However, Niamh was unruffled. She contemptuously eyed Ada, who was still desperately protesting, and calmly walked up to Ada.
“I didn’t steal this necklace. I picked it up at the site of the fire the day after it occurred.”
Ada fell into a panic at that moment.
She had no idea when she had lost the necklace, nor could she recall where she had dropped it.
Nevertheless, the necklace was now in Niamh’s hand, and she was claiming that it had been picked up at the site of the fire.
Upon seeing the necklace in Niamh’s hand, the police, in a serious expression, asked Ada, “Can you explain about this necklace?”
“This… this isn’t my necklace! ” Ada simply rejected the claim and denied it.
Niamh, however, smiled. “Do you think you can just deny it by saying so? Forensic scientists can extract the fibrous tissue and fingerprints on the necklace. After a test, we will know who has worn this necklace before.”
“Ada had originally thought she could erase any suspicion against her. She had not expected Niamh to bring in forensic scientists.
“What do you think? Should we proceed with a test? ” Niamh lifted her eyebrows slightly.
Ada, at a loss of words, could only glare at Niamh.
“Why do you insist on victimizing me, Eveline? Is it because I ruined your wedding with Carter back then?”
Niamh almost laughed out loud when she heard that. “You have killed people, yet you are asking me now why I’m testifying against you? Don’t you think your question is ridiculous?”
“You…” Ada gritted her teeth viciously. She was preparing a retort to Niamh when a police officer approached Ada and placed a pair of handcuffs directly on her wrists.
Ada had never been treated this way before. When she saw the handcuffs on her wrists, she began struggling wildly as if she had lost her mind.
The frail disposition she displayed earlier had disappeared.
“What? How dare you arrest me? Do you know who I am? I am the Viscountess! “
“Regardless of your status or position, if you break the law, you will be executed. Don’t waste your breath, Ada.” Niamh delivered a final blow to Ada.
“Niamh… Delgado.”
Ada spat out Niamh’s name word by word through gritted teeth. She clenched her fists and wished she could swallow Niamh alive.
As the situation had progressed to this point, there was nothing Ada’s mother could do. She walked over to Ada and reassured her.
“Don’t be afraid, Ada. Just go with them. Mom will hire the best lawyer to help you!”
It would have been better if she had not said that. The moment Ada heard those words, she seemed to explode like a time bomb all at once!
“Help me? You should help yourself instead! You made me do all this!”
Ada’s mother had not expected Ada to betray her at such a critical moment!
Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at the woman in front of her shouting at her.
“This was all your idea! You told me to simply burn Adam to death. You told me that once he was dead, Shirley would never recover! This might anger her so much that the baby in her womb may not survive a s well!”
In lashing all her anger out at her mother, Ada had revealed how Ada had been instructed by her to commit the crime.
“What? So you were the one who instigated her to do this? You two are amazing. Both mother and daughter! ” Camille was shocked by what Ada had said.
Ada’s mother immediately turned green in the face. She feared that the police would arrest her as well, but she was more afraid that Carter would torture her because of this.
Carter, however, did not make any move despite the rage burning in his eyes.
While he may be a malicious person, he would never expose that side of himself in front of the police.
“Madam, please come with us too.”
The police officer spoke, pulling out another pair of handcuffs with a stern look on his face, and immediately handcuffed Ada’s mother.
“This… No… Officer… This has nothing to do with me. My daughter has gone mad and is now spewing nonsense !” Ada’s mother did exactly what Ada had done earlier, flailing her hands around as she spouted absurdities, trying desperately to explain herself.
“If you have anything to explain, you can do it at the police station.” The police officers did not allow Ada’s mother an opportunity to speak up. They pushed both mother and daughter directly toward the door.
Ada’s mother had never felt so disgruntled. She turned her head toward Ada and screamed, “I gave birth to an idiot! I came here to help you, yet you turned the tables on me and betrayed me instead!
“There’s no cure for someone as stupid as you. No wonder Carter despises you. You are a foolish idiot! If the crime is confirmed, I, at most, had given you the idea. But it’s different for you. You have killed two people!”
