I was cast out by my blood familly but returned back powerful for revenge - The whereabouts of the truth, and a new dawn

The courtroom was filled with the cold light of fluorescent lamps. The gallery was utterly silent, dominated by a stillness as profound as if water had been poured. In the heavy atmosphere, Aria clenched her fists tightly. Beside her stood Alexei, his suit still wrinkled, his sharp gaze fixed straight ahead. Behind them sat Margaret, her small frame held as tall as she could manage. At the center of their gaze was Lisa. Her platinum blonde curls were perfectly set as always, her emerald eyes gleaming with triumphant light. Beside her sat the false witnesses she had sent, their faces arranged into expressions of upstanding citizens. "Let's begin." Alexei's cold voice tore through the silence. His defense team rose to their feet. In their hands were a thick stack of documents and a single black voice recorder. First, the lawyer submitted to the judge the instruction documents seized from the detective agency. Papers bearing Lisa's signature, detailing the specific procedures for filing a false report. Next, they played the recorded call between Lisa and a servant. *'Listen. Report that my sister is abusing her children. Make it sound convincing. Evidence? Just fabricate something. I'll pay whatever it costs.'* Lisa's voice streamed clearly from the courtroom speakers. Her face stiffened instantly. The false witnesses beside her shifted uneasily. "This is a fabrication! That recording is obviously a forgery! You just imitated my voice!" Lisa shot to her feet, her voice a shriek. But the defense team was unfazed. Next, they turned to face the false witnesses. "You met with Lisa Greyson at the Greyson estate last night. We have security camera footage. She handed you a check as payment for your testimony." The face of the false witness turned pale. "And your alibi—your claim that you were in New York that day. However, your car's ETC records show a history of exiting at Brightwater." There was no escape now. The man's shoulders slumped, and in a trembling voice, he forced out the words, "It was all a lie." The judge struck the gavel with solemn weight. "This court recognizes that the temporary protective custody by Child Protective Services was based on a false report. The protection order is hereby revoked immediately." In that instant, the strength drained from Aria's knees. "Ah... Thank you... so much...!" She collapsed on the spot, covering her face with both hands, and wept aloud. Tears streamed endlessly through the gaps in her fingers. Her shoulders trembled, and her sobs echoed through the courtroom. It was as if all the pain she had endured alone for six years had finally burst its dam. Alexei silently wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and Margaret, embracing them both from behind, wept with them. Lisa bit her lip in the gallery. Her face was twisted with rage, her emerald eyes narrowed like a beast's. On the stage where she was supposed to have won, she had been utterly defeated. She rose violently from her seat and left the gallery. In the courthouse corridor, Lisa pulled out her smartphone with trembling hands. (*Not yet. It's not over. If I go back to the Greyson estate, Father is there. As long as I can get Father on my side, a ruling like this can be overturned anytime.*) She turned back, her eyes burning with hatred, and glared at the courtroom. Outside the courthouse. Aria stood at the main entrance, where a cold wind blew. Alexei was beside her. The frigid air seeped into her throat, parched dry from tension. Before long, an officer from Child Protective Services appeared, leading four small children. "Mama!" Emma, the eldest, cried out. Her jet-black hair swaying, her hazel eyes opened wide, the quadruplets ran toward Aria. Sophia was sobbing, Luca was desperately biting his lip, and Leo, the youngest, nearly stumbling, ran straight for his mother. "Emma! Sophia! Luca! Leo!" Aria knelt on the snow and spread her arms wide. Four small bodies leaped into Aria's chest all at once. Thin arms wrapped around her neck, and warm tears wet her cheeks. "I'll never let you go again! Never, ever again!" "Mama, Mama, Mama...!" Sophia, the second daughter, just kept calling her mother's name over and over. Luca clutched Aria's clothes tightly, crying silently. Leo's large eyes spilled over with huge, rolling tears. Alexei stood rooted to the spot, watching the scene. His face, once as cold as an iron mask, crumbled audibly. The corners of his mouth twisted slightly, and he clenched his back teeth as if holding something back. "...It's my fault. For six years, I knew nothing. I made you all suffer so much." A single tear fell from his steel-gray eyes. "Don't talk nonsense. Thanks to you, the children are back like this. This is... this is good enough..." Margaret patted Alexei's broad back with a light, tapping motion. Aria raised her tear-streaked face and spoke to the quadruplets. "Emma, Sophia, Luca, Leo. This is Alexei. He's your... father." The quadruplets' eyes widened in surprise for a moment. Then, timidly, they looked up at Alexei. In their gazes, there was still a trace of bewilderment, but at the same time, a pure curiosity sparkled. "...Hello. I'm Alexei Volkov." Alexei slowly knelt on one knee, bringing himself to eye level with the quadruplets. "I'm sorry I'm late. I've finally met you." It was a low, gentle voice that enveloped the four of them. The two black cars leaving the courthouse headed straight for Greenwich, Connecticut. Inside the car, the exhilaration of battle and the relief of reclaiming their family filled the air. But Aria's heart was already turning toward the next battlefield. The Greyson Estate—"Evergreen Manor." The place where she was born, raised, and then discarded like trash. The massive iron gates opened silently. The moment she stepped onto the grounds, Aria's heart pounded violently with anger and sorrow. "Aria, I think I'll... wait here after all. The