“Virginia asked you to pretend to patch things up with me, right? Fine, I’ll do it. Let’s be friends again, Renata!”She walked to Renata’s side as she said this and linked her arm with hers.“I don’t understand, Tiria. What do you mean?”Renata felt humbled by her sudden favor.Ever since she had lost Sotiria as a friend, she’d realized how precious Sotiria was to her. In the past, she’d always wanted the chance to apologize to her. However, she knew that Sotiria was never going to forgive her, so she’d decided to quit while she was ahead.She had never thought that Sotiria would be so generous. Not only was she letting go of the past, but she had even voluntarily linked her arm through hers.“Renata, ever heard of sowing discord among your enemies?”Charlotte winked at Renata. “I’ll be frank. Virginia’s been wanting to hurt me for a very long time. She killed my mother. My addiction to drugs was a result of her schemes too. You wanted to help me out, right? Go back and tell
Charlotte and Renata came to the maple forest, found a space, set up a tent, took pictures, had some fun nearby for a while, and then began a picnic.Charlotte and Renata placed the food that they had brought along on the ground.Renata then took out a glass of apple juice. “Tiria, I know that you love apple juice the most, so I personally blended this glass of apple juice at home and brought it for you.”“Okay.” Charlotte took the glass of apple juice and drank two mouthfuls immediately.After a few minutes, her eyes were tightly closed, and she laid on the ground.Renata shoved her shoulders in surprise. “Tiria, what’s the matter with you? Can you hear me?“Tiria, wake up.“Tiria!“Tiria!”However, Charlotte never responded.Renata raised her voice and said, “I know you’re hiding nearby. She’s out cold now. Come out.”At this time, Virginia, who had been hiding behind a big tree in the distance, finally showed up. She came to Charlotte and kicked her leg twice. Seeing that
Renata’s body trembled as she thought of her unbearable past.Virginia took a step closer to her. “I know that you hate Sotiria very much. That’s why you chose to help me when you know that I want to kill her. Since you want to help me, at least help me until the very end of the scheme. Let’s do it this way...“Aren’t you in urgent need of money? With that tiny amount of monthly salary, not only do you have to repay the mortgage but also pay for your father’s treatment. You’re very pressed for cash now, aren’t you? So, if you help me carry her to the bank of the lake, I’ll pay you an extra $30,000 to help you with your urgent needs. How about that?““This...” Renata hesitated for a moment and then turned to Virginia. “To make it clear, what you just said was that you’ll pay me another $30,000, plus the $15,000 that you still owe me. In other words, after we’re done with the matter, you’ll pay me a total of $45,000.”Virginia nodded decisively. “That’s a deal!”While all she felt d
Charlotte’s voice sounded clear and tactful.However, Virginia seemed to have heard a grenade exploding in her ears. She looked back tremblingly and saw Charlotte, who had surfaced and was swimming toward the edge of the lake. Virginia’s face turned pale instantly.At that moment, a cold voice sounded from a corner not far away. “Virginia Swenson, what else do you have to say now!?”Virginia shifted her gaze in the direction of the indifferent voice and saw Officer Zimmerman walking out of the woods by the lake. Her legs weakened due to intense fear, and she fell to the ground backside first.Officer Zimmerman, who strode quickly to her, patted the camera in her hand. “Before this, we‘ve always been suspicious of you ever since Sotiria called the police and told us that you tried to kill her in this lake. However, you hid everything deeply, and we hadn’t found any evidence against you. But it’s a different story now. You just threw her into the lake and tried to drown her, and we’v
Charlotte pulled her gaze away from Virginia’s face and smiled lightly at Renata. “Thanks.”While she was wiping her hair, Renata looked at her meaningfully. “I heard rumors that your memory has recovered, hasn’t it?”Charlotte nodded. “Yeah.”“Then, please allow me to ask you a question...” There was a trace of sorrow in Renata’s eyes. “I’ve been very close to you for more than four years after you lost your memory. Although I was close to you because I had an ulterior motive, I can feel that you’re a very kind person deep down. However, you did do a lot of unbelievable things back then...”“Tiria! I’ve always wanted to ask you. I was your only best friend back then, and you clearly knew that I loved Frank very much. We even got engaged and bought a wedding house together. Why did you seduce him and break us up?““This...” Charlotte pursed her lips awkwardly, then sighed. “Rena, in fact, even I don’t know why.”Renata was slightly startled. “How’s this possible? You don’t know t
“Virginia Swenson is suspected of attempting to murder your daughter, Sotiria. In addition, based on our previous investigation and the evidence that we have on hand, we also suspect that she’s tied to the death of your ex-wife, Carissa Fellowes.”Hearing what the police officers said, Harvey was shocked.Officer Zimmerman then continued. “However, we can’t make any rash judgment right now. We’re planning to ask you for some information. Now that you’re here, you and Mr. Marco should go to the precinct with us.”Harvey could not say another word but nod sadly.Marco did not even take a glance at Virginia but went straight to Charlotte. “Tiria, why are you so wet?”Charlotte smiled, “Our stepmother threw me into the lake for a cold bath just now. It’s no big deal.”Marco was speechless. He looked at Virginia in surprise, then took off his jacket as quickly as possible and wrapped it around Charlotte’s wet body. “You’ve always been weak. Go into the car so that you won’t catch a co
Charlotte, Marco, Renata, Harvey, and Virginia all came to the police station.The police officers escorted Virginia into an interrogation room. While they were interrogating Virginia, the police officers also took Charlotte, Marco, and the others into separate rooms to ask about the situation.Although the police told Charlotte that she could leave around two o’clock in the afternoon, she waited for the investigation results in the yard of the police station because she eagerly wanted to know the results of the investigation.Marco, Renata, and Harvey also stayed behind to wait for the results, just like her.Officer Zimmerman came out of the precinct at about five o’clock in the evening and walked straight to Charlotte. “After our interrogation, Virginia confessed the fact that she had brought harm to you by Crescent Lake not long ago. In addition, she admitted that she spiked the beverage that you drank on your wedding day and arranged for the two men to wait for you in the bath
Marco also hated Virginia to death, but in order to comfort Harvey, he could only try his best to keep himself calm and say softly, “Father, the past has passed, the law will punish Virginia, and Μother can finally rest in peace too.”At this time, two police officers were escorting Virginia out, and one of them said, “Mr. Green, Ms. Swenson has asked to see you.”Harvey’s face dimmed as he pushed Marco away and walked toward Virginia furiously. “Give me the truth. Is what Officer Zimmerman told me true? Did you really kill Carissa?”Virginia lowered her head as she did not dare to look at Harvey’s aggrieved gaze and whispered, “Harvey, although it was too much for me to do so in the beginning—”“Shut your trap, no more nonsense!” Harvey interrupted Virginia coldly. “I just want to know, did you kill Carissa? Give it to me straight!”Virginia could only nod her head. “Yes.”“You—” Harvey, who was extremely ferocious, slapped Virginia’s face with every fiber of his being.“Aaah!”