was deep in thought after learning all this new information.
“Who sent the video to Julianne?” I asked. “What was their purpose?”
I refused to believe Julianne wasn’t the
one
behind it.
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“The man who sent the video died in a accident last year,” Mark replied. “Because of that, we have no way to verify if he had edited the surveillance video himself. We also can’t determine his purpose behind sending the video to her.”
This lead turned out to be a lead end.
I fell silent again.
A short while later, I asked, “What about the other evidence? Like the one where Mr. Sawyer had drugged Julianne? Is it authentic?”
“It is. We’ve verified its authenticity,” Mark responded.
I didn’t know what to say.
Mark was the best lawyer around–sharp and meticulous. If he had verified the evidence, there was no doubting its legitimacy.
Had I really misunderstood Julianne? Was she truly not the culprit?
All this time, I thought that she had intentionally conspired with Dad to have me appear on the surveillance video while she climbed into Phillip’s bed.
I also thought she had intentionally kept the video as her trump card; she wanted to use it to make Irvin misjudge me and make my life miserable.
Was this whole thing genuinely just one big misunderstanding?
Another thought popped into my head as I was pondering this.
“If all of this really is a misunderstanding, then what about the drug I mixed into the juice? Where did it come from? I wasn’t in my right mind then. Did I buy it myself?” I inquired.
When my legal team looked into the incident, they couldn’t determine what drug I had mixed into the juice. But they knew I had bumped into Irvin after drinking it.
From there, they uncovered he had brought me to see a doctor while I was still dazed.
As the visit happened quite long ago, the clinic no longer had a medical record of it. None of the staff remembered what state I had been in back then.
That being said, there was evidence that confirmed I had drugged the juice. Therefore, the drug had to come from somewhere.
“That part is strange. However, it isn’t sufficient to be used as evidence that Julianne had falsely accused and framed you.” Mark
clarified.
I fell silent yet again.
If that wasn’t enough, then Julianne would be acquitted.
I just couldn’t accept that everything that had happened all those years ago was just a coincidence. How co misunderstanding? Especially when there was a mystery drug involved.
I just couldn’t believe it.
Plus, I was up against Julianne, so I was even more sure of it.
all be a huge
Chapter 131
I knew for certain that the incident back then wasn’t just a simple tuisunderstanding!
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I stood outside the police station as Julianne was released. Unlike me, she didn’t try to keep a low profile
I had slipped out through the back door to avoid the potential crowd and chaos. She, on the other hand, walked boldly out the front door.
Surprisingly, the first thing she did wasn’t to proclaim her innocence. Instead, she publicly apologized to me.
She was sorry for not asking me about the video when she first received it, for immediately assuming that I meant her harm.
Her false assumption had led to this whole flasco, for which she was also sorry.
All in all, she felt extremely apologetic to me.
Julianne had been born with a pure and naïve appearance. She also had a knack for feigning innocence and playing the victim- appearing helpless and pitiful when it suited her.
All of these combined enabled her to paint a convincing picture of how remorseful she was. So naturally, people believed her and sympathized with her.
And just like that, the public opinion changed overnight.
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