Olivia lifted John’s hospital gown skeptically. Indeed, there were bandages on his stomach. When she lifted his collar, she also saw bandages on his shoulder.Ken added when he saw how solemn her face was, “If you still don’t believe me, I can unwrap them and show you.”Olivia fell back onto her chair and kept trying to remember what happened back then.When Sam rushed over to hold her, Noah was already on the ground. Thus, he could only shoot from below, so he should have shot John’s… shoulder?Then what about the wound on his stomach?Did that mean that John was the one who was shot and not Noah when she heard the gunshot in the house?When Olivia did not answer, Ken went to unwrap the bandages. However, Olivia stopped him the moment he reached out.“No need.”“I don’t want you to think I’m lying to you. He was indeed shot twice. What happened?”Olivia calmed herself down and ran her fingers through her hair. She said, “I thought he was only shot once. I didn’t think it was
“Liv.”Ken had a complicated expression on his face. He seemed to know something that he could not tell her. “Perhaps you will find out in the future.”Olivia shook her head. “Whatever. If he doesn’t want to tell me, it’s useless for me to ask. And I don’t want to ask now.”“From a psychologist’s point of view, a person’s personality is shaped by many things, and one of them is childhood.”After saying that, Ken sighed. “But at the end of the day, this is a private matter, so I shouldn’t say much. However, since you mentioned what happened four years ago, I have something to tell you.”“What is it?”“You should remember that I hypnotized John to help him remember what happened four years ago, right?“He lost some memories after that accident six years ago. He lost some memories involving you and the lies Dorothy had told, hence he was cold toward you for those two years. It’s not that he doesn’t love you, but that he forgot about your love.“And I remember that he not only lost
Since Ken would be working early tomorrow, he went back to get some rest after Wes arrived. Meanwhile, Olivia stayed next to John the entire night.She did not sleep or talk throughout the entire night. She only occasionally stared at the man in bed blankly and then at the sky outside.No one knew what she was thinking about, and no one knew what she was waiting for.The next morning, Wes saw how pale she was, so he went up to her and said, “Madam, you must be tired after staying here all night. Why don’t you go back to rest? I’ll let you know when Sir wakes up.”Olivia shook her head and coughed softly. She then said hoarsely, “No. I have to wait for him to wake up. I need to ask him something.”She wanted to ask him if he had treated her so horribly because he lost his memories just like Ken said. She wanted to ask him what he forgot when he lost his memories.It was not that she cared. She just wanted to get to the bottom of this.Wes knew her temper, and he knew he could not
She was really Olivia, and Ian was her brother, so it should have been a match. Why was there a problem with the DNA test?Did someone meddle with the result of the test?Who would do that?Was it Zac or John?As Olivia wondered, Dorothy suddenly grabbed her hair from the back. “Phoebe, listen here. This won’t end so easily. There is all the time in the world for me to play with you.”Olivia was in pain. She wanted to break free but Dorothy had a tight grip on her.“Heh, Phoebe, you might be fine this time, but it doesn’t mean that you will be next time. Plus, even if you’re fine, it doesn’t mean the people around you will be. You’d better remember this, and don’t even think of going against me!”“Let go!”“I won’t. I love to see you in pain!”Dorothy giggled sinisterly and gripped Olivia’s hair tighter. She forced Olivia to spin around, then grabbed her neck to threaten, “Go back and tell Zac to stop causing unnecessary trouble. Be a good counsel, or else you won’t have a place in Qui
As soon as Dorothy left, Olivia immediately called Ken.“Ken, did you recently contact Kate?”“Kate? Uncle said that she went to Rushia for vacation. Why are you asking?”Olivia frowned. “I can’t reach her on the phone. I’m afraid something happened to her.”“Something happened?” Ken was in a little disbelief and scoffed. “She’s always pranking people. No one else would dare touch her. You’re overthinking, Liv.”“It’s impossible for her to be in Rushia. She was always in Ocean City, but since yesterday, I lost contact with her. I suspect that Dorothy has gotten to her.”“How’s that possible?”Immediately, Ken pushed the door open and entered the room. He hung up the call and passed Olivia the cup of coffee he held in his hand. “Don’t think too much, Liv. I know what Kate is like. You don’t have to…”“Ken Lucas, I’m serious. She called me on the day Dorothy and Zyler Clarins did the live stream to remind me that Dorothy might do something bad to me, but when we went to look for
Ken went closer to Olivia and sniffed the air. Immediately, he frowned.The smell was a little pungent, and it was like a mixture of a lot of smells. It smelled so weird that it caused Olivia and Ken to instinctively cover their noses.“I’ll go down and take a look.”Olivia yanked Ken and opened the flashlight on her phone. “I’ll go with you.”The two of them walked down the stairs very carefully. As they got closer to the basement, the smell got stronger.The mixture of odd smells seemed to have a strong stench of blood within it.Olivia had a foreboding feeling, and her hand tugged tightly on Ken’s arm. Her heart rate increased rapidly as well.Please, let nothing have happened to her…The door of the basement had been locked by a huge lock, and since Ken had no key with him, he was ready to call someone to bring some tools down.“Wait.”Olivia took a bobby pin down from her hair and asked, “Do you know how to open locks with this?”Ken was stunned for a while before takin
