As she felt Odell’s sharp gaze upon her, Tara decided to bite the bullet and reveal a part of the truth. She


    continued to cry as she said, “Odell, I did receive the pictures from my aunt, but it’s only because Sylvia


    and I were friends that my aunt recognized her. She told me that she had taken the pictures of Sylvia and


    Edmund by chance and asked me about it. I didn’t know she had hired someone to follow Sylvia!


    “She told me she came to Westchester as part of her travels and I believed her. I don’t really contact her


    that often, so why would I have incited her to do all this?”


    When Sylvia had shown up earlier, Tara had already realized that Mnie had disappeared. She


    suspected that her mother must have run away after sensing that something was wrong.


    Since Mnie was no longer present at the scene and Odell would not be able to locate her, Tara shifted


    all the me onto her mother.


    As she proceeded with her n, she continued to weep and act as is a great injustice had been done to


    her.


    Odell frowned.


    Sylvia scoffed. “Tara, didn’t you just say that your aunt doesn’t know me or Grandmother and would


    never have hurt her and used me?”


    Tara choked upon hearing those words. “I… I thought that my aunt didn’t remember you anymore!”


    “So you now believe that your aunt has been following me and that she trailed me to Northpeak Resort to


    push Grandmother down the hill and framing me for that?”


    Tara looked down and said in a small voice, “It might be true but I have to confirm it with my aunt first.”


    She secretly clenched her fists and cursed Sylvia for being ab*tch deep in her heart. Mnie was


    already gone and as long as she continued to deny it, it would be difficult for Sylvia to prove to Odell that


    it was her who had incited Mnie tomit the act. The room went silent for a second. Sylvia then


    chuckled and said, “Okay, we’ll have to call your aunt toe forth so that you can question her.” Tara


    immediately looked around and pretended to look for Mnie. She then seigned a consused look and


    asked, “Where is she?” “Oh my gosh. She ran away?” Sylvia also felgned a surprised look. Tara’s gaze


    shisted as she continued to say, “I don’t know. I remember she was sitting over there.”


    Odell then turned to Cliff.”Look for her immediately!” “That won’t be necessary,” Sylvia suddenly said.


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    Odell shot a baffled gaze at her, as did Tara. Sylvia then turned to the stage and raised her voice, saying,


    “Sherry, bring her out.” As soon as she finished speaking, two people emerged from behind the stage.


    One was Sherry who was wearing a cap while the other one was Mnie, who had been tied and


    gagged with a cloth.


    Sherry pushed Mnie forward.


    Their appearance silenced the room again. Odell looked intently at Sylvia’s frosty but confident look.


    Beside him, Tara widened her eyes in disbelief and her body started to tremble. In the blink of an eye,


    Mnie was led over to Sylvia.


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    Mnie widened her eyes in fear as she stared at Tara. She made a muffled noise with her gagged


    mouth as if she was trying to exin herself.


    Sherry then removed the piece of cloth from her mouth. Before Mnie could say a word, Tara cried


    even louder and said, “Aunt Mnie, did you really follow Sylvia without me knowing? I thought you said


    that your purpose ofing here was to travel? Why did you do this behind my back?”