Chapter 406 Shattered Truths
Chapter 406 Shattered Truths.
Everything, everything <b>was </b>falling apart.
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“Even with all the evidence in front of me, I still chose to protect you. Now tell me, why is the downfall of the Reed family on you?”
Lillian felt silent.
Susan’s voice trembled. “Why you? Tell me, why is it you?”
At that moment, Susanpletely lost herself.
Her repeated shouting, “Why is it you?” echoed through the room as her emotions crumbled.
<i>Anyone </i><i>in the </i><i>Reed </i><i>family </i><i>could </i><i>betray </i><i>me</i><i>, </i><i>but not </i><i>Lillian</i>.
had cherished Lillian like <i>my </i>own <i>daughter </i><i>and </i><i>loved </i><i>her </i><i>dearly</i>. <i>How </i><i>had </i><i>it </i><ie </i><i>to </i><i>this</i><i>? </i>
Lillian’s tears streamed down her face.
Faced with Susan’s relentless questioning, her mind had gone nk.
Seeing her sob in silence, Susan grew even more hysterical. “Tell me! Why? Have I ever treated you badly?”
“I’m sorry, Mom. I really am. I’m so sorry…”
Apology after apology spilled out between her sobs—it was pathetic, a cruel mockery of regret.
Such an apology–how ridiculous, how ironic.
Susan shut her eyes, her entire body shaking. “I hate you. I hate you, Lillian Reed. I hate you…”
Hearing her mother say the words over and over again, Lillian felt like she couldn’t breathe.
The Reed family,pletely shattered.
After questioning Lillian, Susan ran out in a frenzy.
Leaving behind only Lillian and Jonathan.
Lillian, eyes red and swollen, turned toward Jonathan.
But the brother who had always been kind to her was now gazing at her with nothing but coldness.
“Jonathan…”
Her voice was choked.
But the only response was Jonathan’s retreating figure as he walked back into his room.
Faced with such an indifferent back, Lillian felt her chest constrict even further. Her tears kept falling.
At nighttime, Ste sat in the living room, watching TV. She rarely spent much time on her phone.
On–screen, breaking news scrolled across the bottom.
“Major development, A high–profile homicide urred today in the city. Stay tuned for details.”
The anchor’s voice was formal and detached.
Ste focused on the screen.
The <i>background </i><i>image</i>, wasn’t <b><i>that </i></b><i>Susan</i><i>? </i>
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Just as she was about to take a closer look, her phone vibrated loudly.
It was Tessa calling.
Ste answered. “Tessa<b>.</b><b>” </b>
“Ste, that woman–Susan Carter–she might have killed someone. She killed someone.”
Ste <b>was </b>stunned.
Hearing Tessa’s words, she instinctively nced at the TV, where the news report continued.
She stared at the footage–Susan in handcuffs.
“It’s not ‘might have–it’s real.”
<i>This </i><i>was </i><i>on </i><i>the </i><i>city’s </i>news. It had <i>to </i><i>be </i><i>real</i>.
Tessa gasped. “Is she insane?”
“Let me see who she killed.”
Ste leaned closer to the screen.
Tessa asked, “Are you watching the news?”
“Yes<b>.</b><b>” </b>
“Don’t bother; it’s got to be the mistress<b>.” </b>
What <i>else </i><i>could </i><i>drive </i><i>a </i><i>wife </i><i>into such </i>madness? A <i>mistress </i><i>stealing </i><i>away </i><i>her </i><i>ce </i><i>in </i><i>the </i><i>family</i>, <i>of </i>course.
Ste felt silent.
She wasn’t wrong.
Looking closer<i>–</i><i>it </i>was <i>indeed </i><i>the </i><i>women </i>who kept <i>outside</i>.
<i>She </i>had lost it <ipletely</i>.
Tessa muttered, “Hey, if she was that mad, why didn’t she deal with Lillian too?”
She went after <i>the </i><i>mistress</i><i>–</i><i>but </i>Lillian <i>was </i><ipletely </i><i>unharmed</i>.
That <i>meant </i><i>Susan </i><i>held </i>Lillian in <i>a </i><i>different </i><i>regard</i>.
Ste felt silent again.
Tessa had a <i>point</i>.
Still, thinking about it rationally, Ste remarked, “She’s the daughter Susan raised as her own.”
Lillian <i>had </i>always <i>been </i><i>her </i>most <i>cherished </i><i>child</i>. <i>There </i><i>was </i>no <i>way </i><i>she </i><i>could </i><i>bring </i><i>herself </i><i>to </i><i>hurt </i><i>her</i>.
Tessa scoffed. “She destroyed the entire Reed family, and Susan still cares for her until now?”
Absolutely unbelievable.
It left Ste momentarily speechless.
Tessa continued, “After all this, if she still protects Lillian, I refuse to believe Lillian is just an adopted daughter.”
Susan’s <i>affection </i><i>for </i><i>Lillian </i><i>was </i>too strong–saying <i>she </i><i>wasn’t </i><i>truly </i><i>hers </i><i>didn’t </i><i>sit </i><i>right</i>.
Ste mused, “What else could she be? She couldn’t possibly be her real biological daughter.”
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<i>Something </i>as big <b><i>as </i></b><i>childbirth</i>–<i>Patrick </i><i>would </i>know <b><i>about </i></b><i>that</i>.
as well. <b><i>There </i></b><i>wouldn’t </i><i>be </i>any <b><i>need </i></b>to hide it.
<i>If </i><i>Lillian </i><i>really </i>was <i>Susan’s </i><i>biological </i><i>child</i><i>, </i><b><i>then </i></b><b><i>she </i></b><b><i>would </i></b>most <i>likely </i><i>be </i>Patrick’s
Tessa muttered, “The way she treats Lillian makes me believe she really is her own.”