Chapter 378: Verdict...
At that moment, the voices of the two women in quiet exchange boomed through the speakers.
The large LCD screen flickered, then lit up with a shaky, blurry video of a young lady whose expression was ferocious and twisted with malice.
The camera caught her face clearly, though the other woman was out of frame. From the angle, it was obvious that the recording had been made in secret by the other party.
"Of course. She may be comfortable with you returning to the Santiagos to reclaim what was never yours ...but I am definitely not."
"What if we did plan it?"
"What do you think you can do if by any chance you fall into this pool?"
"Do you think you can be found on time since all of the guests are just there in the banquet hall?"
"Do you think you can survive it with your pregnancy?"
"I heard pregnant women are prone to respiratory distress and dizziness in certain environmental conditions, what do you think?"
The dialogue rolled on, every venomous word playing over the speakers.
The hall fell into pin-drop silence. Guests stiffened in their seats, their gazes darting between the screen and one another, whispering with wide-eyed disbelief.
Davis, noting the ripple effect of the recording, rose without a word and left the hall. His face was unreadable, his eyes cold.
By the last sentence, the audience gasped as one, their murmurs swelling into a storm of shocked speculation.
"Is that not Bernice Santiago?"
"Isn’t that the Santiagos’ granddaughter under threat by a cousin?"
"Not just threatened but at the pool."
"Then...if they were at the pool...could it be she nearly drowned?"
"To think Lady Matilda, of all people, would be poisoned by a daughter she loves dearly..."
"She is wicked beyond words!"
"She deserves no mercy."
"Lady Matilda must seek justice for her granddaughter!"
"What a poor child! She only just returned home, only to be plotted against?"
"At least she was clever enough to record it!"
"Wait... did I hear that right? Pregnant?!"
"Pregnant? Then the Santiagos are expecting a great-grandchild?"
"Lady Matilda is blessed indeed..."
"But who is her husband? Surely not from a powerful family, otherwise why is he not present tonight?"
speculation spread like
armrest of her chair. Her heart hammered
not sit idle. She dared not imagine the
the hall, her steps brisk despite
pool faster and find out the
let Jessica suffer anymore injustice and surely not
after her. "What about Davis?" she asked quickly,
seen him for a
the Santiago home, and his shadow is nowhere in sight. I am sure that display was
must give him a reasonable explanation." Lady Matilda said her tone
noticed her sudden
beckoned a waiter to lead them
moments, more than half the hall stirred into motion,
in vain to control them,
the microphone softly. The echo carried across
sincerest apologies for this mishap," he announced, his tone steady but carefully measured. "We ask
request, deciding instead to use the interval to secure business deals while awaiting the
chasing the drama
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Davis arrived at the pool,
the pool, his voice rang out "Cassandra, Bernice, how do you
from their struggles,
wished to see how a pregnant woman might suffer from respiratory distress. But I... I prefer to watch how a
His voice was calm, almost casual, but the silence of the night and the eerie quiet
to open them, but the irritation from the tainted water forced them shut again. Will I lose my sight tonight? Panic clawed
not imagine what he wanted to do, she blamed her mother for not
for not being able to handle a simple task of inviting a naive countryside bumpkin
body almost tinged blue.
gaze sharpened, his tone cruel. "Wouldn’t
already drowning, lungs full of poisoned water, and now forced
away, but strong hands seized her arms.
in protective gear. Cold. Unyielding.
by water, while just beyond the pool’s edge came the
drifting in and out of
her out of her
are here?" Davis
turned slightly,
she saw only
Jessica?" she
room," Davis replied
croaked from the water. "Grandma... you must seek
rage. Her voice
useless old
living out your
heart collapsed. Her grandmother, the woman who had always
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