Chapter 264
The cold air dispersed the moldy smell in the trunk. Olivia felt her mind getting a little clearer.
She shouted anxiously on purpose, “Who are you? Let me go!”
It was true that she was anxious, but she convinced herself to stay calm. Only by staying calm could she spot an opening.
Ryan’s familiar voice sounded. “Ms. Fordham, you’ve always wanted to know how Jodie died, right? Why don’t I tell you myself?”
Olivia felt another piece of rope hanging around her neck. Ryan’s voice was no longer the gentlemanly voice he had when they first met.
Instead, it sounded like a venomous snake hissing in her ear.
“She died from getting strangled, just like this. By the way, the expression on her face was just like yours before she died. She kept struggling with her limbs.
“She wanted to call for help with all her might, but she couldn’t even form a complete sentence. She could only look at me in fear and despair. Then, she slowly lost her breath.”
In the darkness, Olivia’s senses were sharpened. Ryan’s voice allowed her imagination to run wild.
She felt like she could sense the despair Jodie felt before she died. She could also feel the helplessness as Jodie’s life slowly ebbed away.
“My dad wasn’t the person who killed Jodie!”
Everything she did had been right all along. Jeff was a good man, so he couldn’t have done such horrible things.
“The child in her tummy did belong to your father.”
“You beasts! What have the Fordhams ever done to you? You didn’t even show mercy to a pregnant woman!”
Olivia’s tears fell uncontrollably. If that child hadn’t died, would she have a younger sibling?
In all the years Chloe was gone, Olivia hoped that Jeff would find another woman he loved.
“He did nothing wrong,” Olivia thought.
She said, “Jodie is Ethan’s biological sister. If he knew the truth, he wouldn’t let you off the hook!”
“Hah.” Ryan sneered in disdain. “If he knew the truth, you wouldn’t be here in the first place.”
Olivia fell silent. Leia was like an untouchable wound on Ethan’s heart.
He was already upset whenever Olivia mentioned Leia to him. So, it was even less likely that he would reinvestigate the matter.
Every time Leia was mentioned, the wound in Ethan’s heart would be reopened. If the incident had to be reinvestigated, it would be like rubbing salt in his wound.
“Why? Why would you do this?” Olivia lowered her head in defeat.
“You only have yourself to blame.”
Olivia thought, “Me? What did I do?”
“Your existence is your biggest mistake.”
Ryan picked her up. Putting her on his shoulder like a sack, he walked away.
Olivia had been feeling sick after getting locked up for so long. When he carried her like that, her dizziness only worsened. Her stomach was churning.
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