Chapter 136 Finding A Scapegoat
Chapter 136 Finding A Scapegoat
Felicia’s eyes widened in shock.
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When she had first approached the twins, they were just in their early teens. It was hard to believe that Derek had such boldness and insight at that age.
Felicia’s eyes darkened as she red at Chris. She looked like she wanted to kill him there and then, yet she did not dare to do so.
After a long pause, she suddenlyughed. “Your brother is really pitiful. He nned so much for your sake, only to be thrown into a ce like the Angelic Etiquette Academy by his own brother.”
Chris’s smug smile was frozen in ce, quickly morphing into anger. “If you hadn’t deliberately told me about Angelic Etiquette Academy, I wouldn’t have sent him there!”
Chris had had no idea what it was and had never wanted to cause the death of his brother.
It’s all because of this woman!
Felicia gave him a mocking smile.
She had no interest in taking up this argument with Chris. She got straight to the point. “I can help you clear your name. However, since things have escted to this stage, we’ll need a scapegoat.”
Seeing her like this, Chris knew that she already had a n in mind. He asked, “Who are you thinking of?”
Felicia raised her eyebrows. “The Jackmans already have someone they suspect. There’s no need for me to help them find another scapegoat.”
Chris immediately knew what she was nning.
Tracy was the fake daughter, who was not favored. Indeed, she was the perfect scapegoat.
If they made it seem like the Jackmans’ family conflict had implicated them, they could leverage that to demand higher returns on the new project partnership.
Killing two birds with one stone. I really can’t underestimate this woman!
At this moment, Chris was very d that he had a good brother.
Even after his death, he had left such a wonderful gift behind.
Once Felicia made her move, both kidnappers immediately changed their statements.
Chris was released with no charges, but the investigation into the kidnapping continued.
When Liam received the news, he deted like a balloon that had been let loose, and he started to avoid Tracy guiltily every time he saw her.
The kidnappers had confessed, so he had gone to Tracy and bragged. He hadn’t expected things to take a turn. This was like a p in the face!
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On the other hand, Tracy acted as if this matter had nothing to do with her as she went about her own business every day.
There had been no progress on the investigation into Walter’s death. Everything seemed to point to at perfect ident.
Maybe she needed to make a trip there personally to look into that guy, Tom.
On the other hand, there was a lead on Patricia’s case.
Among the cases of female students at Sunderpeak High School who transferred out ormitted suicide right before the SATS, there was only one Patricia Vesper.
She was from the same year as Tracy. ording to Trina, Patricia was the student who jumped off a building one day before the SATS.
However, it was documented that Patricia had transferred out of the school the day before the exams.
Considering the reactions from Mr. Schmidt as well as the Renaults from Sinhaville…
By now, of course, Tracy knew.
Tracy looked at the documents she was holding. Even though she had already been prepared for the worst-case scenario, her hands still trembled.
David had been stealing medicine for her and had been beaten to death right in front of her. Hisst wish was for Tracy to pass Patricia a message, but she hadn’t even been able to do that…
After a long silence, Tracy gathered up the documents and stood up. The look of determination in her eyes held a hint of hatred as well.
During her time at Angelic Etiquette Academy, David had often talked to her about Patricia.
Patricia was a happy and lively girl. Even surrounded by darkness, Patricia would be able to bring light to those around her.
She had always been a top student. No matter which school she attended, Patricia would always be awarded the schrship for the top student and had gotten into a prestigious school like Sunderpeak High School through her own efforts.
How could someone with Patricia’s personality jump off a building to kill herself?
If there had been nothing suspicious about Patricia’s death, why would Mr. Schmidt hide it?
As such, Tracy resolved that she would get to the bottom of it and find out what had happened to Patricia.
Tracyposed herself, packed up everything on the desk, and got ready to get to work.
She had just left when she ran into the Jackmans, who were all dressed up.
All of them had originally been walking toward the car, surrounding Erin as they chatted andughed. When they noticed Tracy, the warm atmosphere seemed to vanish.
Tracy wasn’t concerned with the reason why the Jackmans were all dressed up. She habitually walked off
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towards a corner, nning to avoid them.
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However, Erin suddenly ran over and linked her arm with Tracy’s. “Tracy, you’re finally here! We’ve been waiting for you!”
Instinctively, Tracy stepped backward, avoiding Erin’s hand.
It never ended well for her when she was standing close to Erin in the presence of the other Jackmans.
Seeing how wary she was, Erin showed a hurt expression, her eyes seeming to fill with tears.
Liam, who was the most impulsive, immediately came forward, “What is wrong with you? We’re all out here waiting for you out of the kindness of our hearts. You don’t appreciate our goodwill, and now you’re treating Erin with this kind of attitude? I can’t believe we were thinking of bringing you along for Erin’s birthday party. It’s your birthday today as well, so we thought we could celebrate together, but you’re so ungrateful!”
Tracy froze for a moment before she remembered it was actually her birthday today.
She’d long forgotten about it. After all, it had been many years since she had celebrated it.