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My Wife, The Killer's Attorney
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00:00On Christmas, an old woman was stabbed 20 times. She died. My wife is a top attorney. She's
00:05defending the killer in court. He's just a college kid. Can't you be a little more forgiving?
00:10Drop the case. Stop trying to ruin a young man's life over your dead mother. I looked at the body
00:16on the slab, carved up beyond recognition. I laughed because my arrogant wife didn't know.
00:20The woman who got stabbed to death wasn't my mother. It was hers. My mom was supposed to
00:24spend Christmas with us. We'd already made the plan, but this morning she said she wasn't feeling
00:28well and called to cancel. Then, by pure coincidence, I ran into my wife Tessa's mom,
00:32Susan Monroe, at the grocery store. So I invited her over to have Christmas dinner with us. Tessa
00:36was busy all day. She knew nothing about all this. And now, I had just brought the body to the
00:40funeral
00:40home when Tessa showed up with Derek and his brother. Damien, Derek looked at the memorial
00:44setup and frowned. Ryan, just because Tessa makes money doesn't mean you should waste it on a dead
00:48person. Damien walked up and spat on the body. You think you deserve this, old woman? I rushed at
00:55him in fear, but Tessa shoved me away and pulled both of them behind her. They're just telling the
00:59truth. Your mom is already dead. Why waste money on her now? I stared at Tessa in shock. I couldn't
01:04believe what I was hearing. Ever since her mom was killed, Tessa hadn't shown one bit of concern.
01:08When I sued Damien for murder, she even said she would defend him and get him cleared. She also pulled
01:13strings and spent a lot of money to get Damien released on bail. I thought Derek had talked her
01:17into this madness. I didn't realize she thought the victim was my mother. Ryan, go get a refund.
01:22This setup must have cost a fortune, right? Your mom was always after Tessa's money when she was
01:27alive. Now you are too? What else would it be? Like mother, like son. A woman as greedy and vicious
01:33as your mom deserved to get stabbed to death. My mom never did anything to you. Stop insulting her.
01:41Refund the money. We're not doing this funeral. As for the body, do whatever you want with it.
01:46Tessa, the dead still deserve some respect. Why not put the body there and keep it simple?
01:50After cremation, you can dump the ashes in there too. Back to nature. You'll even save money on an
01:55urn and a burial plot. What do you think, Ryan? He should be thanking you for being so kind.
02:01Then she directly told the staff to move the body beside the door. I tried to stop them,
02:04but Tessa had people walking. I looked at my mother-in-law's body and felt sorry for her.
02:09Tessa lost her father when she was young. Susan raised her alone and played both parents.
02:14Even when she had almost nothing to eat, she still made sure Tessa could go to tutoring.
02:18And in the end, Tessa would not even give her a decent funeral.
02:27Damien actually kicked my mother-in-law's body straight into the ditch.
02:32My foot slipped. You're not mad, are you, old man?
02:36He didn't mean it. Just get some water and rimp her off. Why are you getting so angry over this?
02:41I looked at the body rolling in the filthy ditch, covered in muck and sewage.
02:45You're going to regret this. What would I regret? I'm not wasting time on this other nonsense.
02:51Write Damien of a forgiveness letter. He's still a college student. He can't lose his whole life over
02:55this. No. Susan only caught Damien stealing from Tessa's house. She tried to stop him. That was all.
03:03And he stabbed her 20 times. He even avoided the vital spots on purpose. He wanted her to suffer.
03:09He wanted her to die slowly. A monster like that had no right to forgiveness. And Tessa, a lawyer,
03:16was defending the man who killed her own mother. If Susan couldn't rest in peace, this was why.
03:23Ryan, I'm not discussing this with you. I'm giving you a chance. I'm a top attorney.
03:28Even in court, I can still get him cleared. I just don't want you losing, embarrassing yourself,
03:34and embarrassing me. Everybody knows you're my husband. If you're that afraid I'll embarrass you,
03:39then let's get divorced. Ryan, you've got a lot of nerve. You're threatening me with divorce over
03:48something this small? Even if he accidentally kicked your mom's body into the ditch, he helped
03:53clean it up after. He knows he was wrong. He deserves forgiveness. I turned and looked. Damien was
04:02grinning while he pissed on Susan's body after they dragged it back out. I stared at Tessa in
04:07shock. Her face looked twisted. Damien was desecrating a corpse. And she called that cleaning
04:14it up. When did she become like this? What happened to the Tessa who had just become a lawyer and
04:19zwoordy off her justice? It probably started when Derek became her intern. Derek never cared about
04:24evidence. He took cases based on his own gut and made up whatever story he wanted. And Tessa helped
04:29him twist the truth. She helped him send victims to prison. I told Tessa that was wrong. She acted
04:34like she had a noble reason. She said she was only trying to protect a young intern from losing
04:39confidence. I'll send you the divorce papers tomorrow. Ryan, Tessa only spent Christmas with
04:44me because she felt bad for me. I didn't have anyone. If that upset you, I'm sorry. But please
04:49stop using divorce to scare her. What if she takes it seriously? Ryan, you are completely unreasonable.
