The True Heiress's Return

Chapter 226

Howard's face turned pale instantly. "I didn't, I didn't do it!"

Fiona was already fuming, her eyes blazing with rage as she looked at Shakira. "Lonely Bird, will you ever stop? How much more do you want to unfairly accuse people?"

"What's the hurry?" Shakira said coldly, staring at Fiona. "Since the Banks family went through all this trouble to find the culprit who harmed Mrs. Banks, it seems you're more eager to pin the blame on me than actually find the real culprit."

Her eyes suddenly gleamed with a mysterious light. "Or could it be that someone is deliberately stirring things up in the background, willing to sacrifice Mrs. Banks just to frame me?"

Fiona's eyes widened in shock as she instinctively cursed, "You bitch! That's my grandma! Are you accusing me now too?"

Shakira chuckled, her eyes full of mockery. "Did I mention you, Ms. Banks?"

Fiona was frozen in place, and then she bit her lip hard, glaring furiously at Shakira.

George steadied his daughter's trembling shoulders and stepped forward, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Now that you are asking for it, we'll crush your hopes. Mark my words: the more you deny it now, the worse your punishment will be when you're convicted." Fiona looked up in disbelief. "Daddy!"

George gave his daughter a knowing look. "She wants to prove her innocence, so let her gathers, the easier it will be for us when we finally put her away, saving us the trouble."

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ahead. The more evidence she

With a pale face, Fiona secretly clenched her fists, lowered her gaze, and glanced over at Howard.

thought, 'Shakira, no matter how hard you struggle, you're facing a

"Well, thank you, Mr. Banks, for giving

and Kevin. "Mr. Lee, Mr. Jones, I'd

Michael nodded. "Sure."

hospital's security restored the footage. The office camera, positioned right at the doctor, clearly captured Jaslene entering, consulting, and undergoing treatment. During the conversation, it was also noticeable that Jaslene highly praised Lonely Bird's medical

was in a rush to leave yesterday and left some of the report unfinished. I was helping her complete

report was uploaded at 3:57 PM, and on the surveillance, I was typing at 3:56 PM. Once I finished at 3:57 PM,

glasses, nodding repeatedly. "That's correct, the times match up." Then he turned to Shakira. "Lonely Bird, is there anything else you want to say now?" Shakira ignored his sarcasm and turned to Kevin. "What about the footage

this point, Lonely Bird is still putting on airs?' The department head thought and snorted through

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you regarding this incident, but now it seems you're getting

gave him a long look, but the department head pretended not to notice

didn't dare delay. He immediately had the staff replay the footage

After Shakira left, Howard walked around the office, casually putting things back in place and closing the

on the computer

and submitting reports were all done in the

in on the details, checking frame by frame. But in the end, they couldn't find

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He kept his head down, humble and obedient, but

closed the window on purpose. As a physics whiz in high school, he'd spotted the camera as soon as he entered the