Olivia checked the injuries on Kate’s body and found that there were signs of her having been hit by a stick. Kate’s clothes were still heavily stained by blood.Olivia quickly took off her shirt and wrapped it around the lower half of Kate’s body. Biting her lips, she was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.“I’m sorry…”If she did not rat her out, Kate would not have ended up like this.A noble lady from an aristocratic family whose worst crime was running her mouth with mean words… She never did anything too terrible. For her to end up like this… Olivia could not help but think of Zyla, causing her nose to sniffle woefully and her tears to almost fall.Suddenly, the person in Olivia’s embrace moved, and she could hear a small voice.“Phoebe… James…?”She was quick to lower her head, and she saw Kate’s dried-up, pale lips opening and closing like she wanted to say something, so she lowered her head to hear what she had to say.“What do you want to say, Kate? I’m Phoebe James. I
Ken’s hands hung helplessly by his side as he leaned against the wall. Then, he slid onto the ground.He was clear that what Olivia said was right.However, the resentment in his heart could not help but overflow out of his heart in waves, causing him to not be able to breathe.Olivia sat down beside him and patted his back gently as a sign of comfort.“Trust me/ Soon, we'll be able to avenge them.”Ken covered his face. “Liv, I can’t… I can’t be so useless anymore. I could not protect Zy four years ago, and I simply can’t watch Kate die at Dorothy Ellis’ hands too.”“I know. I’ve too not forgotten about avenging Zy.”As for Dorothy, Olivia did not want her to die.She wanted Dorothy to lose everything she ever cared about, and then, she wanted to torture her slowly.Only when Dorothy’s will broke would Olivia finally feel like she had avenged everything.After an hour, the light on the operating theatre finally switched off. A doctor came and said, “The patient has passed th
Elegance Gardens.As soon as Olivia entered the door, Ken appeared out of nowhere with Fred and Kate standing beside her. Then, the three of them looked at her with surprisingly serious eyes.Olivia was stunned for a moment. “What’s the matter? I just went out for a meal. Why are you so serious?”“Was Jennie the one who took you out?”It was Ken who spoke first.Olivia nodded. “Well, yes.”“Liv, are you crazy? You went out to eat with her?”Fred stepped forward, looked her up and down, and said with a frown, “Have you forgotten how she betrayed you? You should never tolerate someone who cheats even once. What if she had bad intentions of inviting you out?”“Pheebs, that woman is not as straightforward as you think.”Out of the three, Ken was the calmest. “Did she say what she was doing in Ocean City?”Olivia shook her head. “I asked, but she didn’t say anything. She only said that she wanted to stay in Ocean City and asked if I was still angry with her.”Hearing this, Fred r
Jennie brought Olivia to a popular fondue place. The melted cheese looked very appetizing, and it was the kind that Olivia liked in the past.However, she could not raise her spirits today, and after eating a few mouthfuls, she put down her fork and started to space out.Jennie gave her a piece of strawberry. “Pheebs, eat more. You are so skinny now. Why do you still eat so little?”“Maybe I don’t have a good appetite.”“Don’t you always have an appetite for cheese? Pheebs, how long have you been like this? Have you seen a doctor?”“I’m used to it. It’s fine.”Jennie suddenly grabbed Olivia’s hand and looked at her solemnly. “Pheebs, what’s wrong with you? You’ve really changed a lot, and I don’t even know you anymore. Even though I could tell you were sad before, you were still very positive, but now… I’m worried that you’re going to do something stupid.”Upon hearing this, Olivia was stunned for a moment. Then, she forced a smile. “No, I just haven’t slept well recently, so I’
The next day, Olivia woke up and planned to go to the mental hospital to find Dorothy without telling everyone, but she received an unexpected call.“Pheebs, it’s me. I’m in Ocean City. Do you want to meet?”Olivia was stunned for a few seconds before she realized who the other party was. Then, she could not stop herself from frowning.“Jennie Sutherland?”“Pheebs, are you still mad at me? Why are you calling my full name like that?”Olivia pursed her lips. She smiled dryly and did not explain.Perhaps it was because too many things had happened recently and they had affected her state of mind. Unbeknownst to her, she became less tolerant now.Whatever happened in the past had not blown away like dust, but remained in her heart and turned into a deep grudge.When she heard that Olivia was not speaking, Jennie smiled. “Are you free for a meal? Pheebs, do you not even want to eat with me now? I am genuinely…”“Next time.”She was still a murder suspect. Plus, she still had not
