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Jessica’s face turned pale with panic.
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She quickly glanced at Lilian
Without hesitation, Lilian stepped forward. “It wasn’t Jessica! It was me! I was the one who contacted that man with the scar and set up this entire kidnapping!‘
Wendy stared at Lilian. Since Lilian had jumped in to take the blame, it was clear that she and Jessica were desperate.
In an attempt to protect Jessica, Lilian had taken all the blaze upon herself..
Wendy let out a bitter laugh. Was this what they called a mother’s love?
Why?
Wendy was Lilian’s biological daughter, but Lilian had always treated Jessica as if the latter were her own flesh and blood. Wendy wondered what she had done wrong
Being betrayed by her own mother like this stung, no matter how many times it happened.
Everyone stared at Lilian in shock.
“It was you?”
Halsey, furious, snarled, “Mrs. Crone, Wendy is your real daughter! You hired thugs to kidnap her and tried to have her killed! Are you out of your mind?”
Lilian hadn’t expected the truth to come out. She couldn’t let Jessica’s involvement be revealed. If Jessica were exposed, her reputation would be ruined, and there would be no way she could explain things to Stanley.
So, Lilian had taken the entire fall.
Lilian looked at Wendy. “I’m sorry, Wendy. I’m your mother, after all. I hope you can let this go.”
Wendy sneered, “My mother? I remember you and Edith cutting me off a long time ago. If I continued being your daughter, being a part of the Crone family, I’d probably end up in a ditch somewhere!”
“Wendy considered you family, but you all wanted her dead. What kind of people are you?” Halsey added.
The crowd erupted into murmurs of disbelief.
“What was Lilian thinking? How could a mother do this? She hired thugs to kidnap her own daughter while pampering someone else’s daughter like a queen!”
“She must be completely blinded by love… It’s terrifying‘
Lilian was so furious that she felt sick, but with so many people around, she couldn’t let her emotions show. In the end, both she and Jessica had lost everything in this game.
Wendy turned to Jessica. “You think the flash drive you’re holding contains evidence?”
Jessica froze, her eyes narrowing as she stared at the flash drive she had snatched. “What are you getting at?” Samuel chuckled. “Jessica, Mrs. Crone, you’ve both been fooled. That flash drive is empty. There’s nothing on it.”
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What?
Jessica and Lilian both looked horrified.
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Samuel looked at Stanley. “Mr. Hawk took the kidnapper. I’m sure he has already investigated him, but found nothing. However, when I mentioned the flash drive, Mr. Hawk, you didn’t expose me. We should thank you for playing along with this little act.”
Jessica was stunned, her gaze locked on Stanley in disbelief. “Is what he said true? You knew the flash drive was empty?”
Stanley looked back at Jessica. “Yes, I knew.”
When Stanley had arranged for Scarface to be dealt with, he had done a thorough investigation, including looking into the man’s bank accounts.
So, when Samuel inentioned the flash drive having transaction records, Stanley immediately knew it was a lie. Samuel had been bluffing, using a fake flash drive to trip Jessica and Lilian up.
This time, Jessica and Lilian had covered their tracks well, but they had run into high–level players like Samuel and Stanley. As soon as they acted, both men had exposed them.
Jessica was on the verge of breaking down. She looked at Stanley. “Whose side are you on? Why are you teaming up with outsiders to go after me?”
Wendy scoffed. “What do you mean, going after you? Mrs. Crone said she did this for you. Why are you so worked up now?”
“Yeah, Jessica!” Halsey added. “If you really didn’t know, why wasn’t your first reaction to condemn Mrs. Crone for hiring thugs to kidnap Wendy? Instead, you turned your anger on Mr. Hawk. What’s that about? You say you didn’t know, but no one’s buying it!”
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