“Ada, stunned by her mother’s words, paled significantly. She seemed to just realize how foolish she had been in blurting out all the unnecessary details.
However, she could not take back her words now. “Let’s go,” the police officer urged.
Ada’s anger had subsided, and she trudged forward lifelessly.
Her mother, however, continued to curse, accusing Ada of dragging her into this mess.
Angered and upset, Ada turned her head and scolded, “As my mother, how can you accuse? You taught me to start a fire and kill! You’ve ruined my entire life! I am stupid, and that’s because I have an idiot mother!”
“You…” Her mother’s temper flared, and she raised her hand and slapped Ada across the face.
Ada had not eaten much during that period, plus she had been beaten by the bodyguards, so she had very little energy left. The moment her mother hit her, she lost all her strength and dropped to the ground with a thud.
Ada gritted her teeth angrily. She was struggling to stand up when Niamh walked up to her.
“Actually, I did not find this necklace at the site of the fire. I came here a few days ago and deliberately took it from your room,” Niamh said calmly, lowering her eyes to see Ada’s expression as it increasingly lost its calm.
“You… Eveline, what did you just say?” Gritting her teeth and clenching her fists, Ada stared at Niamh with a hateful glare.
Indifferent, Niamh continued to stare at Ada. ” I’ve used this tactic before. Have you forgotten? I t was the same tactic I had used when you framed me for adding peanuts to the soup.”
” ” Ada’s expression froze. Her memory of what happened the last time returned quickly.
At that time, Niamh had also presented Ada’s jewelry and claimed that she found it in the soup. It had been that incident that led to Ada losing all credibility with Camille.
However, she had not expected Niamh to use the same tactic twice!
Ada was fuming. She swiftly leaped up from the ground and attempted to strangle Niamh.
Kendrick quickly grabbed Niamh’s shoulder and pulled her into his arms, then lifted his long legs and mercilessly kicked Ada’s stomach.
Ada shrieked in pain and fell onto the floor again. Her mouth crashed against the floor, and the taste of blood immediately filled her mouth.
“Eveline! ” Ada clenched her fists in displeasure. “How dare you frame me!”
“Frame you? I don’t think you’re even worth it. Half of the reason my little tricks could succeed is that you’re stupid; the other half of the reason is that you have a guilty conscience. If you had never done that, you would have never ended up like this.”
“….” Ada laid on the ground as she furiously bit her bloodied lips. Her eyes seemed to be brimming with poison. She wanted so badly to drown Niamh in the poison.
“Eveline, you b*tch!
“B*tch!
“You’ve messed up my plans again and again! I will curse you! You will die a painful death! ”
“Shut up! If curses work, a woman as evil as you would have already died ten thousand times!”
Kendrick could not bear this any further. Naturally, he stood up for Niamh.
“You had it coming. You don’t need to be cursed by anyone to be punished by the law.”
“…” Ada did not have any words to retort to Kendrick’s scolding.
The police quickly lifted Ada and led her and her mother into the police car.
Shirley, seated in her wheelchair, was by the stairs of the first floor, watching the entire scene unfolding below.
The corners of her lips curled up. In spite of her smile, tears began falling from her eyes silently without her realizing it.
When the maid by her side saw Shirley crying, the maid quickly took out a handkerchief and bent down to help Shirley wipe away her tears.
“Miss Brown, are you okay? Why are you crying?”
Shirley pressed her lips into a smile. “Do you believe that there’s karma in this world?”
“Um…” The maid did not know how to answer her. She thought about it for a while before changing the topic.
“Miss Brown, it’s almost time. Let me take you downstairs. We’ll go back to St. Piaf with Mr. Carter later.”
Shirley smiled faintly when she heard that. The perfect and flawless side of her face looked abnormally clean under the sunlight beaming in through the window.
“Do you know what makes someone feel the most blessed and happiest?”
After some thought, a sweet smile appeared on the maid’s young face. “I think it’s being together with the person you like.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.