Chapter 112

Writer's POV

Eleanor looked at the number of people who raised their hands. There were almost five of them. She looked from their hands to their faces. The first hands she found were Jess's and Van's. There was also Emil beside her. She wanted to give him a knock. Why does he have to cause trouble?

She didn't worry about whatever he wanted to say, he might be thinking about another thing. The judge allowed Jess to go first. Jess took the oath and stood in the panel. She was nervous, perhaps she was having stage fright.

"G…good afternoon everyone. I want to tell you exactly what happened. The day Father came back, Mother wasn't so pleased with it. She told me to stay away from him as much as possible. I didn't like it but my mother restricted me. When my mother came back one day, she cooked and told me not to eat it. I asked her why, and she told me it was poisoned. I wanted to leave the house but she wouldn't let me. I didn't want to have a hand in what she was doing but I had no othe