Martha bends down and slowly picks up the paper as Jeffery’s eyes follow her.
“The illusion you have for your family, for your friends, is the greatest scam of all, my dear.
The pain you have been feeling was not given by me, but it was what you decided to overlook.
Did you think this was going to be hidden forever?
Did you really think there was no one who would know what is this company made off?
Do you think this Porter’s family is innocent?”
She took a few steps closer.
The features of this woman have changed totally.
The timid woman who used to follow everyone at the end of it all is now standing before him, challenging his words.
Jeffery could not help but feel the power.
The confidence of a woman he thought was just another normal woman has changed to something that catches people’s eyes.
The presence of Martha was vivid in this office.
“Did you really think I did this for no reason at all?” She slams the paper on the desk.
There was anger in her face.
She was eyeing the man straight without looking down at all.
Her approach made Jeffery take a few steps back.
He was out of words; there was a moment when he was thinking of leaving the room.
Suddenly everything was feeling uncomfortable.
“Tell me, Jeffery, what type of life do you think I was living with Anthony?
Did you really think I was living a happy-go-lucky life?
Did you think I was fine?” Martha asked questions one after another, making herself shiver, but she kept her voice down.
There was so much in here.
Martha felt nothing was keeping her away, so she decided to take the chance and rain questions on him.
Jeffery was the hunted, and she is the hunter.
Martha wanted to corner him to make him feel the pain.
To make him feel everything.
She wanted him to feel the mistake he has done to her.
For Martha, this was the revenge she wanted for a long time.
There is no way she will let him put all the blame on her.
“Yes, you are not supposed to have feelings for your sister-in-law.
However, you always supported Anthony; the whole family supported him.
Then have none of you ever thought of what he does?
Did no one ever notice the marks on my skin?” Martha stepped closer to him.
The feeling of fury was boiling in her.
If it were up to her, she would have taken revenge herself.
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It was just terrible for her.
There was no escape.
A marriage arranged by the family by checking the fortune of the spouse and later not letting the female start doing a job is a tradition of this family.
Jeffery, being the submissive one, only focused on his own side.
Since he was going to focus on his own company with his friend.
He had to decline the fortune of his family, and it was at that time Martha was shifted for a better proposal for Anthony, who focused on the family business.
It was later on that when Jeffery returned and successfully merged the company with the family’s company, Anthony decided to join him, and they all gained the approval of the family.
Jeffery did not think of Martha much.
He did not attend any functions.
He only saw her recently when he was accepted back with open arms.
There did not seem to be anything wrong with the woman, in fact.
She was silently walking behind her mother-in-law.
There was nothing out of the normal in his eyes.
He was too much elated with the fact his hard work was acknowledged by the family that he did not think of noticing anything else.
All he thought was the girl got his brother, and they seem normal.
Until Anthony came over one day with advice on how to separate.
He was shocked when he heard how ignorant Martha was of him.
He actually thought her normal.
As a good brother, he gave advice to Anthony, even informing his mother to help.
There was nothing found since then.
“What are you saying?
He was the one ignored in the family.
Don’t you dare come with the lies and try to fool me.
I was informed of your ignorance towards the family duty.
If there was trouble, you could have come to me for help just like Anthony did.
But you did not, and now there is this drama you are trying to pull when the family is in danger.
You want me to believe this?”
This was Jeffery’s time to push back.
He is not going to fall for this woman’s tricks.
She is just trying to justify her greed.
Martha listened to his words.
“I went to everyone for help, even you.
It was you who did not listen.
I approached you; I asked to talk to you, but you ignored me.
Think again, Jeffery.
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It is you who did not listen.” Jeffery frowned; he did not understand what happened at first, but things became clear one by one.
There were times when Martha approached him; he thought it was just a good friendly gesture as he is a brother-in-law.
He could hardly remember the words she spoke.
“What proof is there that Anthony tortured you?
He was never a rough man to begin with.” Jeffery replied, but there was a shake in his voice.
He was losing confidence in words.
All of a sudden there was a fear in him.
Martha’s eyes were not this confident those days.
There was always something she was asking for, but he ignored it.
“You need proof?” She took out her phone and clicked on the photos.
“Is this proof enough for you?” She almost shoved the phone to his face.
Jeffery’s jaws dropped when he saw the pictures.
She let him take hold of the phone and then pulled her collar.
There were scab marks on the shoulder.
She pushed her sleeve to show the red marks.
“This is all made up with makeup; I am faking all this.
Right, Mr.
Jeffery?
There are closed files in the hospital that were stopped being in the police station by your beloved parents.
However, I have a copy of them.
I can put them in public if I want.
What then, Jeffery?
Do you think that will be good?”
Her voice went from pressure to slow and calm.
“Why was I not informed of this?”
Jeffery asked; this time his voice was one of plea.
He did not know what to do.
The shocking proof of Martha being a victim of domestic violence was too much of a shock for him.
He wanted to slap himself.
“How long?
For how long has he been doing this?
When did he start cheating on you?” Jeffery’s hand shook as he asked the questions.
There was a big difference in how everything is played out in the public eye and how dark it is inside.
Jeffery already was having a hard time believing that his brother cheated; his mind was trying to find faults in others, but this one here made things worse.
Now he does not know what the reality is at all.
Everything seems to be falling apart.
All of a sudden.