The Woman From Hell

Chapter 63

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Chapter 63 “Do you know the man who was with her? My first reaction was to ask that Cecilia shook her head and said, “I think | heard Cindy call him Zedd.** Zedd Nichols. No wonder they had not ctolooking for trouble. They had changed their strategy and had chosen to target Cecilia instead, Had they done this to Cecilia just to get back at me? Things were no longer as simple as | previously thought | felt a headache coming on. After comforting Cecilia and promising her that | would get to the bottom of this, | left the interrogallon room. Mason was waiting forin the hall. When he saw m e coming out, he walked up to steady me.

Are you okay?” | shook my head. “Ti she’s found guilty, how many years is she gonna have to Serve! “Possibly three to seven years, and it could go up to more than seven years too. It all depends on the victim's condition and what the policemen say about it,” Mason answered solemnly.

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My kies gave way, and | lost my balance. How cruel could Cindy Reed he, ruining another girl's life just to get back at me? This is definitely a setup. Cecilia didn’t drink, and she didn’t hit-and-run! She got down from her car to check on the victim, and it was the victim that had asked her to leave the scene! How can | help her?” | grasped Mason's arm tightly as | asked anxiously. 1 Mason frowned at my rambling “Calm down. Telleverything, slowly.” | told him everything Cecilia had told me.

Since it was by a road, there should have been more than one camera there.” You're right! Let's go look for the other cameras. As long as we can prove she did not hit-and-run, things should be a lot easier to settle.” | got up and immediately made a beeline outside.

We went to the crscene immediately b y following Cecilia's address. Any hope | had quickly evaporated.

The place was secluded, surrounded by trees, and only had one camera from afar, It would be hard to even find a witness around here It seemed like this place had been chosen on purpose You can’t rush into things. Let's take stto think of a solution. Don’t let yourself get too anxious.” Mason comforted| nodded. | knew in my heart that there was no point in panicking. | stood up and turned to Mason. “You can go ahead and head back. | wanna check on the victim in the hospital Right now, he’s the only person that actually knows what happened.” I'll send you to the hospital.” Mason tumed to get his car.

We arrived at the nearest central hospital in no tYou can leave now. I'll go learn more about what's going on,” | said to Mason, who was about to get down from the car. | could not waste any more of his tHis hand that had been about to release his seat belt stopped midair. He did not Say anything else, and he just nodded and lelt The news | got from the hospital was not very positive either. The victim was a homeless man in his mid-405 who was still in the ICU. According to what | had been told, he was discovered by a passerby, who then contacted the police The police traced him to Cecilia using nearby camera footage.

Everything had been executed so flawlessly a sudden chill can down my spine.

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| could not jump out and accuse Cindy without evidence, even though we suspected everything that had happened was related to her. For Cindy and Zedd to conspire and cup with such a plan, they must have also thought of ways to get themselves out of any potential trouble. They would not leve meally footholds to find | felt like | had reached a deadend. My heart was filled with turmoil and anxiety. Icould not bear to watch Cecilia go to jail just like that, but how could | help her? | stood inside the hospital, groggy and helpless, for a long while. By the t| cback to my senses, the sky was alreadly dark, so | decided to return to the It had been a while since | had been back a t the villa since | was deliberately 7 Lilling TLFI.

When | opened the door, | saw that the lights on the second floor were lit. It looked like Theo was hfrom work After standing on the ground floor for stime, | finally made up my mind and made my way up the stairs. The only person | could beg for help to save Cecilia now was him.

As | carefully pushed the door op 1, ‘The lifted his head. When he saw it was me, trace of joy flashed across his eyes, albeit a flash that disappeared too quickly. He After hearing his cold, apathetic tone, | thought what | had just seen had to merely be a trick my eyes were playing on 1. me.

“Yeah,” | answered.

He did not say more, and | did not know how to initiate the conversation | wanted to start. After a few minutes, | awkwardly said, “I'll return to my room. You rest early too.” Suddenly, he got up and pulledinto his lap, huggingfrom behind.

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