric hospital to use facial recognition and fingerprints to fabricate evidence of the transfers into Callum's name.After the plane crash and the airline declaring all passengers deceased, Dallas presented a "will" that Callum had allegedly written three years earlier. In the will, Callum had pledged to donate all his assets to the school.Under the guise of