‘Zy...‘This woman looks like Zy…’Fiona Miller glanced at her, frowned slightly, and stepped forward to get in front of her.“You are so weak, but you still have time to worry about me? Stand behind me.”Olivia was taken aback. Not only did they look alike, but they even spoke similarly, especially so as she stood in front of Olivia. They were so similar…Before Olivia knew it, her eyes were red.‘Zy…’However, her Zy died in her arms. She watched Zy lose her breath with her own eyes, so how could she appear here?However, Olivia was really greedy for more time with Zy, so greedy that she did not want to be rational anymore.When she regained her composure, she saw Fiona and the fat woman engaging in a fight, so she hurried forward to help. Olivia pulled the fat woman’s hair back and then separated the two.The fat woman cursed a few times, but in the end, she was still a little scared, so she ran to the opposite side of the room and squatted down.Under the light, Fiona’s
“He really is innocent!”Olivia roared as she watched the officer walking away.However, the other party did not look back at her. It was as if no one cared about the truth at all.Just as she lost her footing and fell, someone pulled her hair forcefully.“Ah!”“Hello, b*tch! Someone wants us to take good care of you!”When Olivia heard that, an unusually tall and burly woman had already dragged her to the ground. The woman then sat on Olivia’s body and slapped her with all her might.Olivia had just had a fever and was still weak. Thus, when she was slapped hard all of a sudden, she felt her brain buzzing instantly.However, the other party did not seem like she was going to stop. After that, the woman raised her hand and slapped Olivia again.After two slaps, blood spilled from the corner of Olivia’s mouth, contrasting against her pale face even more eerily.Just as the fat woman was about to slap her for the third time, Olivia suddenly exerted all her strength to grab the
After a while, someone kicked open the door, and uniformed police officers walked in with an arrest warrant.“Miss Olivia Larson, we need you to come with us.”Olivia was taken aback, but Fred had already rushed forward before she could register what was going on.“There is no Olivia Larson here. You have found the wrong person. My sister still has a fever and needs to rest. Please get out immediately!”However, the leader of the group just glanced at him, ignored him, and then walked around him to the bed. After that, he looked down at Olivia, who was lying weakly on the bed.“Ms. Larson, you probably don’t want me to take coercive measures, do you?”Olivia did not know what was happening, but she knew very well that her identity had been revealed. She had nowhere to escape, so she had to face the music.Therefore, she lifted the blanket and stood up.“Okay, I’ll go with you. But please wait for a moment downstairs to let me change, okay?”The man glanced at her and nodded, “
Olivia fell ill. However, scared of being hounded by the paparazzi, Mrs. Simmons was too scared to send her to the hospital, so she could only call Ken over.The two were busy these days and did not have much contact with each other. Ken came in and froze when he saw Olivia lying in bed.'Why is her face so pale? Why is she so frail? She's so thin that she looks like a piece of paper from far away and has blended into the covers.' "Ken? You came?"Groggy, Olivia felt someone standing at the end of the bed watching her, so she tried hard to open her eyes to see. Seeing it was Ken, she squeezed out a smile."Jeez, Mrs. Simmons. I'm just a little tired. Did she have to bring you over?"Ken frowned, went up to test her forehead, and said, "You're an adult. Why did you get yourself into this with no one around to look after you? You're a mother. You don't even know you have a fever and still stay up all night."Olivia pressed her lips together and said nothing."Are you worried ab
Xavier bailed out Olivia that night."Pheebs, don't worry. Nothing's going to happen to you. Trust me."Xavier grabbed her hand and comforted her repeatedly, but Olivia did not respond. She was like a stunned puppet.She had temporarily left the place that scared her, but her heart was still unsettled.She thought everything was over when John died.However, it seemed John's death was the beginning of everything.Who was behind all this?She desperately wanted to know.She suddenly grabbed Xavier's arm and used an almost imploring tone, "Xavier, help me find out who did this, will you?"She knew she could only solve the problem from the root by finding the real culprit and source.Xavier frowned. "I will. Please give me a moment.""Thank you...""Don't thank me. You're making yourself a stranger."Xavier opened the car door for her as he spoke. "Get in the car. I'll take you home. Lyla and the rest are waiting for you at home."Olivia froze at the mention of Lyla. Then sh
After leaving Quinton Group, Olivia got another call from the school."Mrs. Quinton, you can be at ease now that we've investigated this and all those involved have been handed over to the police."The person on the other end of the line paused. "Besides, we've also solved the case of Sam smashing the car. All the teachers involved have been fired, and the students have been ordered to transfer to another school. You can let Sam and Miss come back to school without any worries, Madam."She frowned as she hung up.She was surprised by the way the school handled this.She did not believe the school handled it voluntarily. After all, the principal had arrogantly demanded an apology from her.Why fire everyone all of a sudden?The more Olivia thought about it, the more she realized that it must have something to do with the board of directors, but who was secretly helping her?'Is it Zac?'Is he atoning for it in such a way because he knows he did something wrong but is too scared