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Celia’s smile froze. Before she said anything, Janet spoke in a loud voice, “Officers, you can’t send her to jail. She was diagnosed with advanced cancer. She’s very ill!”
Looking at Celia’s ruddy face, the police officers weren’t very convinced.
They asked in a serious tone, “If that is true, you’ll get a health check. You can apply for medical parole.”
?Celia’s face grew even darker. She was usually silver- tongued, but at that moment she could not utter a word, perhaps from guilt.
?The expression on Antonio’s face was as if he had been struck by lightning, as he caught her evasive look.
He looked anxiously at Celia, and his voice trembled.
“Celia, tell me the truth. Do you really have cancer?
“And who did they suspect you of murdering?”
Biting her lip, her eyes soon welled up.
“Antonio, please trust me, OK? Someone must have set me up! I’ll explain it to you when I come back!”
After Celia said so, she trotted after the officers as if she were being chased.
Her figure disappeared at the door of the ballroom, but
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Antonio had not yet recovered from his shock.
?He looked toward Janet, and she looked leisurely. He tumbled toward her as if she were a lifeline to her.
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“Mom, do you know about something that you haven’t told me? Tell me now!”
With a glare, Janet said, “I dare not tell you about it, or you may say that what I hear and see is not the truth!”
Instantly, the color drained from Antonio’s face.
I didn’t care how he felt at that moment, so I turned off the live streaming.
My dad called me immediately. “Grace! Was it you? You were the one messing with Celia, right?”
“Do you know how important that moment was to her? How could you be so vicious?”
I chuckled. “Dad, you’d better worry more about yourself. Regarding the truth of my mom’s death, anyone involved will pay!”
?Instantly there was silence on the other end of the line, and then, he hung up.
His strange reaction made me suspicious. Turns out, he really had something to do with my mom’s death.
From time to time, I would back up footage from my home security cameras. They didn’t know it.
While I watched how Antonio hooked up with Celia, I happened to see something else.
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It was outside the study, Celia pulled Dad’s arm and was pouting.
She said, “Dad, I’m really in love with Antonio. You must help me!”
Dad sighed helplessly. “I wanna help, but you know that he has been in love with Grace since he was a kid!”
Celia pouted. “I don’t care. The thing you did to Grace’s mom, maybe you should do it again…”
Dad looked alert and covered her mouth with his hand.
“Celia! Don’t you ever bring that up again! No matter what, Grace is still my daughter. Just keep pursuing him, and try to come between Antonio and Grace!”
“Don’t worry. I’ll always be on your side. If he comes to me, I’ll tell him that everything you told him is true.”
I caught some important information from this conversation.
?Perhaps, my mom did not die from her disease. Instead, these monsters killed her!
?I tried to find more clues, but after going through all the footage, I could find nothing.
After hitting a dead–end, I could only talk to Janet and I told her everything I knew.
Janet was so outrageous that she wanted to kill Dad and Celia. It took me a while to calm her down.
That footage of their conversation couldn’t be used as evidence, so the case we used to sue Celia was not about my
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Janet used all her connections to dig into Celia’s past.
And she did find out something useful.
When Celia was in college, she used to bully a girl.
?The girl soon dropped out of school and has been missing ever since.
Evidence showed Celia had something to do with it, but Dad used his connections to smooth things over. But the girl’s family was still trying to sue Celia.
?When Janet went to speak to the girl’s family, they subconsciously thought she was trying to fool them. But for all that, they did not hesitate to accept her help. After all, they would not miss any chance to bring justice to their daughter.