Grayson and Amelia were her parents, so they naturally knew her well.
They were aware since she was young that she would end up with a pale face and frantic expression once her mistake was uncovered by someone. That was an indication that the nurse was right, and their daughter had indeed committed murder.
As soon as Amelia realized this, she heard nothing but a ringing noise in her ears. She took a deep breath as she felt her world spin in front of her before she fainted.
Grayson was shocked upon seeing her faint and quickly rushed over to break her fall. Subsequently, he placed her on the couch by the side. They were in a high-class VIP ward, so a couch and a lounge were prepared.
After doing so, he finally turned to stare at Lynette in disbelief. "Lynette, is it true, about what the nurse mentioned earlier? Did you actually… murder someone?" he spoke in a hoarse voice, and it took him some time to complete his sentence.
Although he was not exactly perfect, he had never killed anyone in his life. There was no way he would commit such a crime, and he did not dare to either. However, he never expected his daughter to have the guts to do so.
At that point, Lynette saw the look in her father's eyes, which appeared to have acknowledged her as a murderer. In response, she could not seem to contain the raging anger within her as she yelled at him with a distorted expression, "What do you mean by that?! So, do you think I've murdered someone with just the nurse's words?"
Grayson moved his lips. "I don't trust her words, but your behavior makes me—"
"I didn't do it!" She seemed to have gone through a huge shock as she cut him off in a voice shriller than ever. "I didn't murder anyone! I did not!"
I merely did something to the Acrees' car and informed the fisherman who harbored a grudge against the Acrees. Other than that, I didn't do anything else. I wasn't the one who drove the car into the Acrees' vehicle, so how could they say that I'm a murderer?! I did not kill anyone! I didn't!
Meanwhile, Grayson's mouth was slightly agape upon seeing Lynette's crazed look as she yelled at him. He could not seem to come up with any words to say.
At that moment, he was fully convinced that his daughter had indeed committed murder. Otherwise, she would not be so emotional and react so badly.
Feeling his blood run cold, he pointed at her and trembled uncontrollably. The look he gave her was as if she was a stranger to him. "Lynette, how could you even do that? It's murder!" he questioned in a heartbroken voice.
He was a bad man, but the worst thing he ever did was to frame someone and cause the person to be taken custody by the authorities.
Other than that, the most he would resort to was taking advantage of others by flaunting his relationship with Toby and snatching someone else's collaborative relationship or business. He had never endangered anyone's life. However, his daughter…
As soon as Lynette saw the pained look on her father's face, she knew he would not believe her no matter how hard she tried to explain herself. As such, she decided not to do so and sneered coldly instead. "Well, you've assumed that I've committed murder, haven't you? So, what's next? Are you going to call the cops on me? Sure, go ahead. Call the cops right now if you want to."
She was undaunted at all.
Anyway, in her mind, she had merely instructed someone to damage the Acrees' car, revealed their whereabouts to that fisherman, and helped that fisherman figure out a way to exact revenge. I didn't do all that personally, so how could they point me out as the murderer? I'm innocent in this. I didn't execute things personally, so I'm not a murderer!
Furthermore, she felt that even if Grayson reported her to the authorities and she ended up being taken into police custody, she would certainly be fine.
Yet, he was taken aback by Lynette's words. Call the cops on you? No, in fact, that notion had never crossed his mind.
Even though Lynette was displeased with him, and despite her murdering someone, she was his daughter after all. He had never thought of calling the cops on her. Naturally, he would not have gone to lodge a report.
His words were spoken out of shock, and he was appalled by her brazenness.
For a moment there, Grayson was rendered speechless as he descended into silence. He could not seem to come up with the words to say.
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