children are here too." Margaret said from inside the car, holding the quadruplets close. They couldn't possibly show the children the bloodbath that was about to unfold. "Yes, please. I'll finish this quickly." Aria and Alexei got out of the car. Aria pushed open the heavy oak front door. In the entrance hall, Edward, Victoria, and Lisa, who had returned ahead of them, were all assembled. "Well, well, dear sister. Have you come to howl like a beaten dog? Too bad for you, there's no evidence to sue me!" Lisa screamed, her face a beastly mask. "Aria, why are you here? You, who defiled this house, have no right to cross its threshold—" Alexei's cold voice cut off her stepmother Victoria's words. "Silence." It was just a single word, but it carried an oppressive force as if the temperature in the hall had dropped two degrees. Alexei operated the tablet in his hand, wirelessly transferring footage to the giant wall screen in the living room. "Edward Greyson, head of the Greyson family. There is something I want to show you." The screen displayed security camera footage from six years ago. A luxurious banquet hall. Under a crystal chandelier, a young woman with platinum blonde hair takes a drink from a server's tray. Then, she quickly drops a white powder into one of them, smiles sweetly, and offers it to a young woman with black hair—. "Wh... what is this...?" The color drained from Edward's face. Lisa was speechless. Her face was as pale as a corpse, only her perfect ringlets swaying meaninglessly. "This is the true nature of your daughter, Lisa. Six years ago, she drugged my fiancée, your own daughter, Aria Greyson. And just recently, she attempted to take away the four children born as a result by filing a false report with Child Protective Services. The culprits are your daughter and her mother." "Lies, lies, lies, lies! You're nothing but a dog who was thrown out like garbage!" Enraged, Lisa hurled abuse at Aria in a shrill voice. At that moment—the front door was forcefully swung open again. Several police officers entered the hall silently. Without hesitation, they stood before Lisa and Victoria. "Lisa Greyson, Victoria Greyson. You are under arrest for attempted kidnapping of minors and false accusation." Victoria lost all words of defense and just stood there, dumbfounded. As Lisa was grabbed by both arms by the officers and led away, she hurled her final hatred at Aria. "Serves you right! You're garbage no matter where you go! He'll abandon you too, just wait and see! I'll never forgive you, you'll see!" At that moment, for the first time, Aria looked at Lisa with pity in her eyes. "...Good grief, I give up. You really were a pitiful person, weren't you." That gentle voice was the greatest damage to Lisa. Screaming like a madwoman, she was shoved into the patrol car. In the silent hall, only Edward's sobs echoed. "Aria... I'm so sorry. It was because I was weak. I couldn't... protect you..." He collapsed on the spot, crying with his hands on the floor. His face, which should have once been full of dignity, was crumpled, wet with tears and snot. Aria looked down at him silently. Deep in her heart, something pricked with pain. The little girl she once was, who wanted her father's approval, was still somewhere inside her. But she could never go back. "...It's too late, Father. Goodbye." She left those quiet words behind and, without looking back, departed the mansion. The setting sun dyed the sea of Brightwater a golden hue. Several hours had passed since the trial and the resolution at the Greyson estate. All the procedures were finished, and they had returned to this nostalgic port town. Aria sat on the rocky shore, gazing at the sunset. The sea breeze gently stroked her long black hair. On the sandy beach a short distance away, Emma, Sophia, Luca, and Leo were playing with Margaret, picking up seashells. (*It's over... Everything with that house. My fight ends here.*) Aria quietly closed her eyes. How much time had passed? She heard footsteps crunching on the sand behind her. When she slowly turned around, Alexei was standing there. His dark brown hair, backlit by the setting sun, was outlined in a golden halo. His steel-gray eyes, sharp as always, now held a somehow gentle light. "Aria." He called her name with a serious expression. Then, right in front of Aria, he slowly knelt on one knee. He didn't care that the sand was soiling the knees of his expensive suit. "What are you...?" Alexei took a small velvet box from the inside pocket of his suit. The box opened. Reflecting the last rays of the setting sun, a small diamond sparkled like a star. "Six years ago, we met in the worst possible way. But that single night gave me the most precious things in my life. You, and our four children—a true family. I still haven't been able to give anything back to you. I wasn't able to do anything for you." His voice trembled slightly. He was trying to suppress his emotions, and they were on the verge of breaking through. "So, let me swear on the rest of my life. This time, I will protect you and the children. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. I want you to become my true family. Marry me, Aria." Tears overflowed from Aria's eyes. They were no longer tears of sadness or pain. A warm light filled the heart of the woman who had fought alone for six years. (*I'm not alone. I'm not alone anymore.*) "Yes... Yes, with all my heart. If you'll have me, please, take care of me." With her face crumpled by tears, she managed her very best smile. Their lips met softly. It was a clear kiss of love's promise, different from that stormy night six years ago. "Mama did a kiss!" Leo's loud voice rang out from the beach. "You dummy, don't look!" Emma, the eldest, hurriedly covered her younger sisters' eyes. "Life has a way of working out, doesn't it! I'm so glad, truly glad!" Margaret laughed openly, deep wrinkles gathering at the corners of her eyes. The next moment, overwhe

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