“The two of them fabricated evidence to suggest that my mother died during labor, but in reality…”Joshua pointed at the witness statement that the doctor, whom Adrian had bribed, made. “It was Adrian who had bribed the doctor so that he could murder Ms. Rianna.”The crowd erupted into a flurry of activity at this discovery.Everyone stared at Joshua in shock.Anyone in Banyan City who was more than a certain age would remember Joshua’s mother, Rianna. Even though she was not from Banyan City, she had once been the most beautiful bride in the city.After getting married to Adrian, she had helped him with a lot of stuff and even started her own business.Even though it had been many years since her passing, every time anyone mentioned her name, everyone would lament her early death. Everyone thought that Joshua’s intelligence in business was definitely inherited from Rianna.However, no one knew that Adrian and Celia were the ones who had plotted Rianna’s death!Adrian furrowed
The color drained from Michael’s face.It turned out that that old hag had swallowed the missing piece from his bandage!He had initially thought the missing piece fell off while the nurse was changing his dressing and even scolded the nurse for this. After all, this was a bandage made from a special material that only he would be able to use in the entire Banyan City. This was a symbol of respect!However, to his surprise…the missing piece was inside Granny’s stomach. What a cunning old hag! She had to cause them trouble even after she died!“This is a false accusation!” As soon as he saw how pale Michael’s face had turned, Adrian knew immediately that Joshua was telling the truth. However, he still did not want to admit his defeat. “Joshua, please don’t think that you can frame Michael for murder just because you found some evidence like this! Michael has always been a timid, down-to-earth boy. He wouldn’t kill anyone, much less his own grandmother!”With that, he shot Luna, w
Did this belong to that young boy?Bonnie furrowed her brows as she picked up the pendant and stuffed it into her pocket. That boy had helped Luna and Joshua, after all. Besides, she remembered his face instantly. As soon as this was over, she would send one of her men to find him so she could return his pendant.Meanwhile, on the stage...Adrian and Michael were unnerved by the young boy’s sudden statement, but Adrian was still unwilling to admit the truth. “How can we possibly believe a child’s foolish claims?”“In that case, would you like to listen to a certified coroner’s conclusion?” Joshua curled his lips into a smirk and clicked on a video.It was a video involving several coroners together. Besides determining that Granny Lynch had indeed ingested the bandage of her own accord, the coroners gave another conclusion: the DNA extracted from the blood on the bandage belonged to Michael. Michael and Adrian’s faces turned an even paler shade of white.“Do you have anything
Not only was Luna shocked by Adrian’s actions, but even Michael, whom the policemen were handcuffing in the distance, was rendered speechless by this. He never thought that even after obeying Adrian’s commands to kill the old hag for the family inheritance…his father would betray him.Not only did Adrian slap him while he was about to be taken away by the police, but Adrian tried to display his loyalty to Joshua!Michael glowered at Adrian and yelled, “How dare you feign innocence like this? Everything I did was according to your plans! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have killed Granny! Mr. Police, please lock him up! He’s the mastermind behind this murder! Lock him up!”Adrian scoffed. “What nonsense!”“I’m not talking nonsense!” Michael was so outraged that he struggled free from the policeman’s grasp, lunged toward Adrian, and started beating him up.The stage erupted into chaos immediately.Meanwhile, all the reporters beneath the stage sprang into action and started tak
“Initially, I wanted to help you, since we’re sisters, after all. “As long as Luna died, the real heiress of the Landry family won’t be able to return, but now…“It’s all my fault. I already knew how incompetent you were, yet I still let you take on such a challenging task. Now, you have no other way of getting out… If Joshua comes searching for you, you won’t be able to hide from him in Banyan City.“Even though I’m your sister, I’m too far away, and I can’t help you much…”Aura bit her lip when she heard this. “Don’t worry, Sis.”She narrowed her eyes and continued, “If I’m going to die, I’ll drag Luna and her three rascals down with me!”The woman on the other end of the line sniffed. “But Aura, I still want you to come home alive…”Aura narrowed her eyes but did not reply. Instead, she hung up the phone. When she hung up, the camera on the TV screen had shifted onto Joshua, who had one arm wrapped around Luna’s shoulder tenderly. He was talking about hosting a memorial s
Lynch Mansion.Alfred, the butler, was instructing some of the servants to decorate the venue.A van arrived to deliver white flowers for the service.A female driver wearing a cap and face mask got out of the driver’s seat and handed the receipt of the goods to Alfred.Alfred glanced at the invoice, then instructed the servants to confirm the order amount. As he was doing this, he frowned and glanced at the driver. “Why are you dressed like this?”The driver lowered her voice and let out a small cough. “I have the flu, and I heard that there will be many people here at the memorial service, so I didn’t want to spread it to anyone.”As soon as he heard this, Alfred took a small step back and maintained a safe distance from her.The servants soon finished counting the vases of flowers. Alfred signed the receipt, handed the driver a payment slip, and directed her to the accounting department in the backyard.Aura, dressed in a cap and face mask, turned and entered Lynch Mansion,
