The ears are filled with the unique scent of men mixed with a hint of wine, titillating the heart.
Esther swallowed, greedily sniffing the fragrance emanating from the man's body, and subconsciously said, "Cousin, I think I'm smart too."
"So, in fact, my sister-in-law didn't die of Violet's anger, but you changed the medicine she always took in advance, right?"
Louis continued to compel in her ear.
"Yeah, my mom's medication was changed a long time ago." Esther blurted out.
Louis' face suddenly went cold as he slowly stood up straight and snapped out his hand to choke her.
"Indeed! Esther, you are so cruel, why did you kill my sister-in-law? She raised you for twenty-two years, and you did this to her!"
A chokehold on her throat stalled Esther's breathing.
Her disoriented eyes cleared for a moment.
Looking at the cold light bursting out of Louis' eyes, a boundless panic flashed across her face.
"Cousin, what are you saying? I... I didn't kill my mother! Let go, you let go first!"
Louis pushed her against the wall and tightened the force of his grip on her neck.
"Forget what you said? Listen to it!"
Louis pulled a recorder out of his pocket and played what Esther had just said.
Esther was pinched and her eyelids rolled straight up, her face alternating between blue and white.
"You, you set me up?"
Louis' gaze was cold and hostile with a bit of mockery, "What do you think? Do you really think I'm the kind of man who sees sex?"
If he didn't want to get her to say something, why would he have to make a faux pas with her?
Louis watched Esther's face turn from purple to white, and the bottom of her eyes were icy cold.
"Esther, you've shown me the story of the farmer and the snake once again. Auntie treated you like her own daughter and raised you so much, what did she ever do to you? Esther, do you have any conscience left?"
If killing wasn't a crime, he'd kill Esther, the ungrateful thing, right now!
"A real daughter? Did she really treat me like her own daughter?"
Esther's face turned from white to purple again and squeezed a few words out of her throat.
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