Jack's anger that had run out of patience finally took action. He could no longer tolerate Edmund and Johnny, his father. Both of them were proven to be involved in all the series of terror that Jack had experienced, from the attack on Muller Finance International to the attack in Seoul, all of which were planned by Edmund and Johnny Immanuel, who Leon executed by using Giselle to become their scapegoat.
At first, Leon evaded and did not want to cooperate with the police. He immediately fell silent when Jack said that all the evidence he had came from Steffi. Steffi was the person who had followed Leon wherever he went and always managed to copy Leon's valuable files including his crazy plans to cause Anne and Jack to separate.
"Fuck, that woman-"
"Don't curse a dead woman in peace, don't spoil her sleep," Jack cut in quickly.
Leon's eyes widened completely. "What do you mean?"
"Your wife, the woman you dumped, has died of blood cancer. Just now I and my men found her dead in the hotel with her mouth covered in blood," answered Jack honestly.
"That's a LIE!"
Jack took a deep breath, slowly reached into something from his trouser pocket and pulled out a shiny, round object. A ring!
Jack stretched out his hand towards Leon, who was already handcuffed. "Your wedding ring," Jack said quietly. "This ring was removed from Steffi's ring finger by the officer and according to the instructions written on her laptop, it is to be returned to you."
Leon tried to take a closer look at the ring in Jack's hand. Even though it looked the same as any other wedding ring, but the engraving of Leonardo Ganke's name on the ring couldn't be mistaken. The ring really belonged to Stefii, the woman he married a few years ago.
Jack smiled at the expression on Leon's face. "Until the end she still loves you very much, Leon. Even though your relationship started with cheating, but she loves you very much, even when you feed her to the criminals who raped her. Really, even though I don't like your wife, but she is a great woman. She could love a man who had wounded her so deeply."
Leon was silent. He didn't answer Jack's words. He was still blank, he couldn't believe Steffi died. Blood cancer? Steffi was a very healthy woman and Leon knew it. Because of that, he was a little doubtful about Jack's words.
Jack, who realized Leon's disbelief, then turned to the police who were beside Leon. A slight nod of his head made the police understand. Without speaking, the policeman led Loen to sit on a chair in the yard of the Immanuel family's house which was now fenced with a yellow and black police tape, leaving Edmund and his father, Johnny cursing at Erick with harsh words.
Once Leon sat down, Jack then took a chair and sat in a straight position in front of Leon who was flanked by two police officers on his right and left. Leon hadn't even opened his mouth, trying to find out why Jack made him sit down, when suddenly Jack put his cell phone in landscape position in front of Leon.
"See for yourself and then talk," Jack said quietly as he pressed the play button on the video that was paused.
A second later, Leon's lips were locked tightly as the horrific video played. The sight of a hotel room with blood splattered on the sheets and towels and tissues scattered on the floor made Leon's heart beat fast. In addition to the presence of Steffi, who was lying limply with a mouth that was bleeding. Wait! Was that Steffy? Leon grabbed Jack's cell phone with both of his hands that were handcuffed. Luckily, his hands were cuffed in front, so Leon could still use both hands with very limited access.
"Th-this..."
"That was Steffi's condition when I found her this morning after she spoke to my wife. My wife gave me the bad news about Steffi." Jack cut off Leon's words again.
"Marianne?"
Jack nodded slowly. "Steffi was the one who leaked everything to Anne since a few weeks ago. She contacted my wife via email. All of your rotten plans to scapegoat Giselle were uncovered by Steffi. At the end of her life, Steffi ask my wife for an apology. She asked her for forgiveness for hurting her, but my wife refused to forgive Steffi because she felt that what Steffi did before was not wrong. Anne is actually grateful that Steffi was the third party to the relationship between the two of you at that time, so that you finally divorced her and married Steffi, because if Steffi wasn't around at that time, maybe I wouldn't be able to marry Anne and have a wonderful child from her. Maybe this happiness that I feel will be yours and to be honest, I'm also grateful and thankful to Steffi for making Anne come to me." Jack smiled after speaking at length full of provocative sentences that would surely made Leon even angrier with him.
But now Jack's guess was wrong. Leon was not provoked by the provocation that Jack has made. His eyes were still staring intently at the video on Jack's cell phone which he had stopped at the part where Steffi's face was zoomed in on the camera, her pale and skinny face was clearly visible. And there was a tingling pain in Leon right now. It was a strange feeling to see Steffi in such a state.
When Jack was about to open his mouth, he was suddenly surprised when he saw the figure of his wife walking towards him. Wait! That couldn't be Anne, could it? Once again, Jack tried to sharpen his gaze, staring at Anne who was walking with hasty steps to where he was now.
"Babe..."
Slap!
A hard slap landed on Leon's face, all her life Anne had been holding back from ignoring any provocations made by Leon to disturb her married life with Jack. But this time it was different, Anne had really run out of patience, all her anger and hatred for Leon was bubbling out of her chest.
"Anne..."
"You bastard, jerk, coward, lowly human, trash human, lowly human. I don't think all those nicknames are enough to show how disgusting you are as a human, Leon. Back when you had an affair with Steffi the first time I was very angry. I was angry at the two of you who betrayed me and cursed Steffi for years for stealing my husband. But after I met Jack, I finally realized, it turns out that Steffi is an angel sent by God to me to save me from assholes like you. You know, until the end of her life, Steffi loves you very much. Even though the way she got you was wrong, but her love was not wrong, her love was sincere for you even when you threw her away after you got tired of her. Steffi still loves you sincerely, Leon. Until finally she died of her illness, she still loves you very much. She brought her love to death leaving you who got nothing. You really are the greatest asshole I know, Leon. You don't deserve to bear the last name of Grandma Chaterine, you don't deserve to be part of the Ganke family," said Anne passionately, full of curses at Leon, who had fallen on the ground after being slapped by Anne earlier.
"Remember my words, Leon. Of the three of us, you are the only one who will not be able to feel love, you will live in the void. Remember that carefully." Anne gave another swear word before finally turning away from Leon and Jack who had been had been silent after seeing Anne angry.
Anne's steps stopped when she arrived in front of the father and son, Edmund and Johnny. "You know, Daddy Calvin loves you very much and considers you a member of his family. I'm sure in heaven Daddy will be disappointed to see everything you have done so far. Pray that Daddy and Grandpa Muller forgive you."
After saying that, Anne then rushed to the car that she had previously been in when she got off the plane, leaving everyone who was very surprised to see her angry.
"Take me to Steffi's grave."
To be continued
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