Roses for My Mother's Grave, Divorce Papers for Your Funeral - Chapter 135: Chapter 135

Two weeks later, the court accepted Marlow's appeal for a retrial, directing relevant departments to reopen the investigation.
Quickly, police discovered suspicious elements in the original rape case. Most significantly, during the testimony phase, the real perjurers were Liam and Jade!
These two had financial ties with Charlie. To protect him, they falsely testified against Marlow, sending her to prison, while paying internet trolls to smear Rachel's reputation online.
Simultaneously, investigators confirmed that Charlie was responsible for the tenement building beheading case, having hired assassins to eliminate witnesses.
Police issued arrest warrants for Charlie, Liam, and Jade, creating a citywide sensation.
Meanwhile, Liam was curled up on his living room sofa, surrounded by empty liquor bottles and takeout containers.
For over two weeks, he hadn't dared to sleep, terrified that Jade's vengeful spirit would claim him the moment he closed his eyes.
In his delirium, Liam thought he heard police sirens.
His eyes widened in terror as he scrambled to peer through the curtains. Two police cars were parked outside his door.
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he unconsciously gnawed at his fingers, which were already raw and bloody from weeks of anxious biting.
The police must have discovered he'd killed Jade!
Despite the bright sunshine outside, Liam felt chilled to the bone.
He frantically climbed out the window and fled through the back door, heading straight for Marlow's apartment.
Marlow was enjoying tea on her balcony when Liam burst in. She didn't even flinch, merely curling her lips into a sardonic smile.
She had anticipated that once the police started hunting him, Liam would come begging for her help—exactly as she'd planned.
"Marlow... please help me! You're a lawyer, you must be able to help!"
Liam knelt beside her, clutching her arm and pleading desperately.
Marlow smiled with mocking amusement. "The mighty heir of the Stein empire, kneeling before me? I'm hardly worthy of such honor."
Liam knew she was taunting him, but what choice did he have now but to endure it?
"I know I was wrong. Please, for the sake of our past relationship, help me!" Liam forced tears to his eyes. "If you help me, I'll give you the Meridian Plaza property!"
Hearing this, Marlow's contemptuous smile deepened.
She elegantly raised her teacup, blew on it softly, and took a leisurely sip. Only when Liam was about to lose his mind with anxiety did she finally speak. "I seem to have forgotten to tell you... that Meridian Plaza property is actually worthless wasteland."
Her voice was soft and gentle, yet it hit Liam like a sledgehammer to the heart.
Liam froze, shaking his head in denial.
But Marlow unlocked her phone and mercilessly showed him the land assessment report.
Liam's expression cracked like porcelain. He gasped for breath before letting out a primal scream.
Gone—everything was gone! His entire life's fortune, sunk into a bottomless pit!
Marlow absorbed every moment of his suffering and breakdown, feeling a profound sense of vindication.
Justice had finally come full circle. All the pain Liam had once inflicted on her had now returned to crush him!
"Liam, you have only yourself to blame," Marlow said with a cold smile. "This is your karma."
Liam's eyes blazed with bloody rage. With a roar, he lunged forward, grabbing Marlow by the throat and lifting her up, forcefully pushing her toward the balcony railing.
"If I'm going down, you're coming with me!"
Marlow's face turned purple as she desperately clawed at his hands to no avail.
He dragged her to the railing, pressing her body down with overwhelming force. Marlow clung to her last breath, struggling with all her might, but the difference in their physical strength was too great. Her resistance gradually weakened.
Liam snarled through clenched teeth, "Die, Marlow! Go join your precious sister in hell!"
He violently shoved Marlow over the railing—but in that split-second, Camden burst onto the balcony and grabbed her arm!
"Hold on to me! Don't let go!" Camden's forehead bulged with veins as he held onto Marlow with all his strength.
From twenty floors up, Marlow dangled in midair, with Camden using every ounce of his strength to keep her from falling.
Marlow's eyes darted behind Camden, and suddenly her pupils constricted in horror. "Camden! Behind you—!"
But it was too late. Liam had seized a pair of garden shears from the floor and plunged them deep into Camden's back!
Camden let out an agonized scream as blood gushed from the wound like a fountain.
Marlow's face streamed with tears as she begged Camden to let her go and save himself, but he only tightened his grip.
"I won't let go... not you. I will never let you go, not in this lifetime!"
His blood and sweat dripped onto Marlow's face as her vision blurred with tears, her heart twisting in agony.
"No..."
Liam threw back his head in maniacal laughter. "How touching! Let me help you both—you can die together!"
With a wild shout, he raised the shears again, this time aiming for Camden's head!
"NO—!"
"BANG—!"
Marlow's scream and the gunshot rang out simultaneously. Liam stared in disbelief at the bullet wound in his chest before collapsing to the ground.
Police officers holstered their weapons and rushed forward to rescue Camden and Marlow.
Marlow clutched Camden's blood-soaked body, weeping uncontrollably.
"Don't... cry," Camden struggled to say.
He tried to raise his hand to wipe away her tears, but his arm had barely lifted before it fell limply to his side.
Marlow felt her world implode with a deafening crash, everything collapsing around her.