Chapter 1921

Charmine felt off when she noticed Annabel's stare toward her. "Don't be afraid to speak up," she insisted.

Susan, however, scoffed. "You made it sound easy. Didn't you see the way Annabel looked at you? She's so afraid that she doesn't even dare to speak up! What I think is that you did something to her!" "Shut up!" Grandma Bailey had an evident glower on her face as she snapped, "Listen to Annabel! Annabel, just say whatever that happened."

Annabel, despite her initial hesitance, slowly regained herself, knowing that things had reached a certain point. Thus, she carefully chose her words and explained, "Please don't misunderstand Ms. Charmine. She’s very kind to me and will never hurt me. I looked at her because..."

She turned toward Charmine before she continued, "Ms. Charmine, I heard from you that the superbikes malfunctioned due to added gasoline. I then remembered how your uncle had been suspiciously close to the bikes yesterday, raising my doubts. I went to question him in the morning and saw him burying a bottle with gasoline inside! I took a photo of him, but he snatched my phone from me and pushed me over. This is why..."

Hearing Annabel’s explanation, Susan sneered. "I knew the Jordans were terrible. He’d harm his own niece, too! How embarrassing!" "Shut up!” Senior Bailey glared at Susan. "No one will think you’re dumb if you just keep your mouth shut!"

Susan, true enough, zipped her mouth out of fear when she saw just how irked Senior Bailey was.

Charmine looked at Annabel, wanting to verify her explanation. "Is it true, what you've said?"

Annabel said innocently, "I won't lie to you, Ms. Charmine. It is true."

chimed in, supporting Annabel's confession, "I saw

Ms. Charmine. She's worried that the person might cause you more

reveal stunned

almost losing her baby in the process, to protect Charmine from harm? Everyone looked at her with a newfound

hand. "Don’t think too much. As long as the baby is fine, you should rest

weakly. "Thank you,

at Annabel and frowned. She did not expect

tone softened, "I'll sort this

Bailey. "I'm sorry

nodded. "Alright, Charmine, do what you

knew what needed to be done, thus trusting her

up

heard this, they comforted

help you." "That's right. Don’t worry, and get

at Annabel's eyes when she saw just how considerate

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