My Husband Cut My Brake Lines To Steal My $5m Inheritance. The Next Morning, His Sister Demanded To Borrow My Car. I Let Her Take It. Am I The Monster?

The investigator narrowed his eyes, the pen in his hand stopping. He stared at Ethan sharply. “A strange noise under the car? Mr. Ethan, your wife mentioned this. You’re the one who always checks the car. Why didn’t you find it?”

Ethan’s neck felt stiff, his face turning from red to pale. He stammered, his hands fidgeting. “I… I’m sure my wife misheard. There was no noise. Don’t talk nonsense and confuse the officer.”

He tried to deny, but his excessive panic only made things more suspicious. Olivia lowered her head, pretending to be frightened by her husband’s anger, whispering softly, “I heard it clearly, dear. It was a metal-on-metal clicking sound. It was very scary. If I had known this would happen, I would have forced you to check it again. I would never have given the car to Tiffany. This is all my fault for being negligent.”,

The investigator said nothing more. He slowly made notes in his notebook, but the way he tapped his pen showed he was starting to connect the dots. A new serviced car suddenly has a strange noise. The husband insists on giving the car to his sister, while the wife heard the noise but was ignored. These details, when put together, painted a very unfavorable picture for Ethan.

Leaving the police station, the sky had already darkened. Dim streetlights cast long thin shadows of Ethan. He walked ahead, his steps heavy as if weighed down by stones. He occasionally glanced back at Olivia, his look full of resentment and suspicion.

The large house was submerged in darkness. Grief shrouded every corner, so heavy it was suffocating. After taking the sobbing Sharon to her room, Ethan didn’t say a single word to Olivia. He went straight into his study and locked the door from the inside.,

From outside, Olivia heard the clinking of liquor bottles, the sound of a cap being twisted off, and then the sound of gulping. He was drinking to drown his fear, to run from the bitter reality he had created.

Olivia returned to the master bedroom. The room that was once a warm nest of love now felt as cold as a tomb. Olivia didn’t turn on the lights, sitting and hugging her knees on the large bed, the darkness threatening to swallow her. Tonight would be a long night, not just for her but for this entire family.

The sound of her mother-in-law’s sobs could be faintly heard from the next room, interspersed with the sounds of Ethan’s frustrated yells and things being thrown from downstairs, creating a symphony of suffering.

Olivia picked up her phone. The blue light from the screen reflected on her expressionless face. It was time for her to prepare for the real battle: the battle to demand justice for herself.,

Olivia dialed her father’s number. On the other end, the phone was answered quickly. Her father’s deep, warm, and anxious voice made Olivia’s eyes well up. “Olivia, it’s Dad, honey. How are you? I heard about the accident. You’re okay, right?”

Olivia’s throat tightened. All the disappointment and pain she had held back all day seemed to crumble, but she knew she couldn’t be weak now. She took a deep breath, trying to keep her voice as calm as possible. “I’m fine, Dad. I’m okay. But Dad, this isn’t as simple as an accident. Ethan… he intended to kill me. He cut the brake lines, but the one who drove the car was Tiffany, his sister.”

There was a moment of silence on the other end. Olivia heard an angry sigh and the sound of a fist hitting a table. “What? That bastard dared to do that to my daughter? I’m coming over right now. I’ll finish him!”

Her father’s voice trembled with rage, but Olivia quickly stopped him. “Not yet, Dad. I have a plan. I need your help with something more important. Please contact Mr. Davis, our family lawyer. I want him to immediately prepare the documents to freeze all our joint assets.”,

After calming her father and giving detailed instructions, Olivia hung up and made another call to her lawyer. In the darkness, Olivia could hear her own heartbeat mingling with the sound of rain that had begun to fall against the window.

Ethan was still raging in his study, taking his anger out on inanimate objects. But he didn’t know that right above his head, the wife he had underestimated was slowly tightening a noose around his neck.

As the night wore on, the rain grew heavier. The wind howled through the cracks in the door, sounding like the wails of mourners. Olivia lay down, but her eyes remained wide open, staring at the ceiling. Her hand gripped her phone tightly as if it were her only lifeline.

She finally allowed herself to think about the early days of their marriage, about the promises Ethan had made. They were now just sharp, shattered pieces of memory that cut her heart. But that pain was in the past. What remained was a cold vigilance.,

The next morning, Olivia awoke to find the storm had passed, leaving behind a gray sky and damp air. The house was silent. Ethan had likely fallen asleep amidst the chaos of his study after drinking all night.

Just as Olivia finished getting ready, her phone vibrated. It was a call from her lawyer, Mr. Davis. His voice was brisk and professional, getting straight to the point. “Mrs. Olivia, I’ve had my people look into it as you requested. The situation is highly suspicious, exactly as you predicted. Your husband, Ethan, is attempting to transfer large assets, and quickly.”

Olivia gripped her phone tighter, her heart pounding. “Please explain in detail, Mr. Davis. What has he done?”

Mr. Davis shuffled some papers, the sound crackling over the speaker. “This morning, the system registered a large transfer order of about $500,000 from your joint account to the personal account of Sharon, your mother-in-law. Additionally, he is processing the transfer of his shares in his construction firm to a new LLC. The signatory as his legal representative is a woman named Maya, reportedly his former secretary.”,

Maya. The name sounded familiar. It was the mistress whose voice Olivia had heard through the dash cam that night. He didn’t just want to kill her for the inheritance; he wanted to drain everything they owned to spoil his mistress and his mother. His greed and shamelessness were far beyond Olivia’s imagination.

Olivia took a deep breath, her voice becoming firm. “Mr. Davis, immediately file a petition with the court. Request an emergency temporary restraining order to freeze all our joint assets on the grounds of marital dispute and suspected asset embezzlement. Do it now. Don’t let him transfer another dollar.”

“I understand, Ma’am. I’ll get right on it. Regarding the evidence of his affair and the murder plot, what do you have?” Mr. Davis asked.

Olivia glanced at the small safe in the corner of the room where she kept the USB drive containing the dash cam recording. She had carefully made three copies: one sent to a secret email, one given to her father, and the original in her possession. This was her ace in the hole and Ethan’s death sentence.,

“I have sufficient proof, Mr. Davis. You just handle the assets. I will reveal this evidence at the most opportune moment, when he thinks he’s safe,” Olivia answered firmly before hanging up.

Olivia walked to the window, looking out at the yard where Ethan’s car was parked. He still thought she was a foolish woman who could only cry and depend on others. He had no idea that while he was drowning in alcohol and fear, Olivia had been slowly setting a trap, blocking his every escape route.

The feeling of being betrayed by the person who slept beside her wasn’t just heartbreaking; it was an insult to her dignity. He had used her money, the sweat and tears of her parents, to support a mistress and plot against her.

A wave of nausea rose in her throat, but she swallowed it back. To avoid suspicion from Ethan and Sharon, Olivia made an excuse to go out and buy supplies for Tiffany’s funeral service. She took a cab to a hidden cafe in a small alley dozens of miles from their home. This was where Olivia had arranged to meet her father, the only man in the world who loved her unconditionally and would never betray her.,