Touching the fresh petals of the lilies, Emma said in a low voice, “Lily is kind of elegant flower with good meanings.”
Loredana looked at her, “Are you here to praise the lilies?”
It wasn’t because that she disliked Emma, but Emma was one from the Bailey family. Under such a circumstance, they would never become good friends.
Emma took a step back and bowed at Loredana, “I apologize for what I’ve done to you before.”
Loredana felt quite surprised at her behavior. However, she was still alert. She pressed her lips in silence.
Emma knew that Loredana was still alert to her and Loredana wouldn’t believe her so easily.
She didn’t come here to make Loredana believe her, anyway.
“Mrs. Mendelsohn, I believe Mr. Mendelsohn and you love each other deeply, right?” Although she was asking a question, she stated it. She sat on the chair next to the bed.
“To be honest, I shouldn’t have come to see you. After, our relationship…” She raised her head and looked at Loredana, “I know they have made mistakes and deserve the punishments. I shouldn’t take any revenge. But, they are my family. Mrs. Mendelsohn, do you know how I feel?”
“Well, you should tell your family members who have made mistakes and are still alive that this is a society ruled by the law. Since they have broken the law, they must bear the consequences and take responsibility. No one could escape. You feel sorry for your family, but how about those victims’ families who have been hurt by them? If a person couldn’t stand in others’ shoes when thinking, the person isn’t mature at all. He or she is paranoid. You said you could understand it, but actually, you don’t. You believe that it’s fair only if either my husband or I would suffer. In fact, what you need to do is to tell Declan Bailey that this is a fair world. He has made mistakes, so he has to try hard to correct them and learn to become a good man. If he kept being paranoid, no one would be able to rescue him. Don’t you think so?”
Emma was enlightened. Indeed, she had been thinking everything from her perspective. She believed that only if Cormac suffered in his life could pay back her father’s death and her younger brother’s freedom.
She had prepared a lot of words ahead before coming here, but right now, she couldn’t utter any word now.
Loredana didn’t want to stand at the commanding height of morality and accuse anyone, but she only wanted to tell Emma the right truth.
If a person made a mistake but he or she didn’t need to pay the price, the world would be chaotic for sure.
Whose personal safety could be guaranteed in that case?
“If you still love your younger brother, you should tell him to be a good man. A gentleman should make money in a proper way. He shouldn’t have done those outrageous things without conscience to earn unjust money. You should know clearly what your brother was doing before. Your parents didn’t stop him but instead, they covered him up. The bane has been planted long ago.”
Emma had to admit what Loredana said was right.
If her father were not a corrupted official, nor had he abuse his power to cover up her younger brother, and had told him what to do and what not to do, neither her brother nor her father would have ended up in this way.
Emma came to see Loredana because she wanted to tell Loredana that she had given up, but Cormac and she owed her. However, upon listening to Loredana’s words and thought for a moment, she didn’t think it was their fault at all.
They just disclose the truth and let the people who had committed crimes receive the punishments they deserved.
Emma closed her eyes slowly.
She felt so complicated.
Suddenly, she giggled, “Sure enough, I’m one of the Bailey family. I think and do things so differently from others, don’t I?”
Loredana didn’t think it had anything to do with the fact that she was from the Bailey family.
It only depended on personal thought and consciousness.
Charles’s mother-in-law, the third daughter of the Bailey family, Maisy, had a clear vision. She didn’t get involved in the things that happened in the past. She and her husband could distinguish right and wrong. “Tell me. Why did you come to see me?” Loredana asked while looking at her.
“I just came to pay you a visit,” Emma said indifferently, “Abbott is quite loyal to Mr. Mendelsohn.”
Loredana squinted, wondering what she meant.
What does she have to do with Abbott?
“I’m glad that I’ve come here today. Right now, I felt quite enlightened. I used to think that I’m too selfish because I only cared about my own business. After listening to you, I feel that I didn’t do anything wrong to anyone.” She stood up and said again sincerely, “I’m quite sorry for what I’ve done to you in the past.”
“I can understand. If I were you, I might also want to avenge my family. No matter what mistakes they have made, the family affection cannot be changed. It’s normal that you felt sorry for them and quite reluctant.”
“Thank you for being understanding.” Emma had never expected that Loredana could be so reasonable and fair. She had just thought that Loredana was good-looking only.
Now she had found the advantage on Loredana.
“If we’ll meet in the future, I hope we could be friends.”
She reached out her hand, “May I shake hands with you?”
Loredana reached out her hand and shook hands with her. Then they pulled back their hands quickly.
“I’m taking off now.”
Loredana nodded.
Out of the hospital, Emma went to the prison, but she couldn’t see Declan in person.
To avoid the matter that happened last time from happening again, no one was allowed to see him.
She wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to him.
Then according to her plan, she went to the hotel.
However, she didn’t arrive there as planned. She was late.
Cormac had planned to make her reap the fruits of her own actions, well, even letting her get a more ruthless end.
Emma just planned to set him up so that he would get laid by a woman.
Cormac would follow her plan – he had taken out a dead prisoner from the jail and put him in the hotel room. Then she would be framed to murder someone. Cormac didn’t do such a heartless thing, but this woman was way too eager to take revenge. If she couldn’t be get rid of completely, Cormac wouldn’t feel easy. Moreover, Loredana’s health had a problem now, so he must guarantee Loredana’s safety.
Boyce and he set up the trap, waiting for Emma who was carrying out her plan to show up. However, she hadn’t shown up at the time mentioned by Abbott. Boyce said, “Did she lie to you?”
Abbott said affirmatively, “No, she didn’t.”
As soon as he answered, Emma showed up at the door.
The room was next to the room Cormac’s room, where Emma planned to frame Cormac.
The door wasn’t closed tightly when Boyce came out to check on what happened. Emma could directly push the door open.
Emma was calm. She didn’t look surprised to see them.
She knew Armand had sold her out and told Cormac her plans.
She had expected anything to happen.
Abbott took his phone back. He wanted to call Emma and tell her that Cormac was drunk. He wanted to ask and see when Emma planned to send a woman to Cormac’s room.
But Emma showed up at the door.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.