04:55Let me make this clear. Not only am I not divorcing you, I'm signing that forgiveness
04:58letter myself. I'm doing it as your wife. That set Tessa off completely. She immediately
05:02had someone bring her paper and a pen. Right in front of me, she wrote the letter and signed
05:07her name. And I'm not letting you step into that courtroom either. Ryan, you forced me to
05:11do this. After Tessa left, I spent a huge amount of money to have Susan cleaned up again
05:16and had the memorial rebuilt. Then, I hired a lawyer to draft divorce papers and called Tessa
05:22to come back and sign them. Derek answered the phone. Ryan, Tessa's busy. She doesn't
05:32have time to talk to you. She said you can forget using divorce to make that forgiveness
05:37letter invalid. Then, he deliberately kept the line open. I could hear Tessa getting even
05:41louder on the other end. I forced myself to record it before I hung up in disgust. Since
05:46she refused to sign the divorce papers, I had no choice but to bring this to court. I messaged
05:51her. Then, I'll see you in court. On the day of the murder trial, I had just reached
05:56the courthouse when I got a notice that my divorce filing had been rejected. I knew right
06:00away that Tessa was behind it. Then, the funeral home called. They said the memorial had been
06:05trashed and someone had taken the body by force. A staff member sent me a video. The second
06:11I opened it, my eyes went red. Susan's body, which should have been in the refrigerated
06:16casket, had been replaced with the carcass of a big fat pig. There were wreaths on both
06:21sides with my mother's name on them. Even the funeral banners had been changed into filthy
06:25insults. Derek showed up late with his arm around Tessa. She glanced at my phone screen
06:29and spoke with pure malice. Ryan, this is what happens when you insist on doing things your
06:35way. If you walk into that courtrooms today, you'll never see your mother's body again.
06:39Derek pointed at the pig inside the casket. Look, doesn't it look exactly like your mom?
06:46Tessa and I went through a lot to find such a perfect replacement. You'll get your mother's
06:51body back after my brother is found not guilty. I didn't think Tessa and Derek could sink this
06:56low. They were doing everything they could to stop me from going into court. They still
06:59thought the dead woman was my mother. As immediate family, if I refuse forgiveness, Tessa's letter
07:04meant nothing. I punched Derek in the face. You piece of shit! Tessa screamed and jumped
07:10in front of him. Ryan, do you want me to send you to prison too? The ones who belong in
07:16prison
07:16are you two! Did you forget I'm a lawyer? I won't be the one ending up in prison. You
07:21can't threaten me. You better get this straight. Do you want to appear in court or do you want
07:25your mother's body? Tessa, has it ever crossed your mind that this isn't my mother's body?
07:30It's your mother's. Tessa didn't buy it. My mom was decent and out honest. There's no
07:38way a good college kid would stab her. Then she pulled out her phone and face-toomed someone.
07:43With one word from me, your mother's body will rot with maggots. On the screen, Susan's body
07:49was being dragged toward a septic tank. As they pulled her, an old burn scar showed on her forearm.
07:55Susan once told me about that scar. When Tessa was little, she knocked over a kettle of boiling
08:01water. Susan threw herself in front of her and got burned. Later, she lied and called it a birthmark
08:07so Tessa would not feel bad about it. Derek's eyes narrowed. He pointed at the scar before I could
08:13speak. Tessa, Ryan's mom really is insane. It wasn't enough for her to dress like your mom. Now she had
08:20to copy her birthmark too. For a second, Tessa looked unsure. Then her face turned to pure
08:26disgusting. My mom has a birthmark. His mom probably burned her up to fake it. That is so pathetic.
08:32Ryan, I didn't know your mom was this sick. And my mom always said your mom was a good person.
08:37That was a lie. My mom was never copying Susan. She knew Susan had a hard life. Whenever she bought
08:43clothes or jewelry, she bought Susan the same set. Susan was grateful for that. That was why she had always
08:49been good to me. My chest taped me. But I still tried to stop Tessa. She really is your mother.
