Trevor went to find Skyler.
At Skyler’s home, he was quite surprised by Trevor’s visit. “I thought you’d be celebrating your victory right now.”
He had already resigned and didn’t intend to hold on to old grudges. He even managed to smile at Trevor.
Trevor sat on the couch, his hands clasped nervously. “That USB drive…
Skyler couldn’t hide his surprise. He had thought someone like Trevor, who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted, wouldn’t care about such a thing. “I bought it from those fans back then.”
Skyler continued, “After we got out of the hotel safely, I called the police. I was the one who handled the aftermath at the station. I saw what had happened from the police evidence. That video was filmed by those fans. If it got out, it would’ve hurt Aubree badly. I paid quite a sum to buy it.”
“What, you came all this way just to ask me about this?” Skyler let out a laugh, as if he found it ironic. When Trevor hired someone to crash a car, he clearly didn’t think about how Aubree had once helped him. Now, he suddenly grew a conscience.
Trevor felt a bit embarrassed too. He understood the implication behind Skyler’s words. He opened his mouth, but in the end, it didn’t really matter if he asked or not. It was now very clear. The one who helped him that year wasn’t Carmen, but Aubree.
He was extremely stupid to get something so important so wrong.
His body was stiff. But Carmen did visit him on set that year.
“It wasn’t Carmen who helped me that time?” Trevor’s voice was so low that Skyler nearly thought he had misheard.
“What?” Skyler looked shocked. So all these years, Trevor had treated his biological sister like dirt because he thought Carmen had helped him.
Skyler said, “As far as I remember, your foster sister Carmen did go looking for you that day. But she never even went into the hotel. She saw the fans crowding around and called me to confirm. Then she said she wouldn’t cause trouble and left.”
Trevor’s gaze was dazed, his emotions stirred. “Then why… why didn’t you tell me afterward who exactly it was?”
Back then, Skyler had done PR by just saying “his sister” without naming names. When Trevor heard Carmen had gone to visit him, he naturally assumed she was the one who helped.
“Come on. Aubree was still just a kid. If it weren’t for some blurry pictures the fans took, I wouldn’t have let her get involved at all. Thankfully, her face wasn’t visible. I asked Aubree about it. She didn’t want to reveal her identity…” Skyler paused, recalling the look in Aubree’s eyes when she told him just to say “sister” and nothing more.
Her eyes were dim, helpless, but tinged with hope.
So, she already knew back then that Carmen might end up taking the credit.
Skyler continued, “I told the public it was your sister. I figured you had two, and it wouldn’t be that easy to trace. What I didn’t expect was… your own family would mix it up.”
There was a trace of mockery in his tone. Trevor’s face flushed, embarrassed and increasingly shaken.
The one he always assumed was scheming and manipulative was actually the one who had silently protected him.
Then, Trevor became angry. Carmen claimed credit all those years ago.
If Carmen hadn’t claimed it, he wouldn’t have made the mistake.
He was still lost in thought when his phone rang.
“You should take that.” Skyler stood and gave him space.
It was Bryan calling.
Trevor asked, “Bryan, are you free right now?”
“Where are you right now?” Bryan replied.
Trevor replied, “Just handling something out. What’s going on?”
“Can you come home?” Bryan’s tone gave nothing away, but it didn’t sound good.
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He added, “Mom, Dad, and Daxton are all here. We’re all waiting for you.”
After Aubree’s accident, their mom had insisted it wasn’t her doing. And she didn’t seem like suspect.
But back then, Trevor was caught up in a storm of public opinion, and the family had
either it was an accident or Trevor was involved.
was lying. That made their third sibling the prime
t dared to act rashly. They found nothing in private, so
Now that he had weathered his PR disaster, the whole family had gathered at home, waiting to interrogate him.
Trevor asked, “Is Carmen home too?”
Bryan replied, “Yeah.”
“Alright, I’ll come now.” Trevor still wanted to hear what she had to say.
As he left Skyler’s place, Trevor’s eyes were still unfocused with confusion. Aubree didn’t say anything about the truth at all.
The thought had barely surfaced when he laughed bitterly. Self–mockery.
Back then, if she had said anything, he probably would’ve assumed she was just jealous of Carmen and trying to steal the credit.
Trevor clenched his fingers. The truth was, nobody in the family ever really took Aubree seriously. Compared to a foster daughter they’d raised for
over a decade, the biological daughter who had been lost and returned was treated more like an outsider.
Even if she had spoken up first, after knowing Carmen had also visited him that day, he probably still would’ve believed Carmen.
[He went to find Skyler. Not sure why.]
A message popped up on the phone.
‘Find Skyler?‘ Aubree thought for a moment. [Is he trying to persuade him to come back? That sounded like a joke.]
She replied: [Ignore him. Is everything ready?]
Kate: [I’ve sorted it all. Ready anytime.]
Trevor probably never imagined his lover would choose such a method to get revenge.
Aubree: [You’re sure about this? Once it’s out there, you’ll be done too.]
Kate: [After what happened to my sister, I’m already dead. Just make sure the report is ready. I don’t want to kill him. I want Trevor to live the rest of his life in fear.]
Aubree asked one more thing. [You’re sure he won’t double–check the facts?]
Kate: [He won’t. People with pride that high would never accept being mocked publicly.]
Since Kate was dead set on destroying herself along with Trevor, Aubree said nothing more.
Back then, Aubree had planned to find someone to seduce Trevor and make him cheat. That was when Kate came to her.
Kate wanted to be the knife. Any method would do, so long as Trevor suffered.
Later, Aubree learned that Kate was an orphan, raised by her older sister. Her sister had entered the entertainment industry to support her with nothing but her looks. By misfortune, she caught Trevor’s eye.
Her sister had no interest in fame or fortune. She just wanted to make some money, find a normal job, and live a simple life. She refused Trevor.
But young Trevor wasn’t so into “mutual consent” back then. He used underhanded tactics to force her to be with him. He used photos and videos as threats.
Eventually, she was driven to depression and took her own life.
Kate only discovered the truth when sorting through her sister’s belongings.
Aubree opened her email and saw a zipped folder Kate had sent. Inside were photos and videos of her and Trevor in bed.
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