True Love Waits

Chapter 1279 My Cousin

Matthew took his time to study the examination result. 'Stung by the Spina Gleditsiae and needs a local operation?

Is this Erica's doing? Did she try another trick on Phoebe?" "Evidence," he said through gritted teeth.

Phoebe had known that Matthew would ask for proof, and she was ready. At once, she pulled out her phone and sent him the video she had prepared in advance.

The recording was a clip from surveillance footage from a Chinese medicine shop. It showed two people speaking to the shopkeeper. The video had sound, and one of the two newcomers a young woman- could clearly be heard saying, "Sir, do you sell Spina Gleditsiae here?"

The shopkeeper nodded and asked, "Yes, indeed. How much do you want?"

The woman thought for a moment, and then said, "Five grams would be enough."

As he weighed the Spina Gleditsiae, the shopkeeper shot her a puzzled look. Eventually, he asked, "Young lady, may I ask why do you want to purchase this herb? It's poisonous."

The woman's expression remained unchanged as she replied, "Oh, I know that. It's for the treatment of retained fetal membranes in my cow. I'm going to burn the Spina Gleditsiae to ash, mix it with warm wine, and feed it to the cow."

This was indeed, one of the known uses of the herb. However, one particular detail in the explanation caught the shopkeeper's interest. "Your cow?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "You don't look like a cowherd. How do you know that the Spina Gleditsiae can be used for this purpose?"

"My cousin majored in traditional Chinese medicine," explained the woman. "He told me all about it."

"I see." The shopkeeper carefully wrapped the five grams in paper and told her the price. A brief moment later, he added, "Remember, be very careful with this stuff."

"Of course. Thank you, sir!" The video ended after the woman paid and left the shop along with the person who had entered with her.

was none other than Erica. The man who accompanied her was Hyatt. He was

mentioned... Of all the people they

the boy was still young and had only grasped the uses of some simple herbs. He certainly couldn't know much about the

as the so-called cousin quoted by

left him with no doubt that Sheffield had informed Erica about

buying the Spina Gleditsiae, Erica had used the poisonous herbs to prick Phoebe. Unaware of how serious it

when the continued discomfort forced Phoebe to go for an examination at the hospital. Sure enough, the result had shocked her. She hadn't expected that she would need surgery for

and swore that she would sue

Every time his scheming wife did something naughty, she not only

that Matthew needed to teach her how to be more careful. Otherwise, there would be no end to the headaches she would cause him. Finally, he raised his eyes and

matter how many times Matthew brought up the topic, she would refuse to admit the truth.

think that I don't believe Erica." After an intentional moment of silence, he continued, "I haven't kicked you out of Y City because you're still useful to me. Did you believe that you could hide the truth by threatening the witness, Trent Wang? If so, then

and Erica had gone to see

rose in her heart. She had been certain that there was no surveillance at the scene of the accident-except for the recorder in the vehicle,

to figure this out so soon! Otherwise, she would have arranged for that old man to disappear from the world altogether! After all, no one would be suspicious if someone Trent Wang's age were to die of some accident while living

"It was you who killed your unborn child, and then you framed Erica for it. And you exposed your lie when you sent people to silence Trent Wang. I might not have found any

direct evidence on the vehicle recorder. Matthew hadn't been able to investigate the cause of the incident as Phoebe refused to admit to her wickedness. It was fortunate that Phoebe had panicked and threatened the witness. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten any evidence to prove Erica's innocence. He had believed Erica from the

trust her so much?" Almost as soon as the words left her mouth, she winced. No matter how hard she tried, she hadn't been able to hide the tremble in

a thousand unpleasant ways to deal with

suffered a lot back then. When he sent Tessie to the slum, softhearted Erica had asked

the pet market for a non-poisonous one and ensured that its fangs had

could such a person kill a

"What if she were careless? Like she pushed me down by accident?" "Huh?" the man sneered. "By accident? In my eyes, she is innocent