Chapter 293 Michael Knows He Was Wrong
Daniel laughed dismissively and said, "What makes you think you can say that to me?
When you were all bullying Olivia back then, why didn't you think you were going too far?
For the sake of such a shameless woman, you all bullied Olivia and Bianca - what do you have to say about that?"
Hayden could tell he was deliberately looking for trouble today, but there was nothing he could do about it right now.
Hayden said through gritted teeth, "That's a completely different matter!"
Daniel sneered, "Is it? Then take a good look at this..."
With that, Daniel had someone project what was on his phone onto the big screen.
He played a video with crystal clear audio.
It showed the entire process of Sophia actively approaching Olivia earlier, provoking and humiliating her.
Daniel's people turned the volume up to maximum, just to make sure everyone could hear.
So the guests saw with their own eyes and heard with their own ears Sophia's arrogant and domineering attitude as she showed off.
Everyone saw her admit how she had used every trick in the book to steal Michael from Olivia.
They also saw how she used a child's illness to repeatedly provoke Olivia, using the child's condition to manipulate and torment her as a mother.
It even included how she taught her own son to frame Olivia and then play the victim.
At the end of the video, it completely captured how Sophia and her son staged the whole thing, claiming Olivia had hit them, pushed her down, and tried to make her miscarry.
Everything was clear as day for everyone to see.
Sophia watched everything playing on the screen, feeling somewhat numb.
Why?
Why did Daniel record all of this?
When he was messing with his phone earlier, was he recording that?
Thinking back to their conversation, she had clearly been led on and got carried away.
Sophia felt such hatred.
But now there was nothing she could do, not even stop Amelia's slaps from raining down on her.
The guests' worldviews collapsed and reformed once again.
"How can someone like this exist?"
"She's truly vicious!"
"I thought Sophia sleeping around with men was shameless enough, but I never imagined her methods for destroying someone's marriage would be even more despicable!"
Many married ladies with children felt the same way and couldn't help but step back several paces, afraid they might also fall victim to Sophia.
"What a disgusting woman! She's terrifying, and her son too - so young yet so vicious!"
"What good can come from a bad woman's child!"
"Did you see? The moment Sophia fell, her son started crying right away - so realistic!"
"Is this really a child? It's too scary. When he grows up, he'll be a menace to society!"
After cursing Sophia and her son, the guests didn't stop there - they started criticizing the Johnsons too.
"I think the Johnsons aren't good people either. Ms. Smith suffered so much in their house even before the divorce."
"Exactly. She gave so much to the Johnson family, and not being cherished was one thing, but when something happened, not a single person in the entire Johnson family trusted her."
"I heard that when they divorced, Ms. Smith left with nothing, only taking the child!"
"So tragic. It makes my heart ache. I can't even imagine how strong she must have been to endure it in the Johnson family."
"Meeting a man like that, she should have divorced him long ago."
"And she even treated his legs - what for? This kind of man being crippled is God's punishment!"
"How can such a terrible man exist, not believing his own wife and child, but easily trusting another woman and someone else's child!"
"This Michael - I used to think he was impressive, but now I see he's just stupid. One woman can bewitch him so completely that he loses all basic judgment."
"It's not lack of judgment - he's purely cold-blooded and heartless. Otherwise, how could a normal person treat the wife who bore his children this way?"
"This man and Sophia are both terrible - they're equally scary!"
Amid the crowd's discussion, the video on stage finally ended.
Amelia on the ground was also tired from hitting.
Sophia had been slapped until she was barely conscious, her previously pretty face now swollen and frightening.
Amelia pushed her away like throwing out trash.
Sophia didn't even have the strength to get up and slumped on the ground.
Amelia also fell down with her.
She heard what the guests were saying, and her face showed no satisfaction from punishing Sophia, only complete defeat.
She didn't know how things had come to this.
Was this really karma?
Back then, the Johnson family treated Olivia and Bianca that way.
Now they were facing the consequences.
Today, the entire Johnson family had become the laughingstock of the whole city.
What's worse, this shame wouldn't disappear after tomorrow - it would persist.
Who knows for how long.
Ruined, completely ruined.
At this moment, Robert, who had been upstairs opening doors, finally came down.
