Brettley was the first to notice Joseph’s actions, but he was too late.
He could only rush forward and kick Joseph.
Joseph fumbled due to the kick. The knife that was initially aiming for Bethan’s neck missed too. It directly stabbed into Bethan’s right shoulder instead.
The knife was extremely sharp. Joseph also used all of his might. The knife brutally stabbed into Bethan’s right shoulder.
Intense and piercing pain spread throughout Bethan’s body. Blood from her shoulder splashed onto Brettley’s and Joseph’s faces.
“Ms. Bethan! “
Yuri immediately rushed forward and pinned Joseph to the ground.
Even though Yuri pinned Joseph to the ground with his knee on Joseph’s back, Joseph was still in a fit of rage. He glared at Bethan fiercely.
“Consider yourself lucky! You won’t get so lucky next time! If you want to expose our family’s secret, I won’t be afraid to die together with you! If I die, you go down with me too! “
Joseph’s voice was hoarse and filled with rage.
Bethan’s face was miserable pale. Her entire body started trembling.
She wanted to say something, but could not even mutter a single syllable out.
Shock, pain, disappointment, and despair.
Bethan would never have expected that just because she only casually threatened Joseph with a word or two, that gentle middle-aged man all this while would be so agitated to try to kill her!
He was her father. The person that gave her life. He brought her up for zo years.
She never would have thought that her honest father would secretly swap another child for his.
She also never would have thought that her father would choose to murder and that the person he wanted to murder was… her.
“Ah!”
Suddenly, a woman’s yell in shock rang out.
Bethan lifted her head. The second before her sight became blurry, she saw Shannon, who just arrived at work. Shannon was so shocked at the sight of blood that she retreated backward.
Bethan furrowed her brows and wanted to say something, but she saw black and passed out.
The second before she completely passed out, she saw Brettley hugging her into his arms.
When Bethan woke up once more, it was already noon.
Anne was sitting next to her by the bed, gently wiping off the bloodstains on her body.
Seeing Bethan waking up, Anne furrowed her brows. “
Don’t move around.”
Bethan obediently lied on the bed and looked at her. “Is my arm ruined?”
Anne rolled her eyes at her. “If your arm was ruined, I would not be sitting here so peacefully.”
Bethan sighed and said in a calm voice, “That’s good. “
“What good! “
Anne rolled her eyes at Bethan. “Joseph Peterson is too vicious! If his stab did not go sideways, it would have completely punctured your shoulder! Thank goodness your bones are not injured. If not, you truly won’t be able to design any more in the future.”
Bethan chuckled gently, “I never knew that he was so vicious.”
“You have to stop showing them mercy.”
Anne sighed, “Due to the relationship you have with them in the past, even if they treat you badly, you won’t even pursue it. But, look what happens. No matter how forgiving you are, they still want to hurt you. They are a bunch of ingratitude and unappreciative people.”
Bethan nodded. “I’ll remember this.”
From then onward, she could completely wipe away any reminiscence she had for the Petersons.
Anne sighed once more. She wanted to say something, but seeing how haggard Bethan looked, she could not bear to nag at her anymore.
The two of them were quiet for a while before the door of the patient ward was knocked on.
It was people from the police station.
“Ms. Bethan, please cooperate with us for a statement.”
Bethan nodded. She forced herself up and leaned back by the head of the bed. “Go ahead.”
The police officer sat down next to the bed. After a series of questions, the police looked at Bethan. “
According to another important witness at the scene, Mr. Brettley Morrison, he said that Joseph
Peterson’s knife was initially heading for your neck. Is that true?”
Perhaps Bethan did not expect that Brettley would so mercilessly explain Joseph’s actions to the police clearly, Bethan was stunned for a while before nodding furiously.
“Yes.”
“Meaning, Joseph Peterson was aiming for your crucial body parts, only he was stopped by Mr. Morrison. Is that true?”
Bethan did not hesitate. She nodded fervently once more. “Yes.”
“Joseph Peterson was attempting to murder.”
The police officer nodded. He got to further understand the situation more in detail before leaving.
Anne was so shocked she could not find her words. “I was not there. Here I thought that Joseph was only planning to hurt your shoulders to stop you from designing…”
Bethan chuckled bitterly, “No. He… wanted my life.”
Anne was emotional for a little while longer before she remembered that Bethan should be hungry. She went downstairs to buy some food for Bethan.
Bethan was lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling in a daze.
“Tsk, tsk. Ms. Bethan, how amazing of you.”
Suddenly, a woman’s mocking voice rang through.
Bethan furrowed her brows. She did not need to see to know that Alice had come.
Alice still looked at the ceiling calmly. “What brings you here, Mrs. Morrison?”
“Of course, it is you, Ms. Bethan.”
Alice gracefully sat on the chair by the bed.
“What did you tell me in the cafe yesterday? Let me think. You said that all animals have respect for their parents. If one does not respect their parents, they are worse than animals, right?”
Alice lowered her head and said with mockery, “Now that you have arrested your own father for attempted murder and send him to prison, are you worse than an animal too, Ms. Bethan?”
Bethan laid on the bed. She calmly swept Alice a glance. “So, you’re just here to mock me, Mrs. Morrison?”
Then, Bethan laughed gently. She turned to look at Alice, who had the exact same face she had previously. “I thought that you would be sad, Mrs. Morrison. After all.”
Bethan narrowed her eyes. She looked at the changes in Alice’s expressions closely. “After all, from today onward, both your fathers, the real and the fake one, are in prison.”
Alice suddenly raised her brows. Her eyes were filled with disbelief. “What are you talking about?! “
Seeing her reaction, Bethan could not help but sneer. “As expected, I was right. Ms. Hailey.”
Anne was only so to 6o percent sure that Alice was Hailey, according to her judgment the day before.
However, the changes of expression on Alice’s face when she heard Bethan mentioned her real and fake father, helped Bethan basically confirm that Alice Peterson is Hailey Walter.
Alice’s face had a moment of shock. However, she soon recovered.
Alice calmly raised her brows at Bethan. “I don’t know what you are talking about? What Ms. Hailey?”
“Ms. Hailey Walter.”
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.