“My father…has never fulfilled his responsibility of a father, and instead, always backstabbed me.”With that, he turned around and added, “Still, there is one piece of good news: he finally confessed the location where he had hidden Aura. I’m bringing my men to find her in a while.”Luna paused for a moment, then nodded. “Please be careful.”Joshua curled his lips and murmured a reply. Then, he helped Luna up from her chair and said, “You should go back home with the children and get some rest. I’m guessing that Aura must’ve seen the news about Adrian’s capture, and she must be trying to escape.“However, that place is rural and desolate, and she can’t have gone far. It’s just that it might take some time to find her, so please don’t wait for me.”Luna murmured in approval, then stood up and walked out of the yard with Joshua’s help.It was getting late.After sending off the final florist’s van, Alfred suddenly caught sight of a van that had yet to leave.It had already been
Aura, who had been following behind Alfred, froze when she heard this.She released her clenched fists and stuffed them into her pocket.Inside the pocket of her black coat was a pair of hedge trimming scissors, which she had wiped clean of bloodstains. She had used this pair of scissors to kill the actual driver just mere hours ago.Aura had even mentally calculated the distance between her and Joshua and Luna. If they got any nearer, she would be able to lunge forward and stab the shark edge of the scissors into Luna’s belly. Neither she nor her child would be able to survive this!She heard Joshua’s footsteps grow nearer and nearer.Joshua furrowed his brows as he stared at Aura’s figure. He could not help but feel as though she looked familiar.“Sir.” Just as he was about to make his way to Aura, however, Alfred let out a small cough and said, “This is one of our regular suppliers here at Lynch Mansion. Your grandmother used to love the flowers from this woman’s nursery, and
At that, he looked at Gwen. "Actually…"Steven found himself unable to finish his sentence. After a long while, he shook his head and smiled. "Forget about it.""Steven…" Gwen looked at him, and her tears fell.Her heart was not made of stone. How could she not know Steven's feelings toward her?She was silent for a long while. In the end, she stood up and slowly walked over to Steven with arms opened wide. "Give me a hug."Steven hesitated for a while, but he still stood up.They hugged."Gwen." Steven hugged her thin figure. "I have to meet you earlier in the next life so I can compete fairly with my brother."Gwen nodded with tears streaming down her face. "Okay."They thus hugged once more. Minutes later…"He's gone," said Stefan.Tears kept falling.They hugged for a while longer before pulling apart. Gwen looked at Stefan with her tear-stricken face. He had tears on his face as well.She bit her lips and reached out to wipe his tears. "A—Are these tears…yours or his?
The next day, Rachel flew from Merchant City to Sharnwick City to diagnose Anne's condition. Theo tagged along as well because he had another identity, Rachel's boyfriend."According to the report, Anne's condition is slowly recuperating." Rachel was relieved after assessing the report. "Although she is very weak, she is going to get better with lots of rest."There is nothing wrong with her vocal cords too. It could be a psychological thing that makes her lose her voice. A knot in her heart that causes it." She looked at Luna, then at John. "Considering all factors, I think that knot is Luna."Rachel continued, "John, I know Luna is the root cause of all these bad things. Being away from Luna, Joshua, and other people is going to guarantee a safer life for you and your family. But have you thought about it from Anne's point of view? Other than you and Sammie, she has her own life and her circle of friends. Never has she blamed Luna for what happened, yet you forced her to leave Lun
It was almost a miracle for Anne to willingly leave the house just to visit him!Robyn, meanwhile, sobbed at the sight.The nurse who accompanied Anne to the ward was puzzled. What was going on with these people?She snuck her phone out of her pocket and took a photo of this surreptitiously. Then, she sent it into the nurse's group chat with the caption, [What a strange family I met today.]The nurses in the group chat began gossiping about this. One of them tagged a fellow nurse named Daisy and said, [Hey, isn't this the guy who saved the old man you're looking after? What a hero!]Daisy was, at this moment, walking into Andy's room to help him change his wound dressing. She saw the message but was not able to type on her keyboard to respond, so she recorded a voice message instead. "Yes, that's the man. What's wrong with his family? What are you guys talking about?"As soon as she finished her sentence, she lifted her head and finally realized that Andy was not there.Instead,
