My Husband's Betrayal My Brothers' Revenge (Rebekah) novel Chapter 164

It had happened her senior year of high school, the same year Candice had returned to the Fletcher family.

Rebekah, miserable and acting out, had gotten into an argument with a classmate. The next thing she knew, the girl had committed suicide, and her family was accusing Rebekah of bullying her to death.

The police had investigated her thoroughly and cleared her of all charges. But by then, the damage was done. The truth didn't matter; to the rest of the school, she was a murderer. It was the moment the Fletchers had started to distance themselves from her, ashamed of the scandal she had brought upon them.

"Isn't that Benjamin Forrester's wife? She drove a classmate to suicide in high school?"

"And didn't she just get out of jail for a hit-and-run? I saw it online. It seems she has a pattern!"

"How did the school let someone like that in here? She's a danger to our children!"

"Exactly! And now she's brought some maniac with a knife in here. What is a murderer doing at a school event?"

The parents, realizing the immediate threat wasn't directed at them, settled in to watch the drama unfold.

"Today is the anniversary of my sister's death!" the man screamed, his eyes wild. "And you have the nerve to wear the very dress she designed herself! Are you even human?"

He struggled against Benjamin's grip, trying to get to Rebekah. Benjamin, however, was stronger. He twisted the man's wrist sharply, forcing him to drop the knife with a cry of pain.

"The Forresters! You're nothing but a haven for killers! You married a murderer, had a son with a murderer! What, you think your money and power make you invincible? I will get justice for my sister today!"

It was then that Benjamin noticed the small camera pinned to the man's chest. He was livestreaming.

Benjamin had struck Rebekah across the face.

"Rebekah," he snarled, "what else have you been hiding from me?"

Faced with a PR nightmare, Benjamin's first instinct was to distance himself, to play the part of the deceived husband and direct all the public's fury onto Rebekah. It was the only way to protect the Forrester Group.

Rebekah absorbed the blow without flinching. She wasn't surprised. She knew that even if he believed in her innocence, he would never choose her over his family's reputation.

"Sister, I was just about to say something," Candice chimed in, her voice filled with false concern. "I saw that dress design in Yvonne's sketchbook once. She created it in high school. I know you're a designer now, but you shouldn't steal the work of someone you drove to their death. And to wear it on the anniversary of her death… it's just cruel."