Chapter 461

"You have no idea how much those words might have hurt her. Maybe... maybe it was because of those very words that pushed her to-" Sarah couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence.

Mrs. Mendes jumped up in rage, jabbing a finger at Sarah as she lashed out. "Shut up! What are you trying to say? That my daughter died because of me? Nonsense! Utter nonsense!"

"Calm down. I need more details." Sarah frowned slightly. She had a feeling this wasn't as simple as it seemed.

Mrs. Mendes wanted to throw her out, but then she suddenly remembered the compensation she hadn't received yet. Forcibly swallowing her anger, she held herself back. "What more details do you need?"

"When you came back from grocery shopping and saw your daughter fall, did you see anyone coming out of the stairwell? Someone fleeing in a panic, or running away quickly?"

Mrs. Mendes's face went pale. "W-what do you mean by that?"

Her whole body started to tremble. "Are you saying... my daughter didn't commit suicide? That someone killed her? But the police said-said she..."

Sarah's voice turned cold. "Someone tampered with the report. There were signs of a struggle on the rooftop."

"How... how could that be?" Mrs. Mendes's eyes widened in shock.

been particularly fond of her daughter, the

about to jump! Call the

my god, isn't that the

she was back in that moment, returning from the market, hearing the voices of

up-and just as she feared, there was her daughter, standing at the edge of the rooftop. One more step, and


panicked figure... Is someone

Bang!

body hitting the ground. She heard it again, as

up in her eyes, but she hadn't even had the

the present, Mrs. Mendes

I don't remember. Are

her head. "We can't be sure

think you can wash your hands of this. If you don't want nightmares haunting you at night, then hurry up and give me the money. If it weren't for you telling her that whole 'what if you only had three days left

turned ice-cold once again. She couldn't believe a mother could be like

again, she could. She had seen one

"good" mother who forced her own daughter to take the fall, all for

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