Seeing the chaotic scene at the engagement party, the pin-drop silence in the atmosphere, and those familiar yet strange photos on the big screen, he stood frozen, completely confused about what was happening.
At the same time, the people Andrew arranged also brought Bianca over.
"Mommy..." Bianca saw Olivia and looked very happy, calling out to her in a sweet childlike voice while waving her hand vigorously.
Olivia, who had been coldly observing everything, heard her daughter's familiar voice and immediately turned around.
Seeing it was really Bianca running toward her, she quickly bent down and scooped Bianca up.
"Baby, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?" She checked the child with concern and gentleness.
Bianca shook her head and told Olivia, "No, I've been hiding and didn't get hurt."
Olivia checked again and confirmed that Bianca hadn't lost a single hair before finally relaxing.
"I'm glad you're not hurt. I came too late." She held Bianca and gently kissed her face to comfort her.
Bianca also hugged her neck and said to Olivia, "I'm fine, Mommy don't worry. Daddy protected me the whole time. Mommy, let's go. I don't like it here!
The little friend from school is still waiting for us, we can't break our promise!"
She wanted to see her good friend quickly and didn't want to see these annoying people.
"Okay, I'll take you away right now!" Olivia understood the child's feelings.
Now that everything was resolved and the child was with her, she didn't want to stay here any longer either.
So she said to Evelyn and Daniel nearby, "Let's go, we're leaving."
Daniel and Evelyn had no objections.
They had come today to back up Olivia, and their purpose was achieved - it was time to leave.
But as they were about to leave, Amelia's voice suddenly rang out. "Bianca, Bianca, I'm your grandma, don't go, okay?"
Repeatedly shocked by today's events, Amelia's mental state was on the verge of collapse.
Her tone calling Bianca now showed some urgency and pleading.
Bianca still remembered in her mind how she had just bullied her.
Seeing her pleading now, she didn't speak, just looked at her quietly, her watery eyes showing a coldness and calmness.
"You're not my grandma!" Her tone was firm.
Olivia naturally wouldn't allow them to claim any relationship at this point.
When they didn't want them, they discarded them like trash.
Now knowing the truth, they come crawling to acknowledge them - how ridiculous.
She held Bianca and walked past the guests at the venue, showing no intention of stopping.
Now she only felt relief. All past grievances had completely ended with the divorce.
After leaving here, she and the Johnson family would have no more connection.
Michael didn't speak again throughout.
But watching the mother and daughter about to leave, his mind suddenly clearly recalled the bits and pieces of those years when he was married to Olivia.
Back then, Olivia loved him and made him the center of everything.
Her eyes always showed care and tenderness for him.
No matter how late he came home from work, she would always wait for him.
Though Olivia never said it, her love was woven into every detail of their daily life.
Though Bianca was sick, she was very well-behaved. Every time he held her, she would quietly nestle in his arms, neither fussing nor making noise.
But back then, he thought Olivia was boring, that she couldn't compare to Sophia, whom he had in his heart.
She only managed household chores and couldn't help him at all with work.
He found Bianca not lively or clever enough, not at all like his child.
The more he found fault, the more he abandoned them, choosing what he thought was better for himself.
Reality, however, dealt him a devastating blow.
In the end, the Sophia he had pampered turned out to be such trash.
For the sake of Sophia, he had thrown away the two most precious treasures in this world.
Michael's emotions suddenly became extremely agitated.
He didn't want to let them leave like this.
A voice inside told him to hurry, hurry and stop them!
He also instinctively tried to grab those two figures.
But suddenly, his body was beyond his control.
His legs suddenly felt numb and painfully tingling. At the same time, all his anger and shock finally gathered in his heart, forming a tremendous pain.
Michael felt a sweetness in his throat, blood spurted out directly, and then his whole body could no longer stand steady and fell heavily to the ground.
Everyone was shocked by this scene.
The Johnsons were especially alarmed and anxious, immediately rushing toward him.
"Michael, Michael, what's wrong?"
"Quick, quick, call an ambulance! Get a doctor!"
The scene descended into chaos.
The guests also lost interest in watching the drama and sympathetically made way for the Johnsons.
Michael was supported by Hayden, his unfocused gaze fixed on the door, in the direction where Olivia and the others had left.
Until he lost consciousness, only one thought remained in his mind.
He was wrong!