I nodded and said, "Of course I dare."
Stella was delighted and probably thought that I was a fool.
But I quickly sighed and said, "But Kevin was cremated because he had been in a car accident and suffered severe burns all over his body. You knew this, so you deliberately brought Tommy here, hoping to use the pressure of public opinion to make me recognize Tommy."
Stella stumbled to the side of the coffin and saw that there was no body inside but a high-end urn!
Stella stopped acting and pointed her finger at me, saying, "How come he was cremated today as he just died yesterday? You did it on purpose. You murdered him!"
People who attended the ceremony were all shocked.
I didn't panic but just explained to everyone, "Kevin was driving dangerously and crashed into the mountain. He would have been fine, but he caught fire after the collision. Not a single piece of his skin was left intact. I couldn't accept others seeing Kevin like this, so I cremated him overnight."
I looked at Stella and said slowly, "Didn't you come here with Tommy just because you knew Kevin was cremated?"
Stella covered her chest and said, "You are talking nonsense."
Mary snorted coldly and said, "It's not up to you to decide whether Mrs. Collins is talking nonsense or not. Since you said that this child is Mr. Collins, don't you have a paternity test in all these years? Don't you even have a birth certificate?"
I secretly gave Mary a thumbs up and continued to say to Stella, "Stella, please stop this and let Kevin rest in peace."
Stella wanted to say something else, but I felt that it was enough, so I asked the security guard to kick them out.
My lawyer and I were handling the inheritance procedure when Stella came again, but this time she came alone.
I guessed that she wouldn't give up so easily, but I didn't expect her to do it so soon.
Stella sat beside me and said, "I went to the hospital and asked. You gave up on rescuing him on purpose. Kevin should have a chance to survive."
I didn't refute.
Stella snorted coldly and said, "There's no one else here, why are you still acting? Aren't you tired of acting like this every day?"
In my previous life, when I asked Stella to borrow money in the hospital, she said the same thing as now, "Do you think you are great just because you have money? I hate people like you who pretend to be saints."
I looked at her face and found she was totally different from when we first met.
Stella was ostracized in school because she was pretty and her family was poor. I saw her hiding in the toilet to eat pitifully, so I held her hand and told everyone, "Stella is my friend from now on, and no one can bully her."
Later, Stella and I became best friends. My family was relatively well-off, so no matter what I bought, I would buy one for her. She was always very happy and introduced me to Kevin to thank me.
The similar backgrounds between Kevin and I made me feel very close to him. After confirming that Stella and Kevin were just ordinary friends without any romantic feelings between them, Kevin and fell in love and got married.
To help him achieve something, I sold the house left to me by my parents and used it as Kevin's first starting capital.
Thinking of this, I smiled and said, "Seeing you angry makes me less tired."
Stella stared at me and said, "You knew that Tommy was Kevin's child. You cremated him on purpose and didn't want Tommy to be recognized, right?"
I nodded and said, "Yes! You sent me a text message asking me to catch you. I knew you wanted me to file for a divorce so that you could marry Kevin and enjoy wealth. I'm not stupid, so how could I agree to that?"
Stella's tone became a little pitiful, "I didn't think so. I just wanted to be with Kevin quietly, but Tommy is innocent. I don't want Tommy to be nameless for the rest of his life.
"You are infertile, so you hope that Kevin will be childless like you. But Kevin is the only child in his family. If Tommy isn't recognized, Kevin will be bullied by other ghosts."
She said that I had been acting.
But she was more good at acting than me.
I was amused by her words and said, "Then why don't you just be kind enough to pray for him? It's not necessary to divide up the property to be recognized."
Stella's face turned pale. She probably didn't expect someone as noble as me to say such a thing. She stammered, "Since you admit that Tommy is Kevin's child, you should return the things that belong to him! Otherwise, you will suffer retribution."
"So what if I admit it? You can show me evidence to prove that Tommy is Kevin's child," I covered my mouth and said, "Oh, I'm so happy that I'm confused. Kevin has been cremated. There is no evidence."
Stella stood up and took out the phone from her bag, saying, "Susy, do you think I came to you to reminisce about the past?"