Meanwhile, at the hospital, Tina was also going through the investigation record process. A policeman and a policewoman were sitting by her bed and asking her questions.
“Miss Gray, just for confirmation, you think that Miss Reed had hired someone to harm you, is that correct?” The policeman looked at Tina with a meaningful gaze.
At the side, the policewoman was holding a recording pen as she recorded the conversation.
Tina nodded, affirmative. “Of course!”
“If we found out that it wasn’t Miss Reed who did it, then, Miss Gray, you will be falsely accusing and defaming her. You will have to take legal liability and compensate her for the shock incurred. Are you very sure about that, Miss
Gray?” The policeman talked in a more serious tone to make sure he got the message across.
Hearing the words ‘legal liability’, Tina felt her heart race. Immediately, she remembered what she saw during the live stream, where Sonia claimed that she would be able to produce evidence at night to prove that she didn’t cause any harm to Tina.
Tina was now worried sick that Sonia actually could show evidence of that. Tina had asked her lawyer, who said that if Sonia really could prove her own innocence, then Tina would have made a false accusation, which would get her up to three years in jail.
In the beginning, Tina thought that Sonia wouldn’t have any evidence or find any, so Tina had plotted everything with that in mind. Now, she wasn’t so sure anymore.
However, judging by how she had already come so far, there was no way back. So, she could only grit her teeth and keep going. She was willing to bet that Sonia was just saying things.
Thinking of the possibility, Tina suppressed the worry inside her and smiled while nodding. “Yes, I m sure.
“All right. Understood.” The policeman stood up and got ready to leave.
Right at that moment, the policewoman’s phone rang.
She whipped it out and gave it a look, then passed it to the policeman. “Sir, it’s from the bureau.”
The policeman took the phone and answered the call.
Two minutes later, he frowned, then gave Tina a weird look.
Tina was a little unsettled by that look, but she quickly calmed down and pretended that everything was fine.
“Understood. I’ll ask her.” The policeman finished his call and passed the phone back to the policewoman.
“Miss Gray.” The policeman looked at Tina. “Do you know someone by the name of William Baker?”
Tina’s expression changed ever so slightly at the mention of that name.
Seeing that, the policeman immediately knew the answer.
He pushed his glasses. “Looks like you know him. He threw sulfuric acid at Miss Reed, and we have already apprehended him. According to his confession, he had done this to Miss Reed entirely because of your single phone call. And in that call, your reason for inciting him was as clear as day. Do you agree with this point of view?
Tina’s heart thumped wildly, as if it were going to leap out of her throat. Her limbs went icy cold.
She half-closed her eyes, not daring to meet the policeman’s sharp gaze. “Of course not. I did call him before, but I don’t think it was to provoke him to harm Sonia.”
“But according to our investigations, you hated William, and you never contacted him ever since you graduated from high school. You suddenly contacted him today, and you said all those meaningful words to him. How do you explain this?” As the policeman examined her, his eyes
narrowed.
Tina suddenly put her hands up to her face and wept. “I didn’t want that to happen either. Such scary things happened to me, but my fiance called off our engagement, my parents reconciled with my sister and were busy building their relationship with her, so I’m all alone now. I just wanted to vent to someone, but there’s no one for me to vent to. Right at that moment, William asked how I was doing in the group, so I decided to call him and talk to him about it, but...”
“But what?” The policeman kept his gaze on her.
Tina sobbed silently. “But I didn’t incite him. I just told him my feelings and thoughts. Look, if you were me, and such things happened to you, won’t you hate the person who hurt you? Won’t you want them to die?”
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