The Substitute Bride

"If I were her, I would not acknowledge your existence and would break all ties, " Simon said as he defended Autumn. All this while, Yvonne was hiding in a corner of the stairs. The moment she heard Simon speaking for Autumn, she couldn't control her anger and dashed towards Simon in an angry stride. "Dad, how could you speak in an outsider's favor especially after how she treated mom? Do you forget that I am your real daughter? Autumn is just a shameless bitch. She seduced the man I was to marry and now she is trying to disown us. There is nothing good associated with her, " she exclaimed.

"Yvonne, why did you come downstairs unannounced?" Wendy asked as she yelled at Yvonne. "I am speaking to your father. You shouldn't come like this between our private conversation, " she berated.

"Mom, I am not a child anymore, " Yvonne snapped back. "If not for that ungrateful wretch, I would have married Charles and would have had my own child."

"Enough with you!" Simon shouted at both of them in anger. Simon was annoyed by their unrealistic expectations. "Just take a look at yourself. Do you really think that Charles would ever hit on you in a right frame of mind?" he berated Yvonne.

"Simon, what do you mean by that?" Wendy replied in shock and anger as to how he could say something like that to his very own daughter. 'Yvonne is not only my sweet little girl, but also his daughter. How could he belittle her like this without considering her feelings?' Wendy thought to herself in disbelief.

"Did I say something wrong?" Simon asked sarcastically. "I arranged your wedding with a good boy and family, but you ran away with a cheap man instead. Later, you came back alone and pregnant. Once you saw how handsome and wealthy Charles was, you started regretting your impulsive decision and tried all means to seduce him even though your sister married him. If I were Charles, I would have already taught you a lesson instead of letting you go time and again."

"Dad..." Yvonne called out as she looked at Simon in disbelief. She had never expected to hear such harsh and hurtful words from her father. "I'm your daughter. How could you insult me like this?"

Wendy started to feel queasy and anxious as she heard Simon go on...

"I shouldn't have showered you with so much affection and played along in your little sham. If I would have been a proper father then maybe you would not have become such an overbear

eath of Aron's mother... do you really want me to explain it to you?"

"What do you mean?" Wendy was petrified. Her anxiety crippled her mind. She was unable to breathe.

"The day has eyes, the night has ears. I will not tell anyone about what you did for now. But trust me when I say, if you don't show up in the Bureau of Civil Affairs tomorrow, I can't promise you that the police won't learn about it, " Simon threatened her.

Simon walked out of the house without looking back once, leaving panic-stricken Wendy behind. "Mom, what shall we do now? If dad really divorces you, how will we sustain our life?" Yvonne asked anxiously, as she looked at Wendy sprawled on the floor.

Wendy was not even thinking about the divorce anymore. 'I didn't even tell Yvonne about this matter. How did Simon find out?' Her mind was brimming with doubts as she was about to have an anxiety attack.

"No, it is simply impossible. He cannot know it, " Wendy murmured to herself in assurance. "He was just trying to scare me, " she continued, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Mom, mom, are you alright?" Yvonne asked Wendy with a frown, "What shall we do now? Just say something... You are starting to scare me!"

"Now that he's so mean to me, he can't blame me for what I about to do with him. As long as he is alive, he has no choice but to be my husband. He can't think of divorcing me, but if... he is dead, " Wendy muttered, as she let out an evil laugh, a hint of resolve flashing through her eyes.

"Mom... What did you mean by that?" Terrified by Wendy's plan, she stammered, "What... what are you planning to do?"