Chapter 1

My best friend, who has a baby-talk illness, came running to me, her face covered in blood, crying and begging for my help.

"Carolyn, Baby's so upset. Baby wants a divorce. I should have listened to you back then and never married that jerk."

When I learned she'd been locked up for half a month and beaten every single day, my heart ached for her, and I went to great lengths to gather all the evidence for her.

But the moment we got to court, the second my best friend heard her husband admit he was wrong, she melted right away.

"Darling husband, honestly, Baby never really wanted to divorce you. Baby can't live without you, Baby wants to be with you forever and ever~"

"This is all Carolyn Swanson's fault! She tricked Baby! She even faked evidence to force Baby into giving false testimony and divorcing you!"

Because of what she said, I got cyberbullied online, and my law license was revoked.

Afterward, she bragged to me with a smug look on her face.

"Thanks to you, my darling husband loves Baby even more now~ He finally agreed to take Baby to ride the carousel~"

So it turned out she wanted a divorce not because she was being beaten, but simply because her husband wouldn't take her on the carousel.

My eyes went red with rage, and I dragged her down to die with me.

When I opened my eyes again, my best friend was there, face covered in blood, crying and begging for help. I turned and called 911 for her.

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Nellie Fletcher burst into my office covered in blood.

"Carolyn, best friend of mine, you have to help Baby with this! Baby can't go on like this anymore!"

"Jason Chavez locked Baby up and beat Baby just because Baby put too much salt in the food! Baby finally managed to escape, and now Baby wants a divorce!"

I snapped out of it and looked up at her.

She clumsily wiped the tears off her face and choked out:

"Baby was wrong about everything before. You told Baby not to marry that jerk, and Baby ended up cutting you off completely for his sake, Carolyn."

"After all this, Baby finally sees that you're the one who's best to Baby, the one who really has Baby's interests at heart. Baby's come to her senses now, Carolyn, Baby wants a divorce!"

The people outside were all peering curiously into the office.

Faced with how pitiful Nellie looked, I felt nothing.

All I knew was that I couldn't wade into this mess of hers again.

In my last life, my heart went out to her, knowing she was naive and had no idea how cruel the world could be.

Afraid she'd get hurt again, I let her move into my home and looked after her with the best of everything.

When I found out that Jason Chavez hadn't just locked her up and beaten her for half a month, but was also using her money to keep other women,

I went to great lengths to help her gather evidence, hoping to help her win the divorce and get most of the assets, and to see Jason Chavez punished.

Who'd have guessed that on the day of the hearing, the moment Jason Chavez tossed out a careless apology, she flipped on the spot.

In court she cried her eyes out and dumped every bit of the blame on my head.

I became the one who'd wrecked their relationship, the one who'd faked evidence to force her divorce.

Jason Chavez made a scene demanding I pay him for emotional distress.

The whole thing quickly spread online, I got cyberbullied, and my law license was gone.

Nellie watched me fall apart and smiled, thoroughly pleased with herself.

"Carolyn really is Baby's best friend! Thanks to you, darling husband loves Baby even more now~"

"Darling husband finally agreed to take Baby to ride the carousel. It's all his fault, really. If he'd just agreed sooner, Baby wouldn't have had to pour so much effort into getting his attention."

Only then did I realize it was all true, she really had been locked up, beaten every day, forced to hand over her salary every month.

But the reason she'd asked for a divorce was simply because Jason Chavez refused to go ride the carousel with her.

Nellie gave two little giggles.

"From now on, whenever Baby fights with darling husband, Baby will come to you. It'll bring Baby and darling husband closer and earn Baby a little something on the side too~"

In a fit of fury, I dragged her down to die with me.

This time, I calmly picked up my phone and dialed 911.

"I can't get involved in your family business. The only thing I can do is call the police for you."