08:55And that is not a birthmark. She got that burn protecting you. This dead woman having the same
09:02mark as your mom is bad luck. Why not cut it off? Then he grabbed the phone and told the
09:08people on the
09:08other end to do it. I lunged for the phone. Tina swung her purse straight into my face.
09:14I think Derek's right. You are not going to bully him again. You are not going to bully him again.
09:20On the screen, they were already cutting into Susan's arm and making it even worse.
09:28Tessa, do you have any humanity left? You're the one with no humanity. You're the one trying
09:33to send Derek's brother to prison. I gave you a chance. You're the one who threw it away.
09:43Throw the body into the septic tank.
09:47I watched Susan's body get dumped into the tank. Then she looked at me like she had won and walked
09:53into the courthouse with Derek. The trial officially began. The judge started reading the basic facts.
10:00The defendant, Damien Hayes, stabbed the victim, Susan Monroe, after a conflict during a thief.
10:05The stabbing caused Susan Monroe's death. Tessa's face went blank. Susan Monroe, the judge said.
10:12She blooded it out before she could stop herself. There has to be a mistake. How could that be Susan
10:18Monroe? No mistake. The victim is your mother, Susan Monroe.
10:31Tessa's face frozen. She asked the judge to see the case file. And there it was. The victim was her
10:37mother. She forced out a smile that looked worse than crying. My mom is fine. She was fine. How
10:43could she be dead? Her hand shook as she called Susan. Then a phone rang from the evidence table.
10:50It was Susan's phone. Even the ringtone was the one Tessa had picked for her. Tears rushed into her
10:54eyes. She turned to me and screamed. How did you bribe this many people to lie to me? Just days
10:59ago
10:59she was talking about bringing me homemade sausage. How could she be dead? I'm not that powerful.
11:04I looked at her from across the courtroom. My eyes were cold. And false accusations come with legal
11:10consequences. We're in court, counselor. You should be careful what you say. I had told her the truth
11:16more than once. She was the one who refused to believe it. Tessa broke down.
11:26Ryan, you knew it was my mother and you still didn't tell me. You did that on purpose, didn't
11:31you? How can you be this cruel? She tried to rush me and claw at me. I looked at her.
11:35She was beyond
11:36saving. Even now, she still thought this was my fault. Court officers dragged her back to her seat.
11:42At that point, there was no way she could keep acting as defense counsel. This was a murder case
11:47and Tessa and I had been fighting publicly. So a lot of relatives had shown up for the hearing.
11:52Didn't Tessa say the dead woman was her husband's mother? So it was her own mom?
11:56Now they were finally starting to piece it together. They whispered to each other in disbelief.
12:01Whose mother it was doesn't even matter. Defending a killer like this is wrong either way.
12:06I heard he stabbed her 20 times. How can that girl not know right from wrong anymore?
12:13The way they looked at Tessa completely changed. It was all contempt. Tessa was so ashamed she could
12:18barely stand it. And then she remembered what she had done. She had thrown her own mother's body
12:24into a septic tank. Regret hit her all at once. She panicked and demanded people pull the body out.
12:32Then she left early. But Derek stayed. When Tessa learned the truth, he wasn't surprised at all.
12:40The second she left, he took over the defense for his brother. Then Derek pulled out the
12:45forgiveness letter Tessa had written. He looked at me like he had already won. Like even after Tessa
12:51knew the truth, he could still get his brother found not guilty. That meant one thing. Derek had known
12:57from the start who his brother killed. What he wanted was Tessa's forgiveness letter. And because
13:03he knew I cared about Susan, he tortured her body to get back at me for trying to fire him
13:07from the
13:07law firm. Tessa, this is the man you chose. Vile to the core. But I came prepared. I also submitted
13:16evidence that made Tessa's letter invalid. It was the recording from that day. The one where Tessa
13:22brought Derek to force me to sign. Derek pulled out a psychiatric diagnosis from a top hospital.
13:28Then he kept talking. But it all came down to one thing. He was trying to use an insanity defense
13:34to get his killer brother off. My brother had a mental disorder. As far as I knew, this had been
13:42Tessa's backup plan. After all these years as a lawyer, she had plenty of tricks for helping guilty
13:46people walk. She was just using them for the wrong side. What she forgot was I used to be a
13:51damn good
13:52lawyer too. I understood every one of these moves. I only gave up my own career to push hers forward
13:57and handle everything else so she had nothing to worry about. And I had connections too. So getting
14:07proof that Tessa had faked that psychiatric diagnosis was not hard. From the second Tessa decided
14:13to defend Derek's brother, I had people watching them. I submitted the evidence. How do you even
14:18have this? Tessa said this plan was foolproof. If you don't want people finding out, don't do it.
