The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 213

When Detective Jaylan Lockwood arrived with his officers, Vivienne had just woken up.

She came downstairs to find several police officers sitting on her living room couch, and Percival sitting opposite them with an indifferent look on his Face

The air was thick with tension.

Cordelia had already told Vivienne what had happened.

Beatrice had been attacked in Jewel Park, near the Jade Garden Residences. She was now in the hospital in a severely injured and unconscious state And at the place where Beatrice had fallen, a name had been written in her own blood. “Vivienne

This seemed to point directly to Vivienne as the perpetrator

Jaylan was just about to speak when Percival interrupted him.

“We’ve already given you all the security footage from the residential area. It proves that Vivienne didn’t leave the house last night after she returned with

me

Ms Hawthorn Jaylan addressed Vivienne respectfully Mr. Ellington’s surveillance footage does indeed prove your innocence. However, due to the complexity of the situation, we still need you to come to the station for a statement.”

Despite the accusations, he didn’t believe Vivienne was guilty.

Vivienne was a member of the prestigious Nine Mystics Society, so if she wanted to harm an old lady, she would certainly do it without leaving a trace But procedures had to be followed, especially since the news had already hit the headlines early in the morning

The passerby who discovered the crime scene had taken a close–up photo of the bloody word “Vivienne” and posted it online. It caused quite a stir

The Hawthorn family was well–known in Havenwood, and their grudges and grievances were known to the town’s gossip–loving populace

So, many people believed that Beatrice’s assault was a revenge act perpetrated by Vivienne.

Why else would Beatrice write “Vivienne” in her blood?

Opinions online were divided.

Vivienne was justified, considering what Beatrice had done in the past.

than a

to the police station. Otherwise, there would be

Vivienne smiled “I’m quite curious as to why the old lady hates me so much that she’d rather frame me than point to the real culprit

critical, and they don’t know when she’ll wake up. Plus, her head injury is severe, so she may not be able to speak normally even when she wakes

eyebrow as a playful smile appeared on her face. Maybe I

Mansion, Ashley, who was having coffee with Melissa, glanced at

restless since this morning, like she had something on her mind. Her gaze was unfocused, and she

the news she just learned

had spent the night

She was too preoccupied

they had taken Vivienne in for questioning as a

to be so damn lucky. Some passerby had found her and taken her to the hospital right after

now but who knew when she would wake up?

up and said something that implicated her or used this situation to extort her?

to be controlled by the Hawthorn family for the rest of her

kill Beatrice when she had the

Beatrice waking up a news alert popped up on her phone. The headline read, Doctors Confirm Beatrice Could Wake

dropped her phone

turned to

wrong?” Judith asked, frowning “You’ve

quickly picked up her phone and spoke with a voice choked with emotion. Grandma, i want to

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hatred for Beatrice, she wasn’t completely heartless.

out, her two sons immediately sought their help, so they were the ones paying

She nodded. “You should go. If you need anything,

you, Grandma” Arabella’s eyes flashed with

As long as Beatrice

she was untouchable once the

them believe that she hardly had contact with Beatrice, she and Beatrice were communicating via burner phones, including last