Katelyn couldn’t help but feel disappointed. Looking at the pair, she sneered, “A chance for me? Why not leave it to Lise? That way, you can forget about getting out for the rest of your lives.”

Jeff’s expression shifted. He sensed an underlying implication in Katelyn’s words. Frowning, he asked coldly, “What do you mean by that?” His intuition told him there was more to Katelyn’s remark.

Katelyn didn’t sugarcoat her response. Her voice was direct and emotionless.

“Lise is dead. Didn’t the police inform you?”

Her words landed like a bomb. Both Jeff and Sharon were stunned. Sharon’s face twisted with disbelief, and she screamed at Katelyn, “How can you be so vicious? Not only do you refuse to help us, but you’re also cursing Lise! You’ll never meet a good end!”

Lise had been their favorite, their cherished daughter. Just recently, she had been alive and well. How could she be dead? Katelyn was heartless. She couldn’t stand to see Lise doing better than her!

Jeff’s face turned even grimmer, his sharp gaze boring into Katelyn as if she were a murderer.

“Katelyn, there are things you shouldn’t say. You should know where to draw the line.”

“The line?” Katelyn scoffed, her eyes filled with disdain. She looked at them mockingly and continued, “Your daughter has been dead for nearly a week. The police called me four days ago. When I saw her, they had just pulled her out of the river, her body swollen beyond recognition. I can show you photos if you want.”

Katelyn casually took out her phone and pretended to scroll through photos.

Jeff and Sharon immediately froze, their denial written all over their faces.

“No, it can’t be true. Our daughter can’t be dead!”

Sharon refused to believe it. How could her precious Lise be gone? She had promised to secure their release, yet now Katelyn claimed she was dead?

Katelyn paused her actions deliberately. In reality, she didn’t have any photos of Lise on her phone. Even the thought of keeping Lise’s photos disgusted her.

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Leaning back in her chair, Katelyn spoke with chilling calmness.

“Why can’t she be dead? Do you even know what she was doing abroad?”

Sharon was consumed by sorrow, seemingly deaf to Katelyn’s words. Jeff, on the other hand, appeared stunned, his face aging noticeably in just moments. The daughter he had searched for and cherished was now gone. How could they accept such a cruel reality? Still, doubt lingered in his mind. He couldn’t shake the suspicion that Katelyn was lying.

Frowning, he asked, “What do you mean by that? Katelyn, don’t you dare deceive us with fabricated stories!”

Katelyn, used to their unrelenting defense of Lise, found their reaction unsurprising, though she couldn’t help but find it mildly amusing. Indeed, they were a family in every sense with Lise—united in their refusal to accept harsh truths and blinded by their own delusions of invincibility.

Without a word, Katelyn pulled up the information Jaxen had uncovered on her phone and tossed her phone to them. Her expression cold and detached, she said, “See for yourselves.”

If her words weren’t enough, she would let them face the truth through the undeniable evidence. If they still chose denial, she wouldn’t waste any more time on them.

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