14:23A murderer belongs behind bars. In the end, Derek's brother was convicted. He stabbed Susan 20 times
14:30and avoided the vital organs on purpose. That was an especially brutal killing. His brother was
14:36sentenced to life in prison. When we came out of the courthouse, Tessa was back from trying
14:43to recover her mother's body. The smell on her was so bad people covered their noses.
14:48Tessa didn't notice the looks. Derek, you pushed me into this. You're the reason I dumped my mother's
14:53body into a septic tank. I'm not letting this go. And you knew from the start that the dead woman
14:57was
14:57my mother, didn't you? Otherwise, why did you keep stopping me from reading the full case file?
15:00And your brother, he didn't just kill my mom. He also did those things to her body. He is never
15:04getting out of prison. Tessa was screaming so hard she was shaking. Tears and snot ran down her face.
15:10She looked completely wrecked. Derek shoved Tessa away with open disgust.
15:18You were the one who said your plan would get my brother off. So why did he end up with
15:22life?
15:24Tessa froze for a second. Then she burst out laughing.
15:27Life in prison is still too good for him. He should have gotten the death penalty.
15:32Write another forgiveness letter for my brother. Was when not letting him sit in prison.
15:36You said it yourself. He just went off to college. His life is just starting. It can't be ruined like
15:41this. That was because you misled me. I only did all that because I thought the dead woman was
15:46Ryan's mother. After she shouted that, she looked at me. Then guilt flashed across her face. I let out
15:51a mocking laugh. I had no interest in watching the two of them tear each other apart. Once I got
15:57in the
15:57car, Quinn turned from the passenger seat and smiled at me. So, total win? Quinn was also a lawyer at
16:04Tessa's firm. She'd been pushed around for a long time because she couldn't stand how Tessa twisted
16:08the truth and helped monsters walk free. Quinn had already been planning to quit. Then all of
16:12this happened. I needed someone inside the firm to keep an eye on Tessa and Derek. Quinn figured out
16:17what I wanted and offered to help. But she had one condition. I couldn't stop her from exposing
16:21everything Tessa had done. She wanted Tessa ruined. At first, I still wanted to leave Tessa some
16:26dignity. Then she did all that. I was done. So I agreed. But I still didn't feel happy.
16:30It's about Susan, isn't it? Don't blame yourself too much. You tried to stop it.
16:37When I got home, I shipped out all the things I had already packed up for Tessa. She called me.
16:40I
16:40didn't answer. Then she texted me. She said she wanted to give Susan a proper funeral and hoped I
16:45would come. I went. I went there for Susan. Tessa held a huge funeral. The second she saw me,
16:50she walked straight toward me like she wanted to say something. I spoke first. Can you sign the
16:54divorce papers now? You really want to divorce me? I almost found that funny. Did she really think
17:00there was still any chance for us? Ryan, can we not do this? I was fooled by Derek. That bastard
17:06lied
17:06to me. All those clothes and jewelry your mom bought for my mom, he always told me he bought them.
17:11I only have my mom and I just want to protect her memory. That's why I did those things. Please
17:17forgive me. That only made it more ridiculous. Derek was never even good at lying. He came
17:23from an ordinary family. He made three grand a month. How was he supposed to buy gifts worth
17:28hundreds of thousands? Even if you were fooled, you wanted to be fooled. Deep down, you already
17:34had a problem with my mom. I just don't understand why. Why? Because she looked down on me? She never
17:49thought I was good enough for you. She never wanted us together, right? My mom was sharp. Back then,
17:54she told me Tessa was too sensitive and too fragile. She said that kind of mind could lead someone to
17:59do
17:59things they could never take back. And even if my mom didn't want us married at first, she treated you
18:04more than well after we got married. When you wanted to start your law firm, she used her
18:08connections to send powerful clients your way. She introduced you to people who mattered. She
18:13helped build your name. The only reason you became a star attorney this fast was because my mom helped
18:17you. That's not true. I became a top lawyer because I'm good at what I do. I earn that on
18:25my own.
18:26Sure, you're talented. But talent alone doesn't land you a jewelry mogul as a client right after you
18:32start working. You couldn't have done that. You wouldn't have even gotten in the room.
18:39What I said was harsh. It was also true. And this time, Tessa had nothing to say. My mom's quiet
18:46help
18:46had pushed her far past the level her real experience could carry. That was why she lost herself so fast.
