"Maddie, stop causing trouble. You know why I agreed to marry you, and you should understand the place Emily holds in my heart.
"I was raised by Olivia. She is my whole world. If you keep making up these stories to get me back home, Maddie, I haven't said before that I wouldn't hit a woman."
I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down.
"Fine. Call Olivia right now and see if she answers. Then you'll know if I'm lying."
Emily interjected suddenly.
"Judging whether someone's in trouble just because they don't answer their phone is really childish."
Jason stopped dialing the phone.
"An hour ago, there was a serious car accident right outside this mall. You must have heard about it. The person hit by that car was Olivia."
At my words, Emily shrank into Jason's arms, her shoulders trembling.
Jason patted her back soothingly, then turned to glare at me.
"Maddie, Emily's mental health has been fragile lately. Stop saying things that will upset her.
"We did see the accident earlier. The victim was badly injured, covered in blood. If it was my sister, I would have recognized her, wouldn't I?"
The truth was, when I saw Olivia at the hospital, she was unrecognizable, covered head-to-toe in blood.