Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 706

On the phone, things were just too murky to explain, so Marguerite dropped Abbey a line, saying she was heading over to the police station to see her.

She arrived in no time, eager to spill everything about Yuna's recent odd behavior and her own suspicions.

Abbey lifted her eyelids, showing a face full of disbelief. Then, she rubbed her chin thoughtfully, her gaze sharpening as she pondered.

"Ms. Lockwood, you mean to tell me Penelope's death has something to do with Yuna?"

Marguerite's throat was dry as she nodded, but Abbey's expression was somewhat amused, as if she doubted Marguerite's story. She quickly had a colleague pour her a glass of water, but Marguerite didn't drink it.

"Ms. Abbey, if Yuna hasn't done anything wrong, why would she be so terrified of Penelope after having these hallucinations? Penelope was her mother, for heaven's sake!"

Abbey placed a hand on Marguerite's shoulder, explaining methodically:

hallucinations is likely a psychological issue and doesn't

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have harbored such suspicions. But she couldn't just act out Yuna's behavior in

some details of the case with Marguerite,

out in the countryside. Hackett said she was dealing with the aftermath of a factory fire. Then we

drinking

leaving Abbey puzzled. Marguerite quickly added, "Did you check the

within

fire, Yuna was burned and admitted to the countryside hospital. The next day, Penelope had a car accident on a mountain

the doctors all confirmed that Yuna was in the hospital when Penelope had her

too late to check

for 15 days, and it's been longer than that since

I'm begging you, better safe than sorry! Can