The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride by Whispering Willow

Chapter 551 Solving the Case

"Since you're so into setting fires, I'll let you burn to your heart's content." Randall lugged the gas can, twisted off the cap, and got ready to douse the place around Abby and light it up. Abby caught a whiff of the strong smell, knowing it was the real deal.

"Molly, this is murder, you know that?" she screamed, her voice cracking with fear.

Molly squatted down, grinning wickedly at the tied-up Abby. "Isn't this your favorite game? Arson, burning yourself? I'm just helping you keep playing."

Abby watched Randall pouring gas nearby, her face going ghostly pale.

Vera took the chance to get out of the car with Theodore. She stood in front of Abby and demanded, "Why frame Molly? How did the fire start? Spill the beans, and maybe we'll let you live." Abby looked at Vera, who had just shown up and beat her so bad she couldn't fight back. She thought she recognized Vera. "Who are you?"

"Patrick's wife," Vera replied.

Abby's eyes went wide with terror.

Vera gently held Theodore and said, "I'm a mom now, not as ruthless as before. So I'm giving you a chance. Answer honestly, no funny business. There's no cameras here, no witnesses. If you die today, the cops won't have any proof to nab us, just like your arson case, no evidence."

Abby looked at Vera, sweating despite the cold winter air. Molly got impatient, "Vera, take Theodore over there. if I don't burn her to death, I'll at least burn her badly."

Vera said again, "Think it over. The three of us can do anything."

Abby hesitated, stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Randall pulled out a lighter, ready to light it when Abby quickly blurted, "I did it to kick Molly out of the Chase family."

"She isn't even a real Chase, yet she lives there and everyone loves her. What's so great about her? She can't do anything, has a bad temper, why do Ellie and Timothy like her, and why does Sebastian spoil her so much? Compared to me, she's nothing," Abby said.

Molly glared coldly at the spiteful Abby.

more than her. Once I get her out and move in, the

like a thief, constantly watching her. Ellie was scared she'd hurt Molly again and had the servants patrol outside her bedroom door at night. Now, Ellie was pushing

great about Molly? She already has the Olteran family, isn't that enough? Why does the Chase family

you, my parents don't need a daughter who can do laundry and cook, my grandparents don't need me to please them, and

right to chase happiness, am I wrong?" Abby still

about the damage to the inn, was the owner wrong? What about the people hurt in the fire, were they wrong? What does

thing, how did the

stubbornly clammed up, glaring

I'll set a bad example for Theodore. We'll step back and watch. Randall, Molly, don't hit her vital parts." In less than five

Abby shouted, "I

police station, Vera laid it out, "Abby told us she snagged the lithium battery from a junked second-hand electric bike. She bought it without any paperwork and lived in a sketchy area with no cameras, so no one knew she had

wasn't bought from a store; she yanked it from the bike. No one reported a stolen battery, so even if you checked cameras or talked to neighbors, you'd come up empty. She used the battery from the junked bike she bought, which is why she never got caught," Vera

Vera finished, Sebastian

if they still have batteries. Sebastian, don't you have the power to

Sebastian exchanged

for a full checkup and was dragged back to

head down the whole time, not daring to

were taken to a conference room. Worried that Theodore would pick up bad habits from Molly, Vera, and Randall, Patrick had no choice but to hold Theodore

afternoon, a

we're all on the same team. How do you

verify it?"

provide evidence?" Molly also

at Patrick holding Theodore. He had just seen Abby's sorry state; she was clearly beaten black and blue, covered in bruises, but the doctor's final diagnosis

on this action

cop

they still needed to be punished. The punishment couldn't be too heavy