18:53Ryan, I'm sorry. You never told me. I know I shouldn't have been so blindly confident.
19:02But I wanted so badly to prove myself. That doesn't matter now. Sign the divorce papers.
19:08I won't sign. You still love me. Don't you? What gave you that idea? You think I still have feelings
19:15for someone who hurt me and hurt my mother like that? But you still helped get justice for my mom
19:20in
19:20court, didn't you? That was your mother. She deserved justice. And every person who came to
19:23this funeral came for her, not for you. Tessa, do you really think you can do all those vile things
19:27and walk away with no price to pay? I sued you too for desecrating a corpse, for violating legal
19:31ethics, for giving false evidence. You can't do this to me. Why not? In the end, she agreed to sign.
19:44Once I had the papers, I lit incense for Susan and left.
19:58Tessa refused to give up. Every day, she either sent flowers or had gifts delivered.
20:08Whatever you decide, I'll support you. I just want you to be happy.
20:14She had always been that kind of person.
20:22I'm not forgiving Tessa. What she did doesn't deserve forgiveness.
20:26A failed marriage doesn't define your whole life. And don't blame yourself too much.
20:33My son already did more than enough.
20:39I didn't expect this. But before Tessa's case even went to trial, Derek sued her too.
20:47He had been Tessa's intern.
20:50Back when Tessa covered for him and cleaned up his messes, she had helped create a lot of false
20:56evidence. Now he brought it all to light.
21:00He also had plenty of dirt on the other lawyers at the firm. No one pitied her. Everyone thought
21:04she had it coming. Derek dumped everything online too. Then, he smeared Susan's name and claimed she
21:10was mentally unstable and had come on to his brother. He said his brother snapped from humiliation and
21:15killed her in the heat of the moment. He was obviously still making one last push to get his
21:20brother's sentence reduced. If the dead woman had really been my mom, that smear would have landed
21:25on her instead. That had been one of Tessa's backup plans too. Now Derek was using all of it on
21:31her.
21:31Tessa already hated Derek for what he and his brother did and his brother to her mother's body.
21:36Now this pushed her completely over the edge. She stormed off to confront him. And somehow,
21:40she killed him. She stabbed him 20 times. Exactly 20. But she used a meat cleaver. So Derek's body was
21:46hacked to pieces. 20 stab wounds. How is that a crime of passion?
22:00Tessa went to prison too. I took over her law firm. That also meant Quinn no longer had to quit.
22:06As for the other lawyers, I replaced almost all of them. They had thrown away their ethics too.
22:10All to prop up Tessa and Derek. A lot of people get trapped with no way to speak up because
22:15of lawyers
22:15with no ethics. So I launched a legal aid program that charged clients nothing. I wanted more people
22:21like Damien to actually face justice. The work was free for the clients. I paid the firm's lawyers
22:26out of my own pocket. No one pushed back. Quinn frowned at me. What do you take me for? This
22:33matters.
22:34I want to do it. What about everyone else? If you refuse payment, they'll feel weird taking it.
22:41Doing good still has to pay the bills, right? You're still the same.
22:46My chest tightened. I looked away. I could tell Quinn liked me. But after everything, I wasn't ready
22:53to think about love again. Not yet. I had been out of law for years. I was rusty. But Quinn
23:00never
23:00got tired of helping me. She walked me through cases. Slowly, I stopped fighting it. I told myself
23:08I'd let things happen when they happened. Less than a year later, Tessa died in prison. I heard
23:14one of the people she had wrongfully put away killed her. That ending did not surprise me. If she had
23:20any humanity left at all, maybe her life would not have ended there. Do you think your mom would like
23:25this? Maybe we should bring more gifts. I know after cremation, you give money on a burial plot.
23:35You don't have to overthink it. She'll like anything you bring. Because my mom had always believed the
23:40same thing. The thought was what mattered. If it came from the heart, it was enough.
23:47No way. This is my first time meeting her. I need to make a good impression.
23:53Quinn and I had started dating. I was taking her home for dinner. I had a feeling my mom would
23:59like
23:59her. And I was right. The second my mom met Quinn, she took her hand and started telling her story
24:05after story about me. Quinn loved every second of it. She listened. She laughed. She gave my mom all
24:14the warmth in the world. I thought you'd never open your heart again. I've always believed people have
24:17to keep moving forward. So I'm glad you figured that out. Quinn is a good woman. Don't you dare mess
24:21this up. I know. I'll be good to her. Mom was right. People have to move forward. Everything behind
24:25me was finally over. That chapter was closed for good.
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