Anne stared at John for a long time before forcibly smiling and told him in sign language, "Robyn didn't return after so long, so I got worried and came by to check on her.""Daddy, Aunt Robyn, are you two hugging?" Sammie asked, blinking innocently as she raised her head in curiosity.John and Robyn turned pale at this.It was understandable for such a young child like Sammie to misinterpret them as hugging, but what would Anne think of this?John leaped off the bed and staggered toward Anne. "Anne, it's just a misunderstanding…"However, he was still so weak that his legs could not hold up the full weight of his body at all, and he almost crumpled to the ground.Quick-witted Robyn managed to catch him before he could fall, but this gesture appeared once again rather intimate to both Anne and Sammie. Sammie furrowed her brow and asked rather indignantly, "Are you hugging again? Daddy, how can you hug Aunt Robyn like this when you've never even hugged Mommy and me like this befor
When the nurse pushed Anne to John's ward, she overheard John and Robyn fighting from the door. The fight was about how John was anxious to return home because he was worried about Anne and Sammie.However, as someone who used to work as a nurse, Robyn knew John should not leave the hospital after being shot by a gun. At least, he needed to stay in the hospital and be observed for 24 hours to make sure that he was fine before leaving the hospital. If an infection happened, John's body would crash easily and he would become weak just like Anne.In the ward, John frowned and talked with a serious tone, "I'm really fine. Get me my clothes so I can go upstairs to thank Miss Andie and go back home immediately. If Anne knows that I'm hurt, she is going to worry. She will easily be suspicious since you haven't gone back home for a long time. What if she worries about me and brings Sammie to the hospital to look for me? Can you bear yourself even just thinking about it? She's weak and Sammie
Sammie's soft and cute babyish voice melted Stefan's heart immediately. It had been quite some time since he actually put a smile on his face. "Hi, there. What's your name and how old are you?"Sammie tilted her head to look at Stefan's handsome face and smiled sweetly, "I'm Samantha but everyone calls me Sammie."Then she did not forget to introduce Anne to Stefan too. "This is my Mommy. Her name is Anne."At this point, Stefan had given all of his attention to Sammie and did not notice Sammie mentioned that her mother's name was Anne. He pinched Sammie's cheek and said, "Your Mommy is not feeling well. You have to be a good girl and take care of her, do you understand?"Sammie nodded seriously and said, "I will.""Alright, sir. I will bring them to where they want to go," the nurse saw Anne signing to her anxiously. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. I will take good care of them."The promise from the nurse gave an assurance to Stefan that they would be well taken off. He smil
This was the first time Anne brought Sammie out. Ever since she escaped from death, she became a different person—a recluse and was afraid of the sun. This situation became even worse after she became mute.The last time she left the house was two weeks ago when she had to go for surgery.However, she worried about John. In the morning, Robyn told her John was hurt and needed to stay in the hospital to rest. However, she had a hard time believing what Robyn said.After spending so many years together with John, Anne reckoned she was the one who knew John the most. If it was a minor injury, John would never want to stay in the hospital. He cared too much about her and Sammie, so he never dared to let her worry about him. Therefore, it just did not sound reasonable if John would stay in the hospital because of a small injury.Furthermore, Robyn had not returned home since the morning, which was nearly three hours since she left the house. After much consideration, she decided to call
Tara fell silent upon hearing this. She bit her lip nervously and shot Gwen a tentative glance. "I didn't mean to offend you, Gwen…" "I know." Gwen let out an exhale and interrupted Tara before she could finish, "I know you meant no harm, but I can't deny that this is something I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around. In the future, neither of you—even you, Luna—should bring this up again." Her love life was such a mess that not even she could unravel the ties, much less expect other people to understand. Tara pursed her lips and did not reply. Luna stared at Gwen in silence for a while before finally saying, "But you have to face this eventually, Gwennie. After all that you've been through with Luke, all of us hope for nothing but the best for the two of you. Even if you avoid it now, you'll have to face the truth eventually. Otherwise, are you planning on spending the rest of your life in this complicated relationship with Luke? Can you bear the thought of not being
Stefan was mildly amused by the look on her face. He extended his arms out in a gesture of defeat and said, "I never intended on ratting you out to Joshua. You three spoke about these secrets in my presence." With that, he shot Andy a rather helpless look. "Don't you agree, sir?" Andy was surprised to be called out all of a sudden. "Of course!" Although Gwen and Luke had been together for a long time, Luke had never much cared for maintaining good relations with his future father-in-law. He always thought his relationship with Gwen did not concern anyone else outside of the two of them. Combined with the fact that Andy had done some hurtful things to Gwen in the past, Luke grew even more disdainful of his future father-in-law. Because of this, he had never given Andy as much as a second glance throughout their relationship and rarely ever addressed him directly like this. The truth was, Stefan had already called out to Andy once before, during their rescue mission the day befor