Chapter 597: Strange, Isn’t it?

"What if she faked it, just like she planted that bottle in my room?"

But Daniel didn’t let her finish. His voice cut like a blade. "Give me the phone."

One of the guards quickly handed him the device, the same hidden phone Nnenna had seen in the compartment that day. Daniel’s hands tightened around it, his jaw clenching.

"Something tells me..." he said bitterly, regret heavy in his tone, "...I don’t even need to open this phone to know it holds the exact same evidence as what Princess Nnenna is holding. She traced the registration of the SIM card to you!" His gaze locked on Nanny, burning with fury. "Do you still deny it? Admit your guilt now, and your sentence might be lightened."

For the first time since the trial began, Nanny fell silent. Her tongue, always quick to defend or accuse, froze in her mouth.

First, the arsenide derivative discovered in her room and in Carl’s medicine. Now this private phone, filled with damning evidence she couldn’t explain away.

Something was wrong.

Her eyes finally shifted to Nnenna, really looking at her for the first time that day. But what she saw stopped her cold. There was no smugness, no victory shining in the girl’s face.

Nnenna’s expression wasn’t one of triumph, nor of someone who had set her up. It was calm, steady... almost sorrowful.

That could only mean one thing.

The evidence wasn’t fake. It was real.

Her chest tightened. A memory flashed in her mind, something that had happened four months ago, a shadow she had buried deep. No... The whisper escaped her lips, so faint no one else could hear. Her face drained of color before she forced composure back into place.

Too bad.

fear. The way Nanny’s expression cracked for just a heartbeat told her everything. Nnenna’s own eyes narrowed, mind

His face remained unreadable, a mask she couldn’t break through. Slowly, she looked

Nanny said at last, her voice

Silence.

had been poured over them. Regardless of the evidence piled up, some had still clung to the hope that Nnenna had fabricated it all.

the first to break the

didn’t answer. She stood still, her expression stiff, refusing to meet

allowed." His gaze flicked deliberately to the housekeeper, then to Lora and Cynthia. The

voice heavier than before as he turned to Nnenna,

punishment?" Nnenna asked, though the answer was already written

treason." Daniel’s jaw tightened. "The sentence...

Even those who despised Nanny when she pleaded guilty felt the

The Prime Minister bowed

could help," Nnenna replied softly, but her face betrayed no joy. Her eyes were

firmly. "I put

Minister’s eyes widened. "You did that without anyone

only shrugged, brushing off the question. "I have to go," she said simply, turning and walking out

corridor, but her mind was anything but

System, she whispered silently, something’s

Haven’t you solved

furrowing. "But I feel like something’s missing. Nanny... she confessed

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