A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37 Are the Two of You Together?!

“Of course it’s true,” Diane replied confidently. Then, she turned to Stella as the latter stared wide-eyed at her in disbelief. “Why are you so shocked? Don’t tell me you didn’t know? That can’t be possible. You’re pretending, aren’t you? Oh, that’s right—if Norman gets caught, all his money will belong to you. The Waynes know nothing about offshore accounts and such—they’re all honest people, after all. They wouldn’t even know if you transfer away all their money… You’re really too cold-blooded, Stella.”

Diane didn’t mention anything else, and she picked on Stella with that matter alone. Stella’s face turned white as a sheet at her words while Elizabeth’s expression reddened considerably in frustration.

“What did you say? Is that true? 50… 50 million…” Elizabeth muttered under her breath as she suddenly stepped in front of Stella. Then, she raised her free hand and landed a loud slap on her daughter-in-law’s face.

“Very well, you b*tch. That’s why you were so reluctant when I asked you to confront Diane yourself—you already had the money in your pocket, and you were planning to let my son go to jail on his own. Well-played, Stella! Now that my son is in trouble, are you just going to run away after swallowing all that money?”

Elizabeth spat bold accusations at Stella as she stood in front of her.

Stella frowned as she clapped a hand to her stinging cheek. “Don’t listen to her, Mom. Do you really think that she’s telling the truth? I’ve never even seen the money.”

“Of course you’d never admit it,” Diane butted in and said. “That’s a huge sum of money. Considering your close relationship with Norman, who else would he tell if not you? He even told me that he’ll flee with you to somewhere far away!”

“Enough of your nonsense, Diane. I…”

“What did you say? Why don’t you let her check your bag and see if there’s an international credit card inside?”

Diane quickly took control of the situation again as she pressured Stella endlessly. Meanwhile, Elizabeth’s gaze shifted to Stella’s handbag at once.

Her handbag wasn’t huge, so Elizabeth was quick to act—she only eyed it for a second before she dashed over and grabbed it.

In response, Stella cowered over her handbag instinctively. Elizabeth was even more persistent when she noticed Stella’s overprotective behavior. “Hand it over and let me see,” Elizabeth demanded. On the other hand, Diane’s eyes fell fixedly upon the lighter in the older woman’s hand.

While Elizabeth’s full attention was on Stella’s handbag, Diane took the opportunity and pounced onto her—she put her weight onto the woman’s arm and grabbed her wrist tightly as she snatched the lighter away from her hand.

The policemen caught on at once; they rushed forward and quickly restrained Elizabeth, taking the lighter from Diane in the process.

“What are you doing… Let me go…”

Elizabeth screamed crazily when she finally realized what had happened, but it was too late—she had already lost the battle. Now, there was no way she could go against the police.

Before long, the hazardous lighter was in the safe hands of the police.

With the risk of casualty from the lighter finally out of the way, Diane sighed in relief. However, before she could completely relax, Elizabeth jumped at her all of a sudden.

Fortunately, she reacted swiftly and dodged just in time, so Elizabeth wasn’t able to attack her.

The policemen quickly held her back and demanded, “You best not try anything else. Come with us.”

The police were getting tired of her misbehavior as well—their tone was impatient as they tried to keep her under control.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth struggled with all her might under the police’s restraints as she screamed at the top of her lungs. Diane took a weary glance at the crazy woman before she said to the police, “As you can see, this woman is awfully dangerous, sir. Please take her back and interrogate her thoroughly.”

“The two of you need to come with us to give a statement as well,” the policemen replied, and Diane nodded in understanding. With that, the matter was resolved at last. The people inside the house let out a breath of relief when the peril at hand had finally been dealt with.

Maria was the first to rush outside. She spewed curses at Elizabeth’s face before giving Diane a fierce glare, blaming her for stirring up trouble and dragging their family down in the process.

In return, Diane felt rather wrongly accused by her mother. However, when she recalled the fear and anxiety that she had caused her family due to the incident she started, guilt rose in her chest. Hence, she didn’t argue much.

Just as she was about to make a trip to the police station and give a statement, the curious crowd of onlookers parted as a man walked up to her.

Diane stood by her own door as Christopher approached her, staring condescendingly at the woman as he did so. She was